Athlon 64 Temperature Question

[rghjr1]

I recently upgraded my computer to an Athlon 64 3000, using standard HSF. Have mbm5 installed and getting temps of 35 system and 52 cpu, idle but cpu jumps to 62 under load. Are these temps good or bad for this cpu? If not, what should I be aiming for? Room temp runs 25-27.

Thanks.

 

[cubanx]

Originally posted by: rghjr1
I recently upgraded my computer to an Athlon 64 3000, using standard HSF. Have mbm5 installed and getting temps of 35 system and 52 cpu, idle but cpu jumps to 62 under load. Are these temps good or bad for this cpu? If not, what should I be aiming for? Room temp runs 25-27.

Thanks.

While not the greatest temps they are within specs. Your mobo could also be reporting the wrong temps which is a problem with quite a few boards. You might want to check to see if there's a BIOS update for your particular board.

 

[gotensan01]

How is the circulation of air in the total system? How many fans do you have for intake and how many for exhaust?

 

[prometheusxls]

Originally posted by: cubanx

Originally posted by: rghjr1
I recently upgraded my computer to an Athlon 64 3000, using standard HSF. Have mbm5 installed and getting temps of 35 system and 52 cpu, idle but cpu jumps to 62 under load. Are these temps good or bad for this cpu? If not, what should I be aiming for? Room temp runs 25-27.

Thanks.

While not the greatest temps they are within specs. Your mobo could also be reporting the wrong temps which is a problem with quite a few boards. You might want to check to see if there's a BIOS update for your particular board.

What Mobo are you using? My VNF3-250 has some serious bios related temp probe issues. for example, the temp went up 30C after I updated my bios to the latest official release. the motherboard temp probes are notoriously poor. Its best to get a real thermometer and test the temp of the cpu manually from the back of the 'CPU Die. HTH.

 

[Cheetah8799]

Originally posted by: rghjr1
I recently upgraded my computer to an Athlon 64 3000, using standard HSF. Have mbm5 installed and getting temps of 35 system and 52 cpu, idle but cpu jumps to 62 under load. Are these temps good or bad for this cpu? If not, what should I be aiming for? Room temp runs 25-27.

Thanks.

I just helped a coworker setup a very similar rig and he had the same temps in the bios health menu when we ran it outside of the case.

Personally I'd want the CPU to run cooler, but as others have said, it's within specs, and you shouldn't have any problems unless you start to overclock it.

 

[rghjr1]

Originally posted by: prometheusxls

What Mobo are you using? My VNF3-250 has some serious bios related temp probe issues. for example, the temp went up 30C after I updated my bios to the latest official release. the motherboard temp probes are notoriously poor. Its best to get a real thermometer and test the temp of the cpu manually from the back of the 'CPU Die. HTH.

Here's my system:

AMD 64 3000+ w/ standard HSF, not OC
MSI K8t Neo
1 gig Mushkin Blue
Geforce 6800 gt


I'm going to flash the bios with the latest version, hopefully that will help. I just installed three intake fans in the front to add to the stock two exhaust fans in the back that came with the case (Antec full tower, don't know what kind, it's a couple years old). Adding the fans didn't make a bit of difference as far as reported temps. Might be airflow due to cabling, but that's beyond my skills to fix right now. I just wanted to make sure I didn't screw the installation up (replaced stock thermal paste stuff w/ arctic silver 5) and that I'm not injuring the hardware. May want to try OC'ing at some point in future.

 

[prometheusxls]

With stock fan your temps aren't totally unexpected. you know that with AS5 you are supposed to use a very small ammount, 1 bb size amount per application.

 

[whitelight]

if you want to solve your cabling issues, just get round cables. and if you want to OC in the future, i would upgrade your HSF. personally recommend the thermalright xp-90. it's really quiet and works very well. i get 38C fulll load with a a64@2.2ghz.

 

[rghjr1]

Originally posted by: whitelight
if you want to solve your cabling issues, just get round cables. and if you want to OC in the future, i would upgrade your HSF. personally recommend the thermalright xp-90. it's really quiet and works very well. i get 38C fulll load with a a64@2.2ghz.

Thanks for the suggestion. I have round IDE and floppy cables, and the main power supply to the mobo is wrapped. All the additional power connectors ( there are a bunch I don't use), however, are a mess. I'm electriphobic, so popping the molex connectors off and rewiring is scary to me. I've twisted and tied where I can, but it's still a mess. As an aside, I don't understand why psu manufacturers can't set up the wiring such that all the individual power connectors are separated all the way to the psu case, instead of having all the red come out on one side, all the black on the other, and then having them intertwine as the spread out into end connections. Any suggestions on how to manage cables, short of undoing connectors, would be appreciated.