This a safe temp?

[josh609]

I have a Athlon xp 3000+ Barton. It idles at 51C, is that a safe temp? What heatsink and fan would you recomend, if you recomend me getting a new one?

 

[Corporate Thug]

what is the temp at load? what HSF are you using?

 

[twitchee2]

thats warm but perfectly safe. an xp90 would be a great hsf to get

 

[timecop67]

I've had an XP-90 didn't really impress me that much but the SI-120 with a good BX panflow is the sink to get.

 

[RallyMaster]

well, you should definitely try a new heatsink and/or some new case fans.

my thoroughbred 2400+ dropped from 56C to 46C after I installed a few case fans a Thermaltake Volcano 10+. i also installed a few more case fans and it is one quiet (and cool mofo)

if you have space, go for a Volcano 12 or Silent Boost. if you don't have space on the motherboard (like me...using a 60x67 heatsink), then go with the Volcano 10+. it is definitely worth the money.

 

[1Dark1Sharigan1]

51C isn't bad . . . are you using AS5? My Sempron 2400+ @ 2.0 Ghz was idling at like 48-50C (stock HSF) before I took off the heatsink and applied AS5. Now it idles at about 36C . . .

Yeah XP-90 would a nice, light, and yet powerful heatsink.

 

[josh609]

Ok, i woke up this morning and it is idleing at 49C, it gets up to around
~55C when at load. I bought some case fans recently, they don't seem to help any.

 

[KoolDrew]

57C at load is a bit high. It is probably "safe," but I definitely would try to bring it down a bit.

 

[JasonE4]

The XP-90 cannot mount on socket A without modding.

 

[Bull Dog]

Originally posted by: twitchee2
thats warm but perfectly safe. an xp90 would be a great hsf to get

Originally posted by: JasonE4
The XP-90 cannot mount on socket A without modding.

Get the SI-97a. It'll mount on Socket A(K7) processors and it'll also mount on K8 processor systems.