AMD stock heatsink/fan temps

[p4nz3rf4ust]

I bought a barton 2500+ earlier this week and i think its running too hot, It iddles at around 50 and under load it goes up to 65. I think i applied my thermal compound correctly (artic alumina). What should i do?

 

[Tango57]

what kind of fan and heatsink are you using? what is the internal temp of your casing? how many case fans (intake/outake) do you have? are you doing or planning on doing any overclocking? first make sure your heatsink is properly seated on top of your cpu. if it's not sitting evenly on your cpu, meaning to say the heatsink is only making good contact with a portion of the cpu and not the whole cpu, even 10ths of a mm off can produce high cpu temps. i'd recommend a better thermal compound like artic silver 5 and a copper heatsink.

 

[Wigwam]

i note from your title that you are using the stock hsf; i assume you are not overclocking but to be honest even if you are then something is wrong as that rise in temp is pretty huge.
the internal case temp / m/b temp would be useful to know
also, i assume this is the diode temp from mbm5 as opposed to the socket temp from asusprobe? [if not add another 10C and you really got problems!]

i would recommend taking off the heatsink, making sure that you cleared off the pad that was already on it completely [you must have cleared it off as you are using alumina compound as TIM?] and clean the cpu core with some TIM cleaner then try reapplying tim and reseating hsf the correct way.

whilst the advice Tango gave about copper hsf/AS5 is sound, that is still way too high using a stock hsf and at normal speeds you shouldnt need anything fancy beyond stock parts really.

 

[p4nz3rf4ust]

This is the temperature reading i get with pc alert 4, im using an old case so i only have one 80mm fan in the back, im running at stock speeds, so i know there's no way I can overclock right now. Which heatsink would you recomend ? One of my friends told me thermaltake volcanos are loud.

 

[Fern]

Yes, That's too high for a stock HSF on a non-OC'd cpu.

Ambient room temps and system temps must also be taken into account. Take the side off your case to see if it goes down substanially. If it doesn't somethings wrong.

Maybe confirm temps with MBM5

Did you use spacers etc when installing the HS. Is it making good contact? The HS must be orientated in the proper direction or it won't seat properly.

The Vantec Aeroflow is about $23 and is highly recommended, Google it for reviews

 

[p4nz3rf4ust]

I didnt use spacer and i think the hs is making good contact, the case temps get around 40c , im gonna buy another hs and clean off the cpu core correctly before apllying thermal compond, should i get something beeter then artic alumina?

 

[Wigwam]

any decent TIM should be fine. to be honest i would try to get to the bottom of the high temps before you get a new hsf is i were you [using the logic that the temps you are getting are NOT hsf related; once that is sorted then by all means lower temps further with a better hsf] though i guess doing it all in q shot is good too.

even that 40C case temp is high. i wold really suggest double-checking your temps wwith something else. a simple solution is to leave it on for a while and note the temps yo get and then reboot into bios and read the bios temp.

if there is a big discrepancy then maybe your software is overreading.

 

[p4nz3rf4ust]

I bought a Thermaltake volcano 11 today and my temps are fine now! Thanks for your help guys.

 

[Xemus]

What are they reading at now?

 

[binaryspiral]

The XP processors have a thermal sensor on the die itself - giving you a much more accurate, and higher temp reading - the nforce and and a few other boards use the same for thier temp readings, while others still use a diode on the back of the chip mounted on the motherboard.

I get the very same readings with a thermal sensor placed right beside the CPU die under my heatsink.

When I turn on a game that maxes out the CPU (or Seti@home) - the temp reading instantly rises to 65-70C, when I exit the game - it drops right back down to 45-50C. And this is with a XP1800 using a HCC-100 heatpiped copper heatsink and good thermal compound.

My motherboard's diode however - reads 40C and only climbs to 43C 2 minutes later when maxed out due to the efficient CPU cooler.

Just remember, your temps are reading higher - but they were always this high, just most of us never knew. This is the most accurate readings you'll get.