AMD 1Gig Processor running too hot??????

[Hessakia]

I have a TBird, running at 1gig (not over clocked) its an ARGA processor....

and it usually idles at 50-60 degrees celcius... i've never had a lockup/bsod with it, and i'm wondering how hot is too hot?? i have a themaltake Volcano2 on it and its not overclocked.. i'm just curious what the deal is??


thanks alot.

 

[SillyMan]

what I've read on the subject it seems that around 70c is where heat problem start so 50 to 60 should be finemine runs just a lil under 50c
ooops mine is an amd athlon 1 gig cpu that is what you are talking about I hope

 

[Ionizer86]

Interesting. My TB 1000/200 is running at 30.7ºC, with a TaiSol fan. Maybe I can overclock it to 1200 once I get a better board with a functional Bios.

 

[SickBeast]

hey i am running a duron 800@1020 and i'm getting 57C loaded, 50C idle. so basically it sounds like we're both doing about the same. that's not to say that this is good however. i personally think that anything over 40C loaded is too hot (based on the cooler reviews i've read). i'm looking to upgrade to a better cooling system...anyone know something good in the $20-40 range for us?

 

[shwigley]

I have a Thermaltake Volcano 2 and a 1.2 Ghz Athlon. Is that fan loud or what!!! My temp was between 49 - 54 C depending on how hot of a day it is and how hard I am running the CPU. I took off the Heat Sink/Fan to find that the thermal pad melted away from the diode. I scraped off the pad and got some Artic Silver II. Now I am running my CPU at 1.43 Ghz and I range from 44 idle to 51C at a 100% cpu load running L0phtCrack.

 

[SickBeast]

it's nice to know that that silver stuff works...i thought it was only a gimmic. hey i hear that if you strap on a 7000rpm delta to the volcano 2 you get amazing cooling performance. not only that but i hear that their new volcano 6cu is awesome...only $15!! i'd like to see some more reviews tho, i read one and the guy got like 47C loaded, which is mediocre in my opinion. i know that the thermaltake sk-6 gets 37C loaded, which is only 2C higher than a cooler that costs $80..

 

[SillyMan]

found this site that is suppose to tell the temps cpu's can run but they all sure look extra hot to me
Link
I read on some other places alot depends on what motherboard you have
as to what is considered the normal temp