CG68 Cooler Users: getting 44C @idle with 1.4Athlon?

[IS300]

I'm using MBM5 with a 1.4 Athlon Thunderbird, and a ECS K7S5A motherboard. MBM5 is getting the temperature using board sensor Sis950/ITE8705-3. The ambient room temperature is between 70C and 80C. Running distributed.net client and Toast for about 10 minutes, I already get a "full load" temperature of 53C. Does this seem really high for this heatsink?

 

[Shaorinor]

Overclocking? If you are, temps are fine. Even if you aren't, temps don't seem that high to me. I also think you mean Farenheit instead of Celsius for your ambient temp.

 

[kauffmbe]

Depending on your case temps, that is too high for this supposed good performing heat sink. Not that the temps are too high to use, but I get lower temps with the retail hsf on my 1.4 in a lowly Enlight 7237 case with one 80mm intake and 1 80 mm exhaust fan. You would think that this sink would perform better than this. However, the chip will be fine at those temps.

 

[CheapGator]

The tbirds run pretty hot also, another question would be what's the temperature inside your case. Is it the same as ambient or is it pretty high. If it's high you need more circulation of fresh air within the case, if it's low you could check to see that the heatsink is seated properly. If you don't seat the hs correctly you won't have a proper connection. What kinda thermal paste are you using as well. The temp is fine though, amd says processors can goto 90C without problems, so they say.

 

[skriefal]

I hope you meant that ambient room temp is approx 75F, not 75C!

53C at full load with an ambient temp of approx 75F is fine. Actually it's pretty good.

 

[SWScorch]

Those temperatures are fine. The GC68 is a decent heatsink, not a great one. Its quietness and economy are the reasons why its so popular; its decent performance just makes it all the more desireable. But it is still no Alpha.