Athlon Barton 2800 Temperatures

Hi all,

I'm not overclocking this chip yet, but I am curious about chip temperatures
and whether I will need to reapply a better thermal paste on the chip.

I have the Barton 2800 in an older Antec KS-180 case with an Antec SL-400
power supply and a Speeze WhisperRock Heatsink and Fan (with the supplied
paste). I also have two Vantec Stealth 92mm fans on order. The Motherboard
is an Asus A7V8X-X, with 512mb RAM. I am not overclocking the chip as of
yet.

Right now, living in the currently very cold Northeast, I am getting 46c-50c
in Asus Probe with the case cover on. With the case off, my temperatures are
10-12 degrees lower. I assume that the two low noise case fans will
improve the airflow somewhat, and lower the CPU temperature a bit.

Is a temperature in the high 40s-50 with a normal load a typical temperature
with this AMD chip? Do you suspect that I am also having a problem with my
cooler/thermal paste?

Thanks in advance,

Matt

"HPLeft" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I'm not overclocking this chip yet, but I am curious about chip
temperatures
and whether I will need to reapply a better thermal paste on the chip.

I have the Barton 2800 in an older Antec KS-180 case with an Antec SL-400
power supply and a Speeze WhisperRock Heatsink and Fan (with the supplied
paste). I also have two Vantec Stealth 92mm fans on order. The
Motherboard
is an Asus A7V8X-X, with 512mb RAM. I am not overclocking the chip as of
yet.

Right now, living in the currently very cold Northeast, I am getting
46c-50c
in Asus Probe with the case cover on. With the case off, my temperatures
are
10-12 degrees lower. I assume that the two low noise case fans will
improve the airflow somewhat, and lower the CPU temperature a bit.

Is a temperature in the high 40s-50 with a normal load a typical
temperature
with this AMD chip? Do you suspect that I am also having a problem with
my
cooler/thermal paste?

Thanks in advance,

Matt


Sounds like you need better case ventilation, my temps actually rise when i
have the cover off.

You might also want to try some artic silver on there, but anytihng under 50
degress is 'OK'


hamman

Those temps are nothing at all to worry about.
I'm running my 2800+ at 2.481 GHz on 1.95v-core - and get idle 46/52C load.
I run it with sidepanel off, on a Thermalright SK7 (all-copper), with a
52CFM 80mm separated from the sink by a 10mm spacer (which lowers temps by
4-6C).
I also have two fans attached to (either side of) the CPU fan (ie - 3 in a
row) - but facing upwards to cycle hot CPU air out of the case.

Case fans aren't worth the aggro - lots more noise for no temperature gain.
"HPLeft" wrote in message
. net...
Hi all,

I'm not overclocking this chip yet, but I am curious about chip
temperatures
and whether I will need to reapply a better thermal paste on the chip.

I have the Barton 2800 in an older Antec KS-180 case with an Antec SL-400
power supply and a Speeze WhisperRock Heatsink and Fan (with the supplied
paste). I also have two Vantec Stealth 92mm fans on order. The
Motherboard
is an Asus A7V8X-X, with 512mb RAM. I am not overclocking the chip as of
yet.

Right now, living in the currently very cold Northeast, I am getting
46c-50c
in Asus Probe with the case cover on. With the case off, my temperatures
are
10-12 degrees lower. I assume that the two low noise case fans will
improve the airflow somewhat, and lower the CPU temperature a bit.

Is a temperature in the high 40s-50 with a normal load a typical
temperature
with this AMD chip? Do you suspect that I am also having a problem with
my
cooler/thermal paste?

Thanks in advance,

Matt

Those temps are nothing at all to worry about.
I'm running my 2800+ at 2.481 GHz on 1.95v-core - and get idle 46/52C load.
I run it with sidepanel off, on a Thermalright SK7 (all-copper), with a
52CFM 80mm separated from the sink by a 10mm spacer (which lowers temps by
4-6C).
I also have two fans attached to (either side of) the CPU fan (ie - 3 in a
row) - but facing upwards to cycle hot CPU air out of the case.

Case fans aren't worth the aggro - lots more noise for no temperature gain.
"HPLeft" wrote in message
. net...
Hi all,

I'm not overclocking this chip yet, but I am curious about chip
temperatures
and whether I will need to reapply a better thermal paste on the chip.

I have the Barton 2800 in an older Antec KS-180 case with an Antec SL-400
power supply and a Speeze WhisperRock Heatsink and Fan (with the supplied
paste). I also have two Vantec Stealth 92mm fans on order. The
Motherboard
is an Asus A7V8X-X, with 512mb RAM. I am not overclocking the chip as of
yet.

Right now, living in the currently very cold Northeast, I am getting
46c-50c
in Asus Probe with the case cover on. With the case off, my temperatures
are
10-12 degrees lower. I assume that the two low noise case fans will
improve the airflow somewhat, and lower the CPU temperature a bit.

Is a temperature in the high 40s-50 with a normal load a typical
temperature
with this AMD chip? Do you suspect that I am also having a problem with
my
cooler/thermal paste?

Thanks in advance,

Matt

"QBall" wrote in message
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Those temps are nothing at all to worry about.
I'm running my 2800+ at 2.481 GHz on 1.95v-core - and get idle 46/52C
load.
I run it with sidepanel off, on a Thermalright SK7 (all-copper), with a
52CFM 80mm separated from the sink by a 10mm spacer (which lowers temps by
4-6C).
I also have two fans attached to (either side of) the CPU fan (ie - 3 in a
row) - but facing upwards to cycle hot CPU air out of the case.

Case fans aren't worth the aggro - lots more noise for no temperature
gain.

Thanks for the input. I keep reading the review section on newegg where
some users are getting temps in the high 30c-low 40c with some of these
Athlon processors, and I wasn't clear whether I was facing potential thermal
danger later on. My last desktop had a Slot A, Athlon 750, so I'm really
out of the loop on these things.

Again, thanks everyone for the feedback.

Matt C