I'm a newbie. What's normal CPU temperature?

[Philly C]

I just got an Athlon Thunderbird 1Gightz. My temperature is around 46 degrees C. I'm using a really big fan/heatsink. Is that safe/normal?

 

[shiznut123]

thats normal

 

[Losty]

temps go as high as 60 C i think.

mine runs @ 48 max in a hot room...

but as i heard from people...especially mike...socket A readings are off...prolly about 5-10C i think...

 

[silky]

48c OK 60c too hot.

 

[Nih]

the actual kill temp on that t-bird is 90 degrees. You can run it at 60 without any problems/lockups, but it will lessen the cpu's life. 46 degrees sounds very good for that gigger, especially without any exotic cooling.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Nih,

If you could measure core temp, your statement would be accurate. Certain heatsinks(IE Orbs) exhibit strange behaviors-- All socket-thermsitor readings are lower than core temp. Compensation helps, but high-overclocks still nullify the compensation.

SOcket-thermistor Versus Core temp

So depending on your readings, your core temp could be very significantly higher(20-25C at times). So a "reading" temp of 50-55C is the highest I would push it since they are inaccurate, and at high overclocks have higher-errors.


Mike

 

[Nih]

Wow, Mikewarrior2, That's a bigger difference than I realized. Thanks for the info, now i'm curios how 2cooltek makes out with the tests. And it really sheds some light on the performance (or lack of) of the Chrome Orb!