Nominal P3 Temps and cooling them...

[Gunnar]

I have a pentium 3 800 which I have mildly overclocked to 841Mhz and it runs at 37-40 degress celsius, I just want to know what are the nominal temperatures for a CPU such as this. It is an FCPGA coppermine, I think.

Just recently I sealed the deal for a 1Ghz version of the Pentium III in FCPGA form. Seeing as how I am still using the Antec Ultra Fan that I have kept since I had a Celeron 433, I am wondering if it is going to be adequate, and if I were to upgrade what would be the best thing to upgrade to. I understand that alpha makes the best coolers, and that Thermaltake makes the coolest coolers (not meant to be funny...). What models would be best? And is it worth it to upgrade my HSF is the temps Im receiving on my 800 are nominal?

Thanks for the help.

 

[MiExStacY]

normal p3 temps (i use to own 5 of them) are from 36-50c stable,but if it ever gets around 60c it will crap out.so i'm guessing 35-48c is normal temp without overclocking

 

[Gunnar]

any suggestions for a cooling solution?

 

[CloudsShinji]

My P3 Coppermine (733 @ 770, 1.70V) runs at 55-60°C idle, and in the 70s under load. 😱

It's stable, though, and it's only crashed a couple times during long sessions of RtCW when the temp approached 80°. Maybe this is an incorrect reading, I'm not sure -- but the heatsink gets very hot to the touch. (If you're wondering, I'd throw a better HSF on it, but the proximity of the Slocket to the DIMMs prevents anything like that. And besides, my new P4 will be up and running soon.)

Anyways, what I'm saying is that you probably don't have to worry about your temps.

But in any case, I like the Thermaltake Volcano 7+. Admittedly, it's not the quietest solution, but I guess it depends on how quiet you like your PC.