What should CPU temp be???

[BAMAVOO]

I am new to AMD..here are my specs..
44.3 Celcius....This is 10 minutes after playing Q3 for an hour...
What should my temp be? Is Sandra wrong? Anything I could do different to bring it down?

True 1gig T-bird..at 1 gig..
Taisol HS/Fan
Artic Silver
MSI K7T Pro2
Hercules Prophet GTS 2 64megger
75 GXP 15gig 7200 rpm
Intel 10/100 nic
Hauppauge TV 401
SB Live Value

Case fan in front
Case fan in rear (OF CASE..To kill jokes )
Ultimate Hard Drive cooler on the GXP

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Sandra is always wrong... sorry to sya that, but it is true.

Umm, what is your ambient case temperature? Chances are, that reading is a bit low and for the average case, your CORE chip temp is around 50C, but that isn't anything to wrry about.


Mike

 

[BAMAVOO]

Here is what Sandra reports...


Board Temp 23.2/73.8
Power/Aux Temp 28.5/83.3

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Sandra is definately screwy in those readings. First off, how does the k7t pro2a read cpu temp? i heard there isn't a socket-thermistor...


Mike

 

[BAMAVOO]

I dunno..But the Utility that comes with the mobo shows the CPU temp at 44 celcius also with the chasis at 27 celecius...Touching the Heatsink it is cool to the touch..Maybe a tad warm..But not hot by any means.. I could touch it all night..Damn the jokes that can come out of computer hardware..

Guess I will just see how things go..
thanks..

 

[Mikewarrior2]

i'm still trying to figure out how your mb reads cpu temp, but it looks like it is still under-approximating cpu core temp. But you should still be fine.


Mike

 

[Hanky]

I'm also trying to find out the way MSI measures temperatures on their K7T boards. I asked MSI Germany but they were not helpful at all. If you find the solution could you please let us know here?

 

[Regalk]

Still at that temp it is pretty good. You should flip back into bios and do a quick read of the temps there just to make sure.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Hanky,

MSI-USA has been tremendously UNhelpful in this matter.


Mike

 

[Packet]

as far as tempatures go
my general rule of thumb is

55+ is getting to hot
40-55 is doing ok
30-40 is nice and cool
<29 is absolutely great

though most CPUs will be ok above 55 degree's, its not a bad idea to add more cooling.

 

[hanybanoub]

Packet is that for intels also...a pentium 3 slot 1 ?