As noted, my Athlon C 1333, fitted with Alpha PAL 8045 and Papst 8312L fan, is running 49C at idle (system temp 28C), or so the motherboard tells me. At 100% usage (SETI@home), it rises all the way to 54C (system temp 30C). This seems rather hot at idle, but is this just the inevitable effect of having a feeble fan on a huge heatsink?
The PSU is an Enermax 350W (with two fans), there's no other case cooling, nor will there be except possibly another silent fan, probably for intake of cool air at the front.
Also, the BIOS hardware monitor says 30C as soon as I get into it from cold, with a system/ambient temp of 15C, does the ECS K7S5A add 10C just for good measure?
My other machine is an Athlon C 1000, with Coolermaster DP5-6H51, also on ECS K7S5A. That idles at 42C, never seen what it gets to when hot (I don't dare, I don't like system crashes). That's a rubbish heatsink with a fast, noisy fan on it. Odd...
Anyway, did I mess up fitting the Alpha PAL 8045, and without resorting to more fans (I want to keep this PC quiet, it's noisy enough already), is there anything I should do to cool it down?
The PSU is an Enermax 350W (with two fans), there's no other case cooling, nor will there be except possibly another silent fan, probably for intake of cool air at the front.
Also, the BIOS hardware monitor says 30C as soon as I get into it from cold, with a system/ambient temp of 15C, does the ECS K7S5A add 10C just for good measure?
My other machine is an Athlon C 1000, with Coolermaster DP5-6H51, also on ECS K7S5A. That idles at 42C, never seen what it gets to when hot (I don't dare, I don't like system crashes). That's a rubbish heatsink with a fast, noisy fan on it. Odd...
Anyway, did I mess up fitting the Alpha PAL 8045, and without resorting to more fans (I want to keep this PC quiet, it's noisy enough already), is there anything I should do to cool it down?
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