CPU temp
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The_Other_One
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I'm thinking AMDs can get up to around 60-80*C before they begin to act up. It does sound a tad warm, but it's nothing to worry about.
theboy
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The Other One:
Your certanly right. I just read in BIOS CPU temp was at 46C.
There is an alarm if my temps range from 60-90C
And I was planning on cracking my case tonight to add a new "slave" drive but I dont think I will be doing that.
on another note....
I do have some "new" thermal paste I picked up from the local computer store. Would replacing the old paste with the "new" paste have any drastic effect to my CPU temp?
Thanks in advance.
Your certanly right. I just read in BIOS CPU temp was at 46C.
There is an alarm if my temps range from 60-90C
And I was planning on cracking my case tonight to add a new "slave" drive but I dont think I will be doing that.
on another note....
I do have some "new" thermal paste I picked up from the local computer store. Would replacing the old paste with the "new" paste have any drastic effect to my CPU temp?
Thanks in advance.
Geoff
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It depends. If the "new" paste you picked up is of high quality, it may lower the temps a degree or two, but if its similar to the stock compound then it wont do much if anything to improve the temps. Even going to a high end thermal compound would only show up to 5C decrease in temperature, I wouldnt bother doing so.theboy said:
computermaineack
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Yeah, I'm overclocking a bit (2.2ghz stock to 2.33ghz now) and my temps are 44 degrees C for CPU, 41C for system, 20C for the northbridge, and 33C for the master HDD. Your temps are fine.....if they go above 50C I would get worried.
computermaineack
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Justen said:
dtheboy said:
The_Other_One said:
That will depend on the Socket A more then the newer S754 and S939 and even Opteron models that max at 70C. Almost cooking the XP3200 32bit cpu over the last weekend when seeing 85C which is max for this model while earlier XP models like the 2500 and 2600 maxed at 90C I'm always aware of what the current cpu will run ideally at. For the newer models a 45C idle with between 49-52C is where you want to be with the stock cooling.
For ideal temps you will want them even lower especially if gaming or OCing(both?) is the usual. That's when you spend for stronger cooling methods to chill those temps down. Board manufacturers like Asus have been including utilities for monitoring system temps like the cpu for over a year now. But SpeedFan and other will also take a look at the sensors on the board itself to give you a good idea if you are safe or not. They are not always 100% however. But in general they will tell you if you are in trouble.
theboy
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PC Eye:
Your very correct in your statement.. Speed Fan showed 2 Degrees C cooler than what BIOS showed...
However On this system I am not OCing or gaming. This is just a server for a small workstation in a non-airconditoned room. ( In California)
Does anyone know on Gigabyte has a board sensor like ASUS? I would love to get an accurate reading on my board without using speed fan. And or without checking BIOS.
Your very correct in your statement.. Speed Fan showed 2 Degrees C cooler than what BIOS showed...
However On this system I am not OCing or gaming. This is just a server for a small workstation in a non-airconditoned room. ( In California)
Does anyone know on Gigabyte has a board sensor like ASUS? I would love to get an accurate reading on my board without using speed fan. And or without checking BIOS.
Other then using a monitoring program like SpeedFan and the bios alike you would have to install additional sensors availble to get independent readings with those. But there are obvious drawbacks at times due to positioning and a few other things. Generally the bios readings are the most accurate due to having noted the difference there from what SpeedFan saw. The Windows idle process was ineffect when using SpeedFan while the cpu can easily run full steam when in the bios for the lack of anything to load it and keep it busy.
What you saw with those two readings was derived directly from the sensors already on the board. Brands with good name like Asus and Gigabyte alike with overheat protection circuits would already have sensors on them. There would be no way to alert and even auto shutdown without them since even the manual bios settings seen on older boards have to rely on them.
What you saw with those two readings was derived directly from the sensors already on the board. Brands with good name like Asus and Gigabyte alike with overheat protection circuits would already have sensors on them. There would be no way to alert and even auto shutdown without them since even the manual bios settings seen on older boards have to rely on them.
Your welcome! There is another thing to mention here though. Even with the sensors and all of the overheating protection they claim is on these boards I recently saw one older model cpu cook two boards in a row when someone grabbed it too fast from another case before making an inquiry as to what caused the first to go. It then cooked a second board. That mistake saw two brand new cases being put together in a fast hurry! Where was the overheat protection then???
The temp monitoring programs generally will give you a good warning even if they are off by a few degrees Celcius. When you see a cpu temp at 60C and above you know there's a big problem somewhere. And that is with an older model not new S939 or LGA775 Intel.
The temp monitoring programs generally will give you a good warning even if they are off by a few degrees Celcius. When you see a cpu temp at 60C and above you know there's a big problem somewhere. And that is with an older model not new S939 or LGA775 Intel.
theboy
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Well, the thing that worries me the most is that my CPU temp is increasing. I do understand that the temp outside is increasing as well. However when I first built this rig the CPU was running at 25C, now its on an average of 38-40C.
I requarly maintain the unit (i.e. Clean heatsink, have great cable management, etc, etc.) Never much dust.
The more used CPU the more heat generates?
Is/was there any defect in the Athlon 3200 as far as wear and tear?
Maybe I am worring too much about it?
I requarly maintain the unit (i.e. Clean heatsink, have great cable management, etc, etc.) Never much dust.
The more used CPU the more heat generates?
Is/was there any defect in the Athlon 3200 as far as wear and tear?
Maybe I am worring too much about it?
While you arre running the 64bit model 3200 I have lately seen the 32bit model here(Socket A XP3200+) go through the mill with temps. When the previous Scythe Katana model cpu HSF combo with a 92mm fan was first installed the max temp saw 39C. That soon changed when the thermal pad(preformed paste included with it) starting settling after 3-4 weeks of use. The steady increase was gradual but expected at first until the fan turned out to be garbage. The cpu suddenly saw 85C a week ago just before the Zalman cooler had a chance to be installed. When gaming now while waiting for the Antec paste to settle it is right at 55C. Hopefully that will drop. A look at the 64bit model you have has so far shown good results with a few builds around here one having an Artic Cooling 64Pro mounted while another case has just the stock on it. I keep on one user about monitoring temps seen on the stock cooled case. But so far there are no ill reports on this model. Microsoft did however have to develop a special fix for issues with AMD dual core models however. One article seen about server cases with multiple cpus can also apply to desktops with dual cored cpus as well. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=896256
fade2green514
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given the temps outside i'd say thats a damn good temperature. mines running probably a little cooler around 40C but its 76F in my room right now... much cooler. mines dual core though, they're expected to run a little warmer... you must have extremely good case fans because 38C is barely above 100F which converts to 37.7C loltheboy said:well speed fan shows my reading on my CPU at 43C. System is at 38C
its about 100Degrees F outside and its cooking....
Have many intake and exaust fans. All cable management is in affect.
How are those #'s?
i'd say your cpu has plenty of cooling... but just to be sure, check load temps because those are the only real ones that matter at all.
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
theres a download for prime95, probably one of the best stress tests you can run.
Starman* said:
Well at least Opterons made out better there then the FX dual core models for having a higher max temp like the single cored 64bit models at 69-70C over the other dual cored models seeing 65C. The normal operating temps for a stock cooled AMD cpu 32 and 64 bit alike are going to be in the mid 40s with loads climbing into the 50s. The older Socket A models of course have the much higher max with either 85 or 90C depending on model. A week ago the max of 85C was seen on the Atholon XP3200 32bit Socket A model cpu here when the fan went on the aftermarket cooling setup. The system was shutdown immediately when that was seen to avoid permanent damage. That was close enough thank you.(sweat beads dripping whew!)