My CPU is running at 86F (30C) is that normal ?

[MowSow]

I just finished putting together the PC listed below, and I used Actic Silver II with the Alpha heat sink and YS fan. After formating my hard drive, I checked the CPU temp in the bios and it was 86F (30C), I have not installed windows yet .. is that temperature normal ? or should I pull it out and put some more of that Artic stuff !?
How accurate is it ? I touched the heat sink and it did not seem that hot ..

 

[classy]

That is a excellent temp for a Duron 850. You are good to go.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Sounds about right for the setup you have. Which is quite good btw. Try for 7.5x133 to have some fun

 

[MowSow]

If I try 7.5X133, I need to switch a jumper on the MoBo to set it to 133, but the PC would not post ...
I read the new article here and it seems that the problem is that it is reading the default multiplier from the CPU 8.5X133 =1130.5 for a second or so before the BIOS kicks in ... so I can never post at 133 ...
I guess the only way is to pull it out and close some more bridges on L6 or 7 I forget ...Have you guys tried that !?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Luckily my 850 T-bird posts long enough to boot (on an 8KTA3) so I haven't tried it. But iirc all you have to do is join a single bridge for one multiplier and possibly join some voltage multipliers.

Edit: under the "My systems" link, look at Ashram.

 

[tracerbullet]

You have to take it all with a grain of salt too - it depends highly on that little tiny thermocouple there taking the measurement... I normally read 38 - 40 deg C, until one time I popped the chip out for something else, but while I was at it I bent the little thermocouple temperatur probe into sort of a Z shape, so that when I put the chip back in I would ensure that the temp probe was touching the bottom of it. Reapplied the Arctic and put it back together. Suddenly about 45 C all the time now.

Add in that thermocouples are pretty accurate but not like ours are the utmost quality, plus the programs you use to read it, etc. all throw in little errors.

Either way though, that's a good temp. Myself, I use my fingers touching the heat sink to tell how I'm doing. If it's cool I'm OK, whatever the monitor program says. I had it on for about 30 seconds one time at standard speeds, with heat sink on but fan unplugged. Within that time frame it was too hot to touch.

 

[T2T III]

Here's my information:

-MSI K7T w/raid
-AMD Retail 900 MHz @ 1030 MHz (1.79V)
-CoolerMaster DP5-6H51 Heatsink/Fan
-Arctic Silver Paste

My Temps:

-19C/66F

I suspect something is not right because my readings seem too low. Yours are more realistic.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

WJE,

what is your ambient case temp? Either wya, it would appear that your mb is severely under-reading temps.

MowSow,

The same goes for you... if your mb uses no compensation on the socket-thermistor reading, it will under-read the actual core temperature.


Mike

 

[MowSow]

Case temperature was like 25C-26C ... is there a seperate thermocoupler for the MoBo !? or is it taking the reading from the fan thermocoupler ?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

wje: me setups that's similar to that (same HSF, about the same speed) runs around 120F w/ 85F case temps.