typical temps for SK6?

[thirteen]

I'm running an Athlon 1.4 with an SK6 and a Sunon medium speed 80mm fan with an adapter.
My case has 5 fans, three intakes and two exhaust. I was using a Dragon Orb 3 and with that my idle
temp never rose above 37 C, but it was too damn loud. With the quieter fan and the SK6, my temps are
45-50 C. Is this normal? What can I do to lower the temps a bit.

thanks

 

[techweenie]

First, did you use Arctic Silver? Also, you may consider lapping (sanding) the heat sink.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

What motherboard are you using adn what is your system temp? Those two factors determine your "average" temp more than which heatsink you have.



Mike

 

[techweenie]

My SK6 ran at 47 with a Sunon 60mm fan, and ASII. Since adding an 80mm fan, I dropeed down to low 40's.

 

[sohcrates]

The temps on my 1.4 with an SK-6 and 60 mm delta fan (LOUD!) are about 45-50 C as well.

Those are safe temperatures, so you shouldn't be worried.

but yeah, DID you use arctic silver?

 

[thirteen]

I am using arctic silver II. My motherboard is an Asus A7M-266.
I'm using Asus Probe to get these temps. motherboard temp stays
at around 25 C. What is the limite for the temperature on a athlon?

 

[sohcrates]

well, first of all, asus probe is notorious for being inaccurate..by up to 10 C

You don't want you're athlon running higher than 70C..the "actual" limit is somewhere around 90C i believe....i'd say the "safe" limit is probably around 65 C

 

[techweenie]

There's been several threads on this. After 60 degrees, alot of people have unstable systems.
Thread 1
Thread 2

Hope this helps. You should be fine, and if your machine is stable, I wouldn't worry too much.

Edit - Oops, sorry I just repeated info from an above post. Sorry.