P4-1.6A (Temps so high? why?) :-)

[Spydc]

I received my Pentium 4- 1.6A from newegg.com a few days ago and got around to installing everything. I am using the epox 4bda2+ mobo. Anyway, using the stock retail heatsink/fan, I am getting idle temps at 40-41C and full load 47 to 49C. This was the initial reading with my case pretty much open. I have the FONG KAI FK320 with 420W psu with plenty of ventilation. I have it overclocked right now to 2.13GHz @ 133FSB. The temps are pretty much the same but can rise to as high as 50C. Yesterday, I purchased some silver thermal compound and removed the thermal pad on the retail heatsink. I applied some compound to the underside of the heatsink and spread it evenly with an aluminum strip (the metal thingy on a floppy drive). Then I attached everything and powered up the system. Temps look pretty much the same. My full load temp is probably 1 or 2C less. Any ideas why they seem so high? This is with the case open or closed.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

What is your system temp/room temp?

What voltage are you running the CPU at?



Mike

 

[Spydc]

My room is pretty warm due to a busted heater, but it isn't too hot. I've had a P3-600@800 going at around 25C-36Cfull load for a while now. I was running at stock voltage when i first installed it and checked out the temps. Now I have it at 1.575 at 2.13GHz because Prime95 automatically closed itself after testing stability overnight at 1.5v. Everything seems incredibly stable, but I was just wondering why it is so high. I'm scared to overclock any higher.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Its not *that high* of a temp, to be truthful.... you're not getting stability issues, so you should be good to go as far as o/cing more.

If you know your motherboard/system temp, that would be a helpful number for analysis, though.


Mike

 

[Nate420]

Where are you getting your temps from? MBM or BIOS?

 

[Spydc]

I'm looking at both the bios and mbm. I just ran sisoftware sandra and it reported these values:
Board Temperature: 21C/69.8F
CPU Tempareature: 41C/105.8F
Power/Aux Temperature 33C/91.4F

 

[Mikewarrior2]

in general, your temps are fine.



mike