P4 1.6 Northwood temperature

[roaster]

Hi,

I've overclocked my 1.6 P4 Northwood up to approx. 2.1 GHz. My board, GA-8irxp can warn about overheating. At the moment I've set the level to 60 degrees. There have been no problems so far. Yesterday I've been warned by the BIOS the cause must have been a new game which makes extensive use of the CPU and the air temperature inside my room ;-)

Now my question: What level would you set in the BIOS to get warned when overheating. 60 degrees, the lowest possible level, seems to be quite low, isn't it?

cu,
Roaster

 

[adlep]

60 degrees seems to be OK warning level...
Although, I have to tell you that your "under-load" temp seems to be a bit high.
I would really invest some money into a deacent cooling and an extra system fan...
Also, bump because I have this same motherboard..
Isn't it great?
Rigt now I am runnig my new P4 2.53 at 19x 150 MHz fsb..(50% beyound the official chipset spects )

 

[MadTom]

My 1.6A is working at the same frequency on a Gigabyte 8IGX. My temps get from 38-40 (idle) to 53-55 (under load). And those results are not the best, too, I know.

Regarding the warning temperature I would set it to 65-70, since the P4 will throttle the speed anyway if it's to hot.

 

[thermite88]

Originally posted by: adlep
60 degrees seems to be OK warning level...
Although, I have to tell you that your "under-load" temp seems to be a bit high.
I would really invest some money into a deacent cooling and an extra system fan...
Also, bump because I have this same motherboard..
Isn't it great?
Rigt now I am runnig my new P4 2.53 at 19x 150 MHz fsb..(50% beyound the official chipset spects )

More correctly, 13% beyound the official chipset spects (133 to 150FSB)

I run a 1.6A at 170FSB (70% overclocked) using 1.66 Vcore. The CPU temperature is 54C full loads with stock HSF. When a Zalman 7000-CuAl replaces the stock HSF, the full load temperature drop to 44C. The idle temperature is about 34-36C in a normal 80F room with either HSF.

I run a 2.53B at 160FSB. The result temperatures are almost identical.

The P4 has a thermal protection system built-in. It will throttle back the process if the temperature reaches upper 60 deg C. A 60C is a good warning setting that tells the user something is about to happer if the situation not corrected.

 

[adlep]

More correctly, 13% beyound the official chipset spects (133 to 150FSB)

Wrong....
GA-8IRXP is using plain I 845 chipset designed for 400 Mhz fsb (4x100 Mhz).....It does not oficially suport any 533Mhz (4x133 Mhz) Pentiums...

 

[diehlr]

Don't rely on the P4's speed throttling to protect your CPU. I know from experience. My P4 1.6a Northwood used to do 2.4 ghz just great but after about 3 months of this, it doesn't even go above 2.0 ghz without bluescreening and/or rebooting (I've isolated the problem to the CPU itself, not MB or power supply). It used to run 100% stable under Prime95 for hours at 2.4. Be careful or you too might fall victim to Sudden Northwood Death Syndrome.