Safe temp for athalon 1ghz

[denon]

what is the ideal running temp for a 1ghz athalon? thanks guys

 

[urbantechie]

OT: Whats a Athalon? . Reminds me of the time when they first came out!!

 

[odog]

just a little reminder... it's Athlon... say it with me ath-lon, not ath-a-lon..


after that... my Tbird 900@1050 likes to keep the warm fuzzy temp of 122f aka 50C. this is with RC5 chuggin down ~3.63 Mkeys/sec. what i find stranger then anything else is the fact that when i fire up UT... the temp actually drops to ~115f...

 

[Zeeliv]

Odd, maybe RC5 backs off more than it needs to when UT is going. Is it just with UT?

Oh yeah, the original topic. I'd say keep it under 55C and you're kosher. Of course the lower the better, if it's not an OC'ed proc I'd say low 40's is about average.

 

[Rudee]

55? Good God no. It should be a heck of a lot cooler than that. If you're even getting into the 50's you got serious problems.

 

[Zeeliv]

As I said, low 40's is pretty average for something like that. I said to keep it under 55, like an OC Tbird under full stress. Low 50's isn't anything major for an OC'ed Tbird, above that and it's time to get worried maybe, but not before.

 

[Insane3D]

Hmmm...that does sound fairly high. I have my "classic" 850@1045, 1.9v, and even with Prime 95 running as well as Q3 or UT, I never go above 30C. During normal usage I am usually around 26-27C...

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Low 40's is very, very, very hard to achieve with a t-bird 1ghz(at default voltage). With the very best heatsinks(pal6035/fop-38), you'd need a ambient case temp of in the 20-22c range(resulting in a cpu core temp in the 42-44C range).

If you're using an average heatsink in an average coolng case, you'd likely get cpu temps in the low 50s(Quite normal and doable for t-birds/durons).


Mike

 

[Zeeliv]

I have serious doubts about the accuracy of your reading Insane3D, that doesn't sound anywhere near possible.

 

[Rado45]

you know what? My temp when I start up (atlon900 with A7v)is











wait for it...

















a whopping 70 degrees Celsius, I figured that was a bit high... and it keeps getting higher the longer I keep it on.

 

[Insane3D]

Sorry if you guys doubt me, but I have a thermal probe mounted on the back of the heat plate, right above the core itself. I do not have it mounted on the cooled side of the heatsink. It is a temp probe linked to a LCD display. I do have some real good cooling though. Sorry if you think it is incorrect, but that is what it reads. I have also used the thermal probe that comes with the KA7-100 and it reads the same. The tip of the thermal probe is actually in contact with the core.

 

[Modeps]

my tbird @ 950mhz is @ 30 degrees Celcius with low load and low 40's under heavy use. Of coures i have some supacoolin done by my tornado1000 case and taisol HSF

 

[Rudee]

I've added extra 80mm (quiet) Sunon fans to my Antec case and with my TaiSol cooler cooling my 1Ghz T-bird @1.1Ghz, my idle temps are low 20's with peak temps at high 30's (Seti, Prime95, RC5, 3DMark 2000 loops).

Cranking up the multiplyer to 12x100 (1.2Ghz) idle temps are mid 20's with peak temps at high 30's - going no higher than 41C under full stress.

The most important thing is that it runs 100% stable. If you can go to bed with 3DMark looping and wake up with it still running, you got a pretty stable system as far as the video card is concerned. If you can do the same with Prim95 running at the same time for at least 8 hours - things are looking pretty darn good for overall system stability.

 

[Rado45]

hi,

what can I do to lower the temp of my processor (I have a Thermaltake, it says on the box "for socket462 only" and fetaures : "Ultra quite fan","power from any drive connector", metallic clip high force design" and "low profile cross cutting for the more efficiently heat dissipates", I think the serial number is P/NU0462)?

I am just setting up my new comp (Asus A7V, Tbird 900, 256 ram, 300watt case, geforce2gts) and like I said I indeed get 70+ Celsius degrees for my processor and 30C for MB. I'm beginning to think that this is my problem...(link) It also says the RPM of the processor cooler which is 5500.


any thoughts on this??

all help welcome...

 

[Rado45]

??? what's that smiley doing there ??? (there's nothing to smile about... grr...)

serial number is : P / N : D U 0 4 6 2

 

[CTweak]

The smiley is there because you put ":" and "D" together.

: D without the space in between =

On the topic of the overheating processor, you might not have the heatsink properly applied, or perhaps you didn't use any thermal paste, or perhaps you used TOO much thermal paste. Try re-installing the heatsink carefully!

 

[Noriaki]

My athon 550 @ 550 runs at 35C under RC5 load
At 600 it's 42C
keeping it below 50 is best.

 

[Losty]

i don't really trust some of the readings on mobos...i've used 2 kt7 mobos ... one with a duron 600@900 and one with a tbird 950 @ 950 ...
the duron temps flucuate slowly...while the tbird temps fluctuate fast...
my tbird temps are 28-30C idle and 35-41 gaming (with taisol 743 and 2 cases fans)
highest it's ever gone using burn in programs was 46...
70C is high but i read somewhere that the 1ghz should range in the high 40'sC and low 50'sC

 

[Rado45]

err, I didn't get any thermal paste with my cooler...
Am I supposed to get some with it? Is it necessary?

I'll try to put it back on properly(if it wasn't properly attached).

 

[Losty]

yeah adding thermal paste to the heatsink...helps dissipate heat...
the heatsink may not be (prolly isn't completely) flat...that's why we all use thermal paste or thermal tape/pads ...

 

[Rado45]

oh yeah, the temperature fluctuates with me too : The lowest I've seen is 44degrees and highest 77. Usually it is in the high 60ties low 70ties though.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

because of the nature of socket a temp measurement, temp fluctuations are one sign that the heatsink is either a)not sitting properly on the cpu, or b)there is not good thermal transfer between heatsink and cpu. This is a thermistor problem, combined with the fact that the temp behind a flipchip cpu is significantly(10-12c) lower than the front side.

And yes, do use thermal grease with your duron... it is absolutely necessary.


Mike

 

[gamingbuddy]

mine ususally hovers at 33C even while playing games..

I have a 1.1 btw.

 

[gamingbuddy]

taisol fan

 

[Imported]

Mine's at 44-46C@1162MHz, low to full load. Using an Alpha PAL6035. My case isn't that good for ventilation, Inwin Q500, but I soon hope to cure that by cuttings slots in the front, a blowhole, and 2 or 3 holes on the side..