- Mar 5, 2005
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When I first built my rig over two years ago my X2 6000+ ran in the mid-high 30's C idle and high 40's C under load. I hadn't paid too much attention to the temperatures up until a few weeks ago when I was trying to figure out why my games were crashing.
As of now my idle temps are around 47-49C and under load (playing games) it will reach 60C. I'm using an Arctic Freezer 64 Pro, btw. I removed the heatsink and vacuumed it out (was pretty clean dust wise) and reapplied arctic silver. No effect on temps. I even removed the stock 92mm fan and replaced it with a 120mm, still no effect.
Is it possible to soak the heatsink in some sort of a cleaner (purple power, etc.) to remove any residue covering the fins of the heatsink just to be sure it's 100% clean? Also, could anyone tell me what would cause this much of a temp rise on a CPU if the heatsink wasn't the cause?
Edit: Ambient room temp stays between 71-74 F. Motherboard sensor temps are always around 28-31C.
As of now my idle temps are around 47-49C and under load (playing games) it will reach 60C. I'm using an Arctic Freezer 64 Pro, btw. I removed the heatsink and vacuumed it out (was pretty clean dust wise) and reapplied arctic silver. No effect on temps. I even removed the stock 92mm fan and replaced it with a 120mm, still no effect.
Is it possible to soak the heatsink in some sort of a cleaner (purple power, etc.) to remove any residue covering the fins of the heatsink just to be sure it's 100% clean? Also, could anyone tell me what would cause this much of a temp rise on a CPU if the heatsink wasn't the cause?
Edit: Ambient room temp stays between 71-74 F. Motherboard sensor temps are always around 28-31C.