Coppermine/Celermine temps on a CUBX

UserX

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Hi!

I'd want to see what temps others get. Unfortunately, I don't know it exactly, but it seems as if every board manufacturer places their temps sensors a bit differently, so the temps aren't very comparable. (Am I wrong?)

I've got a Celeron2-533.
At 533:
idle: 20° to 29° (depending on room temp)
working: 40 to 47°

At 800: (1,6V setting, but the utility then measures about 1,65V ):
idle: 21° to 30° (pretty much the same as at 533 MHz)
working: 47° to 58°

Sorry, with "working" I meant "very busy", I didn't find the right word as english is not my native language.

What temperature does your CUBX measure?

 

Painman

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700E@980, 1.65v, golden orb on a CUBX.

Idle, 22-24º C currently

Load, 38-40º C

-Pain
 

UserX

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Jun 19, 2000
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Thanks for responding!
Hey, anyone else who'd like to post his cpu temps on his cubx?
Would you?

Besides, I forgot to mention that I use a simple cooler (with standard termal compound) but which seems to be not bad.
 

ghetto buck

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What is your approximate room temp? Golden Orb's sell for about 15 dollars (american) and should help you quite a bit considering how much your temp is fluctuating at idle and load temps.

good luck.
 

UserX

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I think that you're right, buck. Although I thought that my cooler was alright, it seems to do it's job not as well as Painman's Golden Orb.
Hmmm, I have a question......
When I mounted it, there was a silvery layer on it at the place where the cpu should touch, should be a sort of thermal compound, but not liquid, though very soft. I tested both, just as it came and with additional thermal paste. With the additional paste, it seemed to be a little bit cooler, so maybe that cooler mounted heatsink material does not it's job well. I think I'll try to remove it. ? And then maybe lap the cooler bottom? Because I think that the material which anodizing adds on the aluminium doesn't conduct heat well. On the other hand it's so very thin that it probably doesn't make a difference. And after lapping, maybe the aluminium would oxidize after some time and make things worse?
What do you think? (If anything doesn't work I still can buy a better cooler like the Golden orb)
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jose

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P3-933mhz , 1.69v @ 58C/136F in idle mode.

But I will receive my Apha w/ artic silver soon.
 

Painman

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I neglected to mention that my orb has been lapped. That's part of why it cools well, the other part is that I have a rather ridiculous amount of airflow through my case. It never goes more than 2º C above ambient inside there.

Lapping the orb is good because the bottom of it isn't smooth; you'll notice that it has many concentric grooves in it from when the base was manufactured. Using a generous amount of grease is good too since the twisting action of installing the heatsink can scrape a thin layer of grease off of the contact area and push it to the sides. I'm using a thick aluminum oxide paste from Melcor (2cooltek sells it) with my orb and it not only conducts heat well but withstands the heatsink installation.

-Pain