Duron Temp and Thermal Paste help?

derekjr_1

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Ok I just bought a 1.2 GHZ Duron with an MSI Kt3 ULTRA. When I fired it up it runs at 49 C at idel temperature. I have not put a load on it yet, but this seems high to me. I am not sure, but I dont think a DURON should run this hot. What is a good temp to shoot for with a duron 1200 without OCing?

Also I am using a cheap no-name, white, thermal paste. I think this could be affecting it and as a reult I am going to get some Arctic Silver II. If I have allready applied the white stuff, do I have to remove it to use Arctic Silver? I of course will remove it from the HSF when i take it off the CPU.

If I have to totally remove the WHITE thermal paste off the cpu die, how is this done? Any info to these regards will be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks
 

Richardito

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You didn't mentioned your most critical part, the HSF! First, get a good HSF. Without good hardware you are out of luck. Your chip should idle at about 43ºC with a room temp of 30ºC. To get better cooling get a better HSF or a high flow fan to replace the one on your current HS.
 

Mikewarrior2

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the MSI Kt3 ultra should read the internal diode... which the morgan chip has...

What is your system temp? i'm gonan guess that with your certain combination of hardware/cooling, and if the motherboard is setup to read the diode, that your temps are generally on target with where they should be.



mike