Average temp on aircooled P4 3 ghz?

Kalmah

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At idle the processor temp sets around 34 degrees C. Full load I have never seen it go over 50. 49 is usually the highest I see actually.

How high should I allow this thing to go?
 

Kalmah

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Just oc'd from 3 ghz to 3.2 ghz. Got a little over 100 more points in 3dmark03. Almost pushing 7 thousand! Average temp went up by about 1 degree.

I love the AI overclocking on this motherboard.

Thanks for your replies.
 

Pauli

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Be aware that most ASUS motherboards under-report the temps by as much as 8-10 degrees C.
 

jhurst

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Asus don't undertemp 8-10C. Most articles I've read say no more than 2-3C. The Abit boards actually run cooler than Asus, but report up to 15C hotter. Your temps are fine. Why did you stop @ 3.2? My 2.8C got up to 3.4ghz with no problem at all and on stock cooling. Above that, I needed more voltage and a better cooler (Zalman).

NEBOR: that is awful hot. Which monitor program are you using? Are you using stock cooling? Geez thats hot, even if you are using a Prescott (which you don't mention what you are using).
 

Kalmah

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No idea, jus thought 3.2 sounded good. hehe. Well, that is the max for my motherboard. Anymore and I might be stressing the motherboard wont I? (asus p4c800 deluxe)

I have an aerogate 2 on the front of my computer also. Asus probe reports about 3 degrees hotter than the aerogate 2. I usually go by the aerogate though.
 

RalfHutter

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Originally posted by: jhurst
Asus don't undertemp 8-10C. Most articles I've read say no more than 2-3C.

Most reports from OC Forums and Asusboards forums fron just about one year ago (as the boards were still fairly new and more people were starting to use them) showed the P4P800 and P4C800 under reporting CPU temps by 8-10°C.
 

azndelite6983

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Originally posted by: RalfHutter
[Most reports from OC Forums and Asusboards forums fron just about one year ago (as the boards were still fairly new and more people were starting to use them) showed the P4P800 and P4C800 under reporting CPU temps by 8-10°C.

To avoid this problem, just use a separate program (motherboard monitor).

Temps sound fine to me. My p4 2.8B @ 3.06 idles around 38 and loads around 55 (heavy gaming for long periods of time in a hot ass room). Just make sure you have a lot of air moving (I added an extra intake and exhaust just for this summer)

You should be able to take that cpu to 3.4 easy. And if possible, spend the extra $30 to get a good HSF.
 

Pauli

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Originally posted by: azndelite6983
Originally posted by: RalfHutter
[Most reports from OC Forums and Asusboards forums fron just about one year ago (as the boards were still fairly new and more people were starting to use them) showed the P4P800 and P4C800 under reporting CPU temps by 8-10°C.

To avoid this problem, just use a separate program (motherboard monitor).

Temps sound fine to me. My p4 2.8B @ 3.06 idles around 38 and loads around 55 (heavy gaming for long periods of time in a hot ass room). Just make sure you have a lot of air moving (I added an extra intake and exhaust just for this summer)

You should be able to take that cpu to 3.4 easy. And if possible, spend the extra $30 to get a good HSF.

It doesn't matter which program is reporting the temps, the sensors on the ASUS boards themselves are reporting the erroneous temps. MBM will not show any different. To prove this, my 2.8C at stock speeds is being reported at 26-28C at idle and 42-44C running Prime95 --- I KNOW that is not even close to correct. Even 10C higher might even be a stretch for a Northwood at 2.8GHz. Plus, I'm only running my Zalman 7000AlCu fan at 55% when idle and 80% at load.
 

azndelite6983

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Meh, it's really not a big deal unless he's getting close to the 60's.

Wonder why it's just that series of mobos...
 

jhurst

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Originally posted by: azndelite6983
Originally posted by: RalfHutter
[Most reports from OC Forums and Asusboards forums fron just about one year ago (as the boards were still fairly new and more people were starting to use them) showed the P4P800 and P4C800 under reporting CPU temps by 8-10°C.

To avoid this problem, just use a separate program (motherboard monitor).

Temps sound fine to me. My p4 2.8B @ 3.06 idles around 38 and loads around 55 (heavy gaming for long periods of time in a hot ass room). Just make sure you have a lot of air moving (I added an extra intake and exhaust just for this summer)

You should be able to take that cpu to 3.4 easy. And if possible, spend the extra $30 to get a good HSF.

The sensors are the same dude. LOL, like the software can magically find out the "real" temps. ROFLes.
 

azndelite6983

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Originally posted by: jhurst
Originally posted by: azndelite6983
Originally posted by: RalfHutter
[Most reports from OC Forums and Asusboards forums fron just about one year ago (as the boards were still fairly new and more people were starting to use them) showed the P4P800 and P4C800 under reporting CPU temps by 8-10°C.

To avoid this problem, just use a separate program (motherboard monitor).

Temps sound fine to me. My p4 2.8B @ 3.06 idles around 38 and loads around 55 (heavy gaming for long periods of time in a hot ass room). Just make sure you have a lot of air moving (I added an extra intake and exhaust just for this summer)

You should be able to take that cpu to 3.4 easy. And if possible, spend the extra $30 to get a good HSF.

The sensors are the same dude. LOL, like the software can magically find out the "real" temps. ROFLes.

gj catchin that for the second time there bro. also notice my response directly above your post.
 

Kalmah

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I have no problem with the temp sensors on the motherboard. My Aerogate has its own temperature sensors that I placed myself, right next to the processor under the heatsink. (not between heatsink and processor) It usually reads about 3 degrees cooler than the sensor built into the board itself.

If the board is reading the wrong temperature, then the aerogate is reading the wrong temperature also.

I baught my p4c800 deluxe almost imediatly after they first shipped. I wouldn't doubt if I got the first batch.
 

RalfHutter

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Originally posted by: Kalmah
IMy Aerogate has its own temperature sensors that I placed myself, right next to the processor under the heatsink.

The Aerogate sensor isn't reading anything close to the temperature of the die itself. Your external sensor is (at best) resting against the IHS, which is about 1/4" away from the die itself, not connected to the die by anything other than some Intel-applied thermal compound, and also cooled by contact to the heatsink itself. The temps shown by that sensor won't be anything close to the actual die temps, they'll be some significant amount cooler.
 

MichaelZ

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since you got the aerogate 2, here's what i do. take the motherboard reading, take the aerogate 2 reading, average the two and you got yourself the rough temperature ;)

edit............

scratch that, my board over reads by a fair bit, so average works out. for your asus that under temps, that won't work at all.