newbie question on cpu temps

[ZeroSleep]

I have an athlon 1.4ghz 266fsb w/ an SK6 heatsink and an 80mm fan. What should my non OC temperatures look like?

I'd like to get this running at 1.5ghz. If I do, what sortof cpu temps should I expect?

Sorry for the rediculous newbie questions, but this is my first attempt at overclocking.

 

[N8]

this should help u out:
AMD CPUs: How Hot Is Too Hot?

 

[Wind]

W/o ur ambient temp & case temp...its really hard to say at wht temp is acceptable. Generally for a case temp of 40C, the norms temp using sk-6 would be around 50C & 52-55C for an O/ced system at 1.5 Ghz.

 

[ZeroSleep]

My case temp is 30C, not overclocked.

The cpu is currently running at 34C, not overclocked.

 

[ltfields]

I'm in that same ballpark (80F for the case and 96-100F for CPU). It can jump into the 110's if I'm really plugging the CPU.

 

[ZeroSleep]

Will I have to reapply the silver artic II paste if I remove the heatsink to unlock the cpu for overclocking? Does only graphite pencils work? I could only find pencils with hi-polymer lead.

 

[chiggachu]

<< Will I have to reapply the silver artic II paste if I remove the heatsink to unlock the cpu for overclocking? Does only graphite pencils work? I could only find pencils with hi-polymer lead. >>



chances are you don't even have to unlock the sucker. most tbirds that were produced after the introduction of the 1.2ghz is going to be factory unlocked. try o/cing first, and if it doesn't work (which i highly doubt) then go ahead and connect those L1 bridges. I dunno what pencil to use, because i never needed to unlock mine...and btw your temps look pretty good to me. i don't think you're doing anything wrong with the hsf application.

 

[Wind]

<< My case temp is 30C, not overclocked.

The cpu is currently running at 34C, not overclocked. >>



I believe tht idle temp right? Good temp.

On tht unlocking thing...go into the bios & change ur multiplier to 0.5 exp from 9.0 to 9.5. Save it & reboot. If the CPU show an increase clock speed...ur CPU is unlock.