WOHOO, I love my Alpha PAL35t. It's a work of art!

[Pennstate]

Also my CPU temp is never more than 1 degreeC above the case temp.

 

[Klosters]

Do you have the PAL35t hanging from a Slocket? Are the temps you report fom Bios, or MBM and suchlike? What's the Delta between your room temp and your mainboard temp? What mainboard are you using? Which CPU, and is it overclocked? Please, fill us in.

 

[Pennstate]

straight on the MSI MS-6309, no slocket. TEmperatures are as reported by MSI's PC-alert. It's a bit lower that what's reported in the bios I think. well the difference between the chasis temp (the room temp inside the case) is always within 1 degree. I am running a celeron 333 @ 575 @ 2.3V. According to PC-Alert, the chasis temp is~28C, the CPU is 28-29C. You normal body temp is 37C

 

[thermite88]

Pennstate,

Are you sure that you are measuring the CPU temperature. Since the MSI 6309 does not support the on-die thermal diode of the CPU, the BIOS and software may just measure the one of the built-in thermistor of the motherboard hanging in mid air.

I have the PAL35t FC-PGA used on a Celeron2 533A overclocked to 840 MHz. Typical CPU temperature is 10C above the MB at idle and 15C at full power. The CPU temperature is the thermal diode measurement through the Asus P3V4X MB.

Check Anand's recent heat sink review for typical temperatures.

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