acceptable temps for athlon xp w/ internal diode?

[mee987]

old setup:
athlon xp 1700+ @ 1.58ghz
retail hsf w/ retail thermal pad
epox 8kha+
temps about 40C idle, 48C full load

new setup:
athlon xp 1800+ @ 1.65ghz
swiftech 60mm cooler w/ high output papst fan and arctic silver III
epox 8k3a+
temps about 55C idle, 61C full load

at first these temps really worried me on the new setup, I would have thought that my temps would be the same or lower than my original setup. but are these temps really that bad if the temp is being read from the internal diode rather than the sensor-under-the-socket method? I know my temps arent getting dangerously hot, but does anyone know what an acceptable temp range for internal diodes is?

 

[mechBgon]

*edited 'cause I went off on the wrong tangent, sorry. *

As for the max die temperature for AMD, I believe it's around 80C. I'll check to confirm that.

Update: to quote Mikewarrior2, whom I would trust to know:

PER amd recommendations, the MAX DIE temperature is 90C for athlonXP cpu's. (was a little higher for certain T-bird models).

however, further delving into the PDFs shows that amd really doesn't recommend sustained temps over 70-75C(depending on ambient system temperature) or so (calculations based on AMD's minimum recommended heatsink c/w values and CPU wattage).

That being said, with an internal diode reading, anything from 20C over ambient all the way up to 40C over ambient system temp is acceptable depending on what heatsink you have.

 

[mechBgon]

Oops, I goofed, I didn't notice that the changes included the new 8k3a+ board... I didn't read the model numbers closely enough. My apologies. For a true core-temp reading, that sounds good.