how hot should an athlon xp 1800 run?

[KiwiSurfer]

<< so you guys reckon a 250watt power supply isn't enough? >>



For power supplies, don't ever try and use the minimum wattage you can get -- get a beffy power supply that is at least 300W. Good power supplies are the key to stablility.

My old Pentium MMX 166 (oc to 200Mhz) box had a fairly beffy 230W power supply and it had a good long stable life. My current box, a Gigabyte GA-7VXE mobo with a AMD Altlon XP 1700+ CPU, has a 300W power supply.

- James

 

[Gorgonzola]

ok, power supply could be my problem....but that doesn't explain it only happening when i play tony haw 3 does it? im sure quake 3 would put more strain on the system than thps3.

btw, whats a good, small util for checking CPU temps?

 

[Gorgonzola]

Buck_Naked, i just checked out the site you mentioned and found a thread regarding the 8K3A. apparently nearly everyone else is having a similar problem. it appears that the boards temp readings are as much as 10-15 degrees higher than they should be. i haven't checked yet but i think mine must be reaching 60degrees during thps3 and restarting. although it still hasn't happened in q3a.

 

[CubicZirconia]

Motherboard Monitor is a great temperature monitoring program.

 

[Gorgonzola]

ok, now im pretty sure it is the PSU as it happened for the first time when i wasn't in tony hawk 3.

is there such thing as a util that can tell me how much of the available power from the PSU i am using? that would be a great way to be certain that is the problem.

Buck_Naked, thats not true in all cases about the 8KHA+. my friend has one of those with an athlon 1600 and it only has a 250watt PSU and he has never encountered any problems.

 

[Derango]

The Athlon has always been a very power hungry chip. I've never seen/heard anyone who has reccomended less than a 300 watt PSU for them