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How hot can these Athlon XP's get?

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BZeto

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I know my 1.33 T-bird is fine upto 60 C from experience. But I'm not sure on my new machine with an Athlon XP 1600 OC'ed to 1.75ghz (XP 2100). Right now it sits at about 38 C idle and around 44 C load. But when summer comes I know my ambient room temp is going to rise so my CPU temps are going to raise a bit. So how do these XP processors deal with heat?
 
From my experience with them they tend to start locking up at around 50c based on MBM. I have seen a few go higher w/o any problems.
 
The maximum actual core temperature is 80C to 90C. What reading you see in the BIOS or in monitoring software is going to depend radically upon what motherboard you have, and how it estimates the temperature. Take the same CPU and heatsink, put them on an A7N266-VM and you might see 40C. Put them on an ABIT NV7M and you are going to see about 70C. But the CPU itself is at the same temperature, either way.

While many boards monitor the internal CPU diode, there are only two consumer boards (that I'm aware of) that actually do report temperatures directly from the CPU core to the end user: the EPoX 8KHA+, and revision 2 of the Gigabyte 7VRX/P. If you have one of those, typical REAL temperatures seem to range from 55C to 70C under load depending upon the cooling solution.
 
My XP in my room runs at about 53C under full load, sometimes higher. I intend to replace the HSF soon because i'm not pleased with the temps. It does not, however, lock up. I also have another one in my basement that runs at around 51 or 52 max, and it has never locked up on me either.



 
Originally posted by: orion7144
From my experience with them they tend to start locking up at around 50c based on MBM. I have seen a few go higher w/o any problems.
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wow, 50 is not correct at all. You have had an xp fail or become unstable when it is @ 50C?? I would take it back
 
Originally posted by: alexXx
Originally posted by: orion7144
From my experience with them they tend to start locking up at around 50c based on MBM. I have seen a few go higher w/o any problems.
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wow you on crack/?? you obviously have NO idea wtf you are talking about.
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wtf are you talking about then?? 🙂
 
Originally posted by: alexXx
Originally posted by: orion7144
From my experience with them they tend to start locking up at around 50c based on MBM. I have seen a few go higher w/o any problems.
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Hey, no need to get hostile, using his setups the info he provided is probably dead on acurate as he did state "in his experience" and not everyone researches this stuff beyond their own needs 😉 Thank you for editing your post alexXx 🙂
 
np, btw my xp1600+ hasnt run below 50 for like 8months ( I am using an FOP32). It idles @ about 55C and gets up to about 63+C under load. I have no instability probs with it.
 
My temp: -
XP1700+ T-bred (stock speed)
SK-6 w/ 80mm Sunon
Epox 8KHA+

Mobo temp : 41C
CPU temp : 46-50C

2nd setup
XP 2200+ T-bred (stock speed)
SLK-800 w/ 80mm Sunon
Asus A7V333

Mobo temp : 40C
CPU temp : 45-48C

My old setup : -
T-bird 1GHz
WBK38 w/ 80mm Sunon
Epox 8KHA+
Mobo temp : 41C
CPU temp : 48-53C

XP deals w/ heat better. So whtever u do...the XP temp should not get higher than the T-bird tempretature (provided all other components + environment is constant).
 
XP's are fine up to 90c. However the temp you are reading might not be an actual on die reading- it might be from under the chip in the socket so the temp read will be lower while the on-die temp will be higher. 60-70c and i would be concerned. It doesn't cost a whole lot to just buy a decent cooler and some case fnas and forget about heat problems
 
Originally posted by: BZeto
I know my 1.33 T-bird is fine upto 60 C from experience. But I'm not sure on my new machine with an Athlon XP 1600 OC'ed to 1.75ghz (XP 2100). Right now it sits at about 38 C idle and around 44 C load. But when summer comes I know my ambient room temp is going to rise so my CPU temps are going to raise a bit. So how do these XP processors deal with heat?
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What's your room temp like right now, and what might it go up to in the summer? And what heatsink/fan are you using?
 
Originally posted by: BZeto
So how do these XP processors deal with heat?
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Some guy a while back made a heatsink made of pennies, took a foil tray and fried an egg in about 10 minutes. So, when they are hot, they can be very very hot, but if treat nicely they can be alright.
 
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