e Average temperature of a P4 2.6c?

[Suture]

I recently upgraded my gaming rig from an AMD XP1800 processor (Thoroughbred core) to an Intel Pentium 4 2.6c. I purchased an MSI Neo motherboard (865PE) along with the retail (boxed fan/heatsink) 2.6c. I've noticed that this Intel runs a lot hotter than my XP1800 did. Checked the BIOS, my CPU temperature sits around 45 degrees Celsius. This seems awfully high to me. I have been using AMD chips for the past few years, and have always known them to run hotter, but this doesn't seem to be the case with mine. My XP1800 ran around 34 degrees with a Coppermine cooler.

Edit: Forgot to mention: I also have 2 Vantec exhaust fans facing reward, one Vantec intake fan in the front, a Vantec intake fan on the window's side, and another exhaust facing facing up on the top of the case. I have a Nexus fan controller turned on the max setting but the fans RPMs on the Intel don't go anywhere near as high as on the AMD chip I had (about half). All of my IDE cables are round cables. And I've never overclocked either chips.

 

[MattCo]

Did the AMD CPU have an on-die thermometer? That makes a large difference.

-MC

 

[Slogun]

Your temp is normal.
My 2.6C is idling right now at 41c and gets up to about 51c while gaming.
All of these high powered chips put out a bit of wattage.
There are a lot of threads about temps if you need further info.

 

[RaymondY]

My P4 2.6c idles at about 39 and climbs to 50 when gaming.

 

[Suture]

My apologies; I just noticed the other threads, and saw that my temperatures seemed about the norm; however, I could have sworn that Pentiums ran cooler than AMD chips. I guess I'm going to pick up some thermal paste today on my way home from work, and probably order a Volcano or something for my new P4. Thanks, all.

 

[CuriousGeeorge]

Originally posted by: RaymondY
My P4 2.6c idles at about 39 and climbs to 50 when gaming.

That's where mine sets(38.5-39) w/ stock HS & Fan(retail), which is heavy and huge, altho don't know about efficiency((mb bios says cpu fan is 2743rpm(varies a little, idle), can't be too bad. I am going by p4p800 bios. Hopefully it is accurate. System hasn't been thoroughly tested yet. There is some talk about temps on this mb being wrong. Trying to get info on that. I think it is for MB only tho. Says that MB temp is 27c-30c idle. Do have many fans tho. Surprisingly not loud tho. Intel has a statement on their site that says it should be maximum 40c, must mean sitting idle. And then elsewhere states 75c as a max I believe. Def a hot chip.