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Normal temps for an Athlon XP 2700+ ?

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TechnoPro

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After years on a strong Intel bias, I built my first AMD system.

* Abit AN7 motherboard
* Athlon XP 2700+
* Crucial 512MB PC-3200 RAM

I am running Folding@Home as a burn in test and would like to know what a healthy CPU temp is under full utilization. Right now, it reads 50 C. The case is open and several PCI slot covers are presently
absent, so I don't know if this reading is accurate for real life scenarios.
 
High 40's to low 50's when in use seems pretty common among Socket A cpu's from 1500's to 2800's in my limited experience (all four of mine have run pretty much in that zone). The oldest, a T-Bird, may be hottest. It had the original Retail HSF and was doing fine with a three- generations- old video card, but really heated up from a GF 4 Ti 4200 it inherited recently. I had to swap fans to an 80 in place of the 60.

I suspect we'd find a lot of questions like yours here at AT with a search. With matching answers like mine.

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"What is a good temperature for my CPU?
A. Now although there is no definitive answer to this I can give a 'rough' guideline for safe temperatures.
A Preferred operating temperature for any CPU is below the 50C mark, this ensure stability at non-overclocked speeds. However for overclocked systems this can differ, you see the tolerance of a CPU towards temperature will decrease the higher the CPU is overclocked, hence it will be preferable to maintain a temperature below 40C. This is not necessary, but it will generally increase your CPU's stability at a higher speed. (Hence why Sub-Zero systems run at very HIGH speeds)
At the other end of the scale is the maximum temperature the CPU is designed to withstand, if the temperature exceeds 85C there will be no guarantee that the CPU will ever work again. (This differs slightly form CPU to CPU, with some having a tolerance of 90C.)"

note: depends of which sensor you're reading & which mobo you've got. gigabyte's k7 mobo's are known to put an extra 10Celsius on the diode on the read temp to discourage people running high temps
generally try never go over 60celsius @ load and 50 idle imho
 
I've got a 2100+ running at 2800+ (pinmod and 166MHz FSB) and it hovers around 50*C. It's important to note that the 2700+ is based upon the Tbred B core and therefore has a lower die area than the Barton. This leads to a higher temp and is a bit harder to cool.

With stock cooling that seems about right, maybe you'd like to add an exhaust/intake fan. I've get my temps with one exhaust, TT Silentboost and dual fan PSU.
 
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