Damaged Heatsink for P3 733

[CrustyToeJam]

I was installing the heatsink on top of my pentium 3 733 MHz processor and damaged the thermal interface material (the white guey stuff) on the bottom of the heatsink.

I got my computer up and running and saw that the CPU temperature was at 40 C and the MB temp was at 26 C. If I left my computer on for about an hour, the CPU temp rose to 45 C.

I think the temp is too high for the CPU and the damage I caused to the thermal interface material while installing it may have affected the heatsink's mechanism.

Is the temperature too high? If it is, should I replace the heatsink and if so, any deals out there for a good quality and cheap priced heatsink?

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[Mapidus]

Depends on the MB because they all measure differently. Does not seem too high to me though. Systems I have show temperature ranging anywhere from 43 to 70 under load.

 

[CrustyToeJam]

oh i have an asus cusl2-c mobo.

 

[BadThad]

No, 45°C is FINE at idle. The issue is the temp when it's under HEAVY load with a program like SETI@Home (Are you on TeAm AnandTech?). With SETI running, it should never get above 60-65°C, assuming you're at 1.65v core. BTW - Intel rates most coppermines at about 85°C max, that's why you're OK.

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