Question about stock CPU heat

[Thokor]

A question about heat on a non overclocked system. I recently installed a Intel 2.8b ( 800 ) into my soyo i865PE plus Dragon II MB and the CPU idle temperature is listed at 44c. Running through a 3dMark2003 loop for an hour it peaked at 48c , is this ok? I could remove the stock Intel film/paste stuff that comes on the heatsink and replace it with Arctic Silver 5 ( or something ) but is it worth it? I don't plan on ever overclocking it and the last time I removed the heatsink from a motherboard the seating bracket snapped 🙁.

Also my motherboard chipset heat is listed at 31c idle 38c heavy load. Is this also ok?

Thanks

 

[Fern]

Welcome to the forums Thokor. Your temps sound fine to me, normal.

 

[Thokor]

Welcome to the forums Thokor. Your temps sound fine to me, normal.

Thanks for the reply, I must have spent 2 hours on google looking for a decent article on acceptable heat for p4's. All I got was sore eyes and a headache. One place said never let your CPU get above 40c and another said that 45c was average.... I R Confused 🙂

Thanks again

 

[Egrimm]

Pretty average temps, nothing to worry about, both for the cpu and chipset.

Removing the stock thermal pad (black stuff) is a pita once in has been melted by the heat from the cpu but with a little patience and isopropyl alcohol it can be done, then replace it with a high-performace paste like AS5.
Now if it is worth it is something different, as you do not oc and get decent temps I'd say it definitely isn't worth bothering about.

 

[dgerard]

Your temps seem about right (idle could probably be a bit lower). As long as your cpu temp is below 70C you have nothing to worry about. Check the Intel web site for maximum temps your P4 can handle.