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Suggestions for a HOT AMD 2500 ????

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Athlongamer

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Just as title says,

Just looking to see what the AT members gotta say about cooling the 2500. My HSF runs to hot and to loud and i'm looking to buy a new one. I currently have this, i think it's actually classified as a blower but it just doesn't get the job done, and i'm not even OC'ing. 🙁

Also....what about a good Mobo. I was thinking about going back to the Abit NF7-S not sure what revision though.... I would just like to be able to change the multiplyer and FSB.

Any advice is helpful, thanks

Jordan
 
While I can well imagine that the Cooler Master hsf in question is probably as loud as it looks (Jet Style crossflow), you haven't proved to me that the cpu is actually "hot", since you didn't report any temperature readings at all. How do you actually know it's running hot? I have a number of AMD XP powered PC's; I like the Thermaltake Silent Boost hsf pretty well as a compromise between quiet running and decent cooling, but I also have a Vantec Aerocool TMD that's nice enough, if not so quiet, and several Bone-stock AMD hsf's that work fine.

Use a thermal monitor program and note down the readings it gives you, then come back and ask again, including the numbers, if it's actually so very "hot", or maybe just ask for a quieter solution.


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If your CPU really is running too hot with that HSF, you should probably work on your case airflow first, or try reseating it. I can't imagine that it would be inadequate for your chip.

However, if you want to go cooler and quieter, I'd recommed the Thermalright SI-97. It's done a very good job keeping my temps down despite terrible, awful case airflow, and if you get a lower speed fan (maybe an 'M' 92mm Panaflo), everything should be pretty quiet.

EDIT: Actually, the Zalman CNPS7000B (AlCu or Cu) would probably also be a good choice. I haven't used one, but I've heard good things about Zalmans. It's probably cheaper than the Thermalright, too.
 
well i was using Motherboard monitor 9 and it was giveing me a reading of like 45C, and then while gaming i got like 55C. Sorry for not telling you what program i was using. But i was just thinking that 55C is like 131 degrees Fahrenheit and i was reading somewhere that you should try your best to keep the temps around 85 at the most.

I will check out the SI-97 hsf, i've heard some pretty good things about it as well.

thanks again, Jordan
 
Those are okay temperatures. I don't think 45C/55C are anything to worry about, but that said - going cooler can't hurt! If nothing else, the SI-97 is a very nifty and elegant looking cooling solution that's fun to have, and it can certainly be quiet.
 
55-60 Celcius isn't overheating. 65 and up is overheating, and 70-75 is where you want your PC Health monitor (in the BIOS of better motherboards) setting off warnings that you should shut down and find out what's wrong. At about 75, it should *shut itself off* if you have ignored the warnings.

Persistent operation in the mid-60's Celcius range "probably" will reduce the system's lifetime usefulness by some measureable amount, but 55 is really a normal number. It does seem 'rather high' for you considering that big heat sink, though - I thought that the jet models were supposed to be fairly efficient at cooling cpu's. You may have some general problems in the case itself, with poor air flow or something.

A quieter fan might reflect a lesser efficiency, and if the case itself has problems, then some real overheating could ensue. *I* get the 55 numbers running the "Retail" AMD heat sinks, which are more or less the bare minimum, and the aftermarket hsf's do better than that for me.


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55C is nothing to worry about. I've got a Barton 2500+ running at 55C 24/7 doing DC. I still check on it from time to time and it's a okay. But I do have a Thermaltake Silent Boost on a Palomino 1800+. It runs about 40C idle and 50C load. I believe it because I barely use like a few grains of sand of thermal grease.
 
As everyone else has already commented, your temps are fine. My 2500+ reaches 60.5C at full load in a 75-80F room. It usually idles around 47-50C (depending on the room temp, which fluctuates a lot), and typically doesn't break 58C. It has never crashed.
 
My 2500+ Barton runs at 42C IDLE and 47C LOAD. I have a chieftec Dragon case with 4x 80mm Panaflo Fans running at 1/4 speed. Additionally, i have a Thermalright SLK-947U with AS5 with a 92mm Panaflo running at half speed.

Ambient Case temp is 27C
Ambient Room temp is 77F

If you can find it the SLK-947U is very nice. Also if you are looking for the best the SP-97 is the best out there. For the AXP's that is.

-Kevin
 
Oh alright well sounds like i'm running normal then, but i'm pretty sure i'm getting quality air flow. I have a Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case. It has a 120mm fan in the back and in the front and a 80mm side fan, and wether it helps or not i don't have my mobo dongle on so there is a gap there. Now wether or not that actually helps at all idk. But there shouldn't be any problems of air blocking. I constantly clean the dust from the fans so idk maybe my room just stays hotter then i think it does and all that hot air just circulates in my case.
 
stay away from coolermaster and those flashy bs fans.
just get an slk something from thermalright. or the zalmans.
cooling a barton aint hard, its not that hot. spread the hs paste with a razor so its thin. mines running at 2.2ghz @ 1.8v with a lowly slk-800. 92mm fan at 2.5k rpm..42c. though its a mobil barton.. normal barton probably runs 50-60ish depending on cooler. chips aren't worthless now anyways. try not to spend much on the cooler unless you are going for silence. the cooler will cost almost as much as the cpu is worth now lol🙂 and won't likely be tranferable to your next system
 
If your mobo is compatible with Zalman CNPS7000 series cooler, give it some serious consideration. I have a CNPS7000B ALCU on my 2200 XP mobile, and it runs 35/49 when running Prime 95 torture test. Under normal usage, it bearly breaks 40. Best of all, Amazon.com has it for ~$28 right now + free shipping, which is ridiculously cheap for Zalman cooler. And, if you apply for an Amazon.com credit card, you get a $30 certificate instantly. That makes the cooler FREE.
 
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