cooling issue with a prescott and a Zalman.

[DERVW]

hello,

i have a 2.8E prescott not O'C and i have just installed a Zalman CNPS7000A Cu to hopefully keep things cool. I was just wondering if the tempretures that i am getting are normal. During idle i am getting 41C and load 51C, is that ok ?

Now just on a side not, what is the stock rpm for the stock HSF of the Prescott? Since the other day i saw it at 3300 then it jumped down to 2600 for some reason.

Thanks.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Temps are fine.

Many motherboards have dynamically controlled fan headers. Asus has calls Q-Fan, other board makers have their own and adjust voltage to the fan making it spin slower or faster depending on temperatures.

 

[DERVW]

but the thing is q fan is disabled.

 

[Spicedaddy]

The stock fan is variable speed, it'll change rpm even if q-fan is disabled.

 

[joe2004]

During idle i am getting 41C and load 51C, is that ok ?

Given what others are complaining, I think you are doing mighty fine. Sadly there won't be much overclocking with that Prescott hog unless one uses watercooling. I gotta laugh at Intel, my Northwood 2.4C is the last one I'll have for a while.

 

[smahoney]

"<FONT face=Verdana size=1>cooling issue with a prescott " I think that this is going to be a recurring thread .

Those temps are pretty normal from what I have been reading of other prescott owners.</FONT>

 

[faye]

i don't know,
i have stock hsf with 2.8e and ASUS p4p800e-deluxe,
i ahve 37C idle and ~44C

i just bought the same hsf, zalman 7000-cu.
i hope it will perform better than stock intel hsf.

 

[Soulkeeper]

those seem about right for the prescott
I've never been much of a supporter of the zalman heatsinks or flow-like-things tho, they just aren't effective enough for extreme overclocking imo (and in this case the prescott makes the thing look unbelievably weak)


good luck

 

[Steg55]

During idle i am getting 41C and load 51C

Is that socket or core temps?
My 2500+ on a 7000A-Cu runs at about 50/40 (core/socket) temps at 100% load (running SETI 24/7). The ambient case temp is about 30 degrees. Heh, my case is not very thermally efficent.
Those temps should not cause a major problem. Nothing to worry about.

Steg

 

[Nebor]

Bwahahaha... Oh man, my P4C 3ghz is sitting at 58C idle right now, and likes to hit a load temp of 72C. Yup, your temps are VERY dangerous.

I :heart: Abit temperatures. They're fun. My PWM is @ 654C. Bwahaha.

 

[illusionz3]

What's the quietess HSF for a 3.0E @ 3.6 GHz?