NEED ADVICE: What is a good CPU temperature????

[Maverick2002]

i have a Duron 600@650 running at 107F (w/o intake fan-ill get one soon), so i want to know what a good temperature would be if i took it to 750......i tried and got around 115F.....isnt that a bit high?

plz help..............
-THX

 

[DaddyG]

Get the extra fan it will help with ambient temps. What Heatsink/fan setup are you using. I recommend TAISOL CEK733092, cheap and very effective.

 

[Barny]

I'm just running a stock 750 TBird with ASUS A7V in an InWin S506 case (not overclocking). The heatsink and fan are the AMD ones that came 'boxed' with the CPU. Have a fan in the 300W sparkle PS and one in the back of the case above the CPU (none in the front).
Here's my temp readings:
Cover off, idle - CPU 114F, MB 91F
Cover on, idle - CPU 118F, MB 89F (!?)
Cover on, load - CPU 122F, MB 87F (again !?)
CPU temp goes up, MB temp goes down...dunno why. By loaded I mean I'm running a dvd movie, surfing the net....trying to get a bunch of things going at once.
Edit... readings taken using the ASUS PC Probe SW that came with the board.

 

[Henry Kuo]

usually if a chip is not o/c, the temp should be around 3x-4x C, which is about 10x F, so i guess as long as you have a good fan and hs, you are good to go.

 

[FrogDog]

Wow. My GlobalWin FDP32 must be doing a job on my Celeron then because it's OCed from 366 to 550 and the temp is 32C!

 

[corkyg]

Anything below 50C is AOK. Most AMD CPUs don't start to suffer until 65C. Mine run anywhere from 37C to 45C. No problem . . . I don't even think about it any more. As cooler weather approaches, the ambients will drop including in the case.

 

[Maverick2002]

cool..........thx guys, i really appreciate it.........had me worried for a second there

well thx for the advice, guess ill OC my Duron even more

BTW, mine came with a boxed CoolerMaster HSF