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Athlon 1.33HGz running at 50C idle in Windows.

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Jeriko

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I'd really like to get this temp down about 10 degrees. I'm not sure what the problem is - I'm using a Vantec FCE-62540. Could it be that I'm using the cheap grease that came with it? Tests I've seen for this fan show it keeping the CPU around 103-5F max - a far cry from what I'm getting out of it. Any suggestions? BTW I'm using an MSI MB - some people have even said that MSI's read cool compared to other boards.

-J
 
50C is a bit high, but still ok. You should watch the difference between room and core temp, that should not be more than 15C. I'm running now my 1330@1600 and the core is at 38C with the room at 26C. I'm using a 92cm Delta fan with aluminium adaptor on a Taisol HS. With a AMD stock fan the core temp would be around 45C.
 


<< I'm running now my 1330@1600 and the core is at 38C with the room at 26C. >>


I highly doubt those numbers are right. When disapating more than 100watts of heat it would be almost impossible to get that sucker running less than 40C using any air cooling method.

Different mobo's give different ratings for the same temperature so beware. Unless you're using a probe that is touching the core, you will hardly ever get close to the right temps.

Even then I still won't believe running 1600 @ 38C is possible.
 
Jeriko,

is it an MSI k7T-turbo? If so, it reads significantly higher than older mSI boards, and uses a slightly better measuring instrument. ANd 50C idle(and hopefully under 60C full load) is normal temps for an MSI-K7T Turbo.


Chainbolt,

Are you using the mb readings to interpret CPU temp? If so, those aren't close to core temps... They're socket-air temps usually, and at best CPU Backside Ceramic PCB temps.


Mike
 
Mike is right. 🙂

50c is fine, and I am sure you might get up to 55c under load. Still acceptable. 😉
 
Those Asus board have a surface mounted thermistor! There's like several MM of AIR between the bead and the CPU bottom! The Iwill boards have a pc bead but cut the leads too short. There's still the air gap problem. Abit did it right, you can bend the bead up above the socket face, dribble some arctic silver on it and when you press the cpu down in the socket, the bead WILL be touching the CPU bottom. Theoretically, this should have the best reading.

I have a AV7133 and even with ACPI enabled, the idle temp seems quite a bit higher than the other system with a KT7ARAID. Sounds like these readings are hardware compensated which really throws things off!

STABILITY IS THE BEST TEST! If you have blue smoke coming from your case, I don't think it's going to stay stable for long! <g>
 


<< Even teh KT7 has serious accuracy problems >>



Of course it does. My point was out of the three I think its readings are the most faithful. Of course I let stability dictate what's best.
 
For a chip with 73 watts max heat dissipation and 95C max rated temperature, 50C readings really aren't bad! My Tbird 1.066GHz @1.525V (43watts) runs perfectly at 59C idle, although these are exaggerated Asus A7V133 readings. It's probably the same actual temp as your 1.33.
 
LeoE,

THe A7V series boards are not exagerrated readings.... Between the two temps, your readings are probably much loser to actual temp than most other boards.


Mike
 
Indeed you're correct. Here is what I meant: Asus supposedly exaggerates its thermal readings to get closer approximations of real CPU temperatures. Sorry for saying that in a confusing manner 🙂
 
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