Hi all
I've got a bit of a head scratcher here, and am wondering if anyone can help me figure this out.
I recently purchased an A64 3400 (2.4 ghz 512 k L2 cache, as opposed to the usual 2.2 ghz 1mb L2 cache) and have some serious heat issues. For the most part, at idle, my cpu temp sits at around 50 degrees Celsius, and from what I've heard about the A64, this is far too hot.
Once subjected to a few games or benchmark runs, the temp. can climb up to near on 70 Celsius.
I've resorted to disconnecting the cpu fan from the mobo and connecting it straight to a molex, so that it spins at a constant 4000 rpm, and added one of those ducting mods with two 80mm fans blowing cool air to the cpu fan. I've even in desperation connected a 120mm fan that blows additional air right over the heatsink. Yet, last night after about an hour of gaming, my cpu shut down after reaching a threshhold limit (which I set) of 68 Celsius. BTW, I'm running the fan+heatsink package I got with the processor, and therefor also the standard thermal pad as opposed to thermal paste.
The really odd thing is though that my tempratures aren't always so high, and I've seen tempratures as low as 32 Celsius at idle. Sometimes it's 38 C, sometimes 44C, other times 50 C, 55 C etc. etc. It's gotten to the point where I go "hmm, I wonder what my temp. will be today?"
I use two utilities for measuring my temp. - MSI Corecenter (which I got with the mobo) and AIDA 32. The readouts between the two differ slightly, but usually within 3-5 degrees of each other. I'm actually thinking of going out and buying a thermometer, becuase I don't know *what* to believe anymore.
I've checked to make sure that the heatsink is properly attached, and I made sure before installation that the thermal pad itself was free from grit or dirt. My cpu fan is definitely spinning (I can't check the speed since I disconnected it from the mobo) but it's spinning presumably at maximum speed (+- 4000 rpm) and all my case fans etc. are spinning as well. In fact, my mobo temp is usually around 32 C and case temp. around 28 C, even after a few hours of gaming.
What disturbs me is not only the high tempratures, but also the wildly fluctuating readouts I get. One day it's 46 C after an extended gaming session, the next it's 65 C - at least according to the readouts.
I'm beginning to wonder if my rather unusual cpu speed of 2.4 ghz (200X12=2400) is not somehow partly responsible, since a "normal" 3400 runs at 2.2. Thing is, that's how I got it from the retailer, and it was a boxed set.
I dunno.
I've spent a week with the damn thing trying to figure it out and I'm no better off for it, no matter what I try.
Short of water cooling (which I don't really want to do) I'm fast running out of options here...
Can anyone suggest something I maybe haven't tried or maybe shed some light on this very perculiar problem?
Thank you.
I've got a bit of a head scratcher here, and am wondering if anyone can help me figure this out.
I recently purchased an A64 3400 (2.4 ghz 512 k L2 cache, as opposed to the usual 2.2 ghz 1mb L2 cache) and have some serious heat issues. For the most part, at idle, my cpu temp sits at around 50 degrees Celsius, and from what I've heard about the A64, this is far too hot.
Once subjected to a few games or benchmark runs, the temp. can climb up to near on 70 Celsius.
I've resorted to disconnecting the cpu fan from the mobo and connecting it straight to a molex, so that it spins at a constant 4000 rpm, and added one of those ducting mods with two 80mm fans blowing cool air to the cpu fan. I've even in desperation connected a 120mm fan that blows additional air right over the heatsink. Yet, last night after about an hour of gaming, my cpu shut down after reaching a threshhold limit (which I set) of 68 Celsius. BTW, I'm running the fan+heatsink package I got with the processor, and therefor also the standard thermal pad as opposed to thermal paste.
The really odd thing is though that my tempratures aren't always so high, and I've seen tempratures as low as 32 Celsius at idle. Sometimes it's 38 C, sometimes 44C, other times 50 C, 55 C etc. etc. It's gotten to the point where I go "hmm, I wonder what my temp. will be today?"
I use two utilities for measuring my temp. - MSI Corecenter (which I got with the mobo) and AIDA 32. The readouts between the two differ slightly, but usually within 3-5 degrees of each other. I'm actually thinking of going out and buying a thermometer, becuase I don't know *what* to believe anymore.
I've checked to make sure that the heatsink is properly attached, and I made sure before installation that the thermal pad itself was free from grit or dirt. My cpu fan is definitely spinning (I can't check the speed since I disconnected it from the mobo) but it's spinning presumably at maximum speed (+- 4000 rpm) and all my case fans etc. are spinning as well. In fact, my mobo temp is usually around 32 C and case temp. around 28 C, even after a few hours of gaming.
What disturbs me is not only the high tempratures, but also the wildly fluctuating readouts I get. One day it's 46 C after an extended gaming session, the next it's 65 C - at least according to the readouts.
I'm beginning to wonder if my rather unusual cpu speed of 2.4 ghz (200X12=2400) is not somehow partly responsible, since a "normal" 3400 runs at 2.2. Thing is, that's how I got it from the retailer, and it was a boxed set.
I dunno.
I've spent a week with the damn thing trying to figure it out and I'm no better off for it, no matter what I try.
Short of water cooling (which I don't really want to do) I'm fast running out of options here...
Can anyone suggest something I maybe haven't tried or maybe shed some light on this very perculiar problem?
Thank you.
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