52c OK for 1.6A@2.4 running prime

[alkaprim]

I'm just curious ?
Runs on retail HSF (no AS), asus probe reports 52c roughly 1Hr
into prime95.
Can I trust asus probe ? it also shows Vcore at 1.56 despite me
setting it at 1.6 in bios.
How much lower can I expect the temp to be , if I scraped stuf that
came with heatsink and replaced it with arctic silver?
Thanks.
Here are the specs :
asus P2S333,
northwood 1.6A @2.4GHz ,1.6Vcore(in bios)

Right now prime is at ~3000th test temp stabilized at 52c.

 

[Amused]

I'd say that's fine for that OC and under load. I believe 68c is the operational limit for Northwood processors, so you're well under that under full load.

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Man that temp is outragously hot. Don't you know what temps like that will do to liquid nitrogen?

Those are some good temps for the hardware involved

 

[Jgtdragon]

Get MBM5 instead of Asus Probe. It is a known issue that the cpu temps on the asus is not accurate.

 

[Buffaloman57]

May want to get a copper Heat Sink.

 

[bitbucket]

If you are interested in lowering the CPU core temp, check to see what your internal case temp is. If its too warm inside the case, you are trying to cool a hot CPU with warm air. No matter how good your CPU HSF is, you lose efficiency as the temp of the air entering the HSF increases. Intel recommends that you keep the temp of air entering the HSF at 40c or lower. If you suspect a warm case, try keeping the case cover off and rerun your tests. If the CPU shows a significantly lower temp while under stress with the case wide open, then you'd be advised to improve your case cooling.

 

[bitbucket]

I looked around but didn't see any copper heatsinks for P4 Northwoods. Any recommendations?

 

[Duvie]

My case temps are 28c and cpu is 44c at default 1.8a using heatsink and thermal tape....

I think there is a known issue with msi's (my board is an msi 845 ultra) since a new bios list as temperature correction...

My voltage is weird as well as I usually report .06 lower then I set it too...


I hit 52c at 2.2ghz with moderate use...I just don't know if it is real...that is at 1.49v actual being reported by hardware monitor...