Overheating T-bird

[crudas]

I got a new 1Ghz 266Mhz Tbird retail and the thing stays hot all the time with a stock AMD HSF. Idle temp is around 123F. Gets up around 135-140F (approximately 55C) degrees during heavy load. It's on an MSI 6330-lite with Promise RAID.
Why in hell is this thing running so hot? I have good thermal paste on it and it's not overclocked. The fan runs around 5000rpm steady. I have a buddy with a 900 T-bird and his usually hovers around 100F.

The case has good cooling as it used to house a PIII 733 and it rarely ever got above 115F under the heaviest loads. I am at work right now so I can't do anything, but I will probably lap the heatsink this weekend.

I know this thing shouldn't be this hot even without lapping. Any help?

Cru

 

[Kenmitch]

Birds run hotter....It would take some seriouse cooling to keep them at the P3 heat level Hows your system temp compared to cpu temp? Maybe try using cpu-idle?

 

[crudas]

System temp is around 84-94 degrees Farenheit depending on time of day. Way below Bird temp. I can't figure it out. I feel like it should at least be down around 120 idle.

 

[svtcobra]

My 1.33 is running at the temps. My case is real low and my CPU is close to 60 celsius. I do have it overclocked to 1466 mhz but I am running a Thermaltake Volcano II. I figured that cooler would do the job but maybe not..

 

[PlatinumGold]

Crudus

isn't the MSI 6300lite the MSI K7T Turbo R?

anyway that's the board that I have. I also have the same CPU so my experience may be relevant to yours.

When I first got my setup I used the Stock HSF that Mwave sent me. I got the same temps in the 158f range. This was a bit disconcerting, so i purchased the WBK38, with this hsf (a 6800 RPM Screamer) i got temps in the 131 range.

The last thing i did that really helped the most was increase air flow in my case. that lowered my temps to the 113f range.

unfortunately my hs f is really loud.

 

[KJY9]

Current room temp 73f , case temp 84f, 1.33@1507 118f running on an A7V133...mobo monitor 5.
Try throwing a nice heatsink and fan on it...I'm running a hedgehog with an 80mm HO (68CFM) Delta....fairly quiet too...at least compared to the 60mm Delta HO.
Here it is!

 

[crudas]

Platinum,

The 6330 Lite is the K7T Turbo. I think the HSF is fine (maybe better after lapping), and you might be right about the circulation in the case. I have a front mounted fan blowing in, a side mounted fan blowing in across the cards and the power supply fan is drawing heat off the CPU and out the case.

See pic here. I'll add a more powerful fan to the front intake and see if that helps or maybe add a blowhole for the top. I have been itching for a little project lately anyway. Thanks...

Cru

 

[PlatinumGold]

crudas

sounds to me like you need something other than just ps pulling exhaust.

exhausting the air is just as important as pushing air into the case.

i have one fan on top of case for exhaust and one fan blowing over the cards and cpu for intake.