It sounds to me like the builder either did a lousy job of putting heat sink paste on the processor or used one of those pre-stuck on pads. That's the first thing that needs to be looked at. I think the temps in his case are a result of the processor heat. It's doing a pretty good job of cooling if the processor is really that hot.
As far as normal temperatures for the Athlon, I've never seen full load temps in the 30's C unless somebody had a water cooler or a peltier or the room temperature was really, really cold. HardOCP did a huge review of heatsinks back in November and even the Alpha 8045's only managed 44 at full load. http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/cooling/roundup1101/ . Ben Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kaulback" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:34 AM Subject: Cool Athlon [was Re: PCWorks: Re: Scratches...] > Keith, what case do you have for your system, who made it and which model? > I have an AOpen HX45 mid-tower with an T-Bird 950 266mhz FSB. I have only > the cpu/heatsink fan, a generic aluminum block type similar to the Global > Win FOP38 and no chassis fans which keeps my cpu at 39 degrees Celsius and > my case at 32 degrees Celsius though I've hit 42 on the cpu while rendering > in Bryce 3D. Mine has not crashed yet due to thermal. I always use Arctic > Silver thermal paste without question, especially on AMD cpu's > http://www.arcticsilver.com/as2.htm. > Does your power supply have the intake fans underneath itself so it draws > heat directly above the cpu? > An associate who has built a dual Athlon MP workstation is using two of the > Swiftech MCX462 coolers on the Tyan K7MP and is running very cool, he has > found 34 to 36 degrees under load to be the norm. There is a good review > here http://www.overclockersclub.com/swiftechmcx462heatsink.shtml and more > on Swiftech can be had at their home http://www.swiftnets.com/ > . Mind you these fans are not cheap either at $130.00 CDN ($69.00 USD), > but when it does a great job then price should not be a factor. HTH > > Peter Kaulback > > In the hour of 09:41 AM 1/29/2002 -0500, Keith Thompson spoke this: > >Beg to differ here. I have a new Athlon 1800+ in a full tower. 3 fans > >(power plus 2 case). Have a Thermaltake MII cpu cooler. With the cover > >on, the cpu runs at 57-62 C. (and will thermal crash when the temp gets > >to 61-62C). The case runs at 27-29C. With the cover off, the CPU runs > >at 54-59C and case 25-27C and does not crash from thermal (there is a > >very recognizable effect just before it crashes when the temp hits the > >61c or so.). It is a custom built machine, the first of this rating > >that they built. I will be taking it back to see about a more efficient > >cpu cooler (have reviewed over 50 and found 2 that are supposed to be > >capable for the higher speed Athlons). These temps are measured using > >the Asus PCProb utility that gives the case and cpu temps. > > > >Keith Thompson > > > >Linda Johnson wrote: > > > > > > <<Can they run > > > too cool?!?>> ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
