Seti Heat Question

[lane42]

I just put Motherboard Monitor on my laptop, a Toshiba p3 1gig. Idle cpu Temp reads 41 C, witch seems ok to me with the hot weather here in the east, and 63 C with seti on.

Is this hot for an intel cpu.

Would a better Fan and artic silver be worth putting in.

 

[conjur]

Yes.

I switched from a generic HSF to a cheap Coolermaster fan and scraped off the gunk from the heatsink and used Arctic Silver and the temps on my 1.0GHz Athlon dropped from 63 to 54...I'll take that.

 

[Assimilator1]

Lane42
Can you fit a bigger HSF in a laptop!?

Btw 63c is a bit hot for a PIII, but its still within its saftey limts ,especially for a laptop

 

[lane42]

Thanks conjur

A1, i was thinking maybe a higher rpm fan. I guess these are 1u items.