I recently noticed that my Intel P3 500e O/C to 700 (fcpga, 1.65V) was getting a little hotter than I liked. Until an hour ago, ASUS probe was reporting around 55-60deg C under load, and around 45 idle.
Any way, I decided it might be a good idea to take out the CPU to see how it was doing, so to speak. Well - the heatsink was COVERED in a thick layer of dust. If you think about it, this dust would be liable to insulate heat - not a good thing at all when you want a nice cool CPU. So, I blew/wiped off all the dust, put the CPU back in and low-and-behold, ASUS probe was reporting 45Deg C under load and around 33 when idle! I've since re-applied some generic thermal paste which has helped even more (minus a few degrees). But the dust thing is something to look out for.
Just thought I'd share that with ya, as it might not be something one normally thinks of
BTW, this was with a stock heatsink. I'm getting sent (for free) a FOP 32 in a few days which I'll be slapping on. Hopefully that will decrease temps even more.
Any way, I decided it might be a good idea to take out the CPU to see how it was doing, so to speak. Well - the heatsink was COVERED in a thick layer of dust. If you think about it, this dust would be liable to insulate heat - not a good thing at all when you want a nice cool CPU. So, I blew/wiped off all the dust, put the CPU back in and low-and-behold, ASUS probe was reporting 45Deg C under load and around 33 when idle! I've since re-applied some generic thermal paste which has helped even more (minus a few degrees). But the dust thing is something to look out for.
Just thought I'd share that with ya, as it might not be something one normally thinks of
BTW, this was with a stock heatsink. I'm getting sent (for free
) a FOP 32 in a few days which I'll be slapping on. Hopefully that will decrease temps even more.
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