+50°C too hot for AMD XP 1500?

Since I've replaced the cooler of my CPU with a quieter one (Artic Copper
Silent 2 instead of a jet-engine-noise Dragon Orb 3), I've started
monitoring the temp of my cpu with a program that came with my MSI
motherboard. I have no idea of what it used to be, but now it ranges from
37°C to over 50°C (it's mostly around 46°C).

Is this too hot? Could this be a sign that I did not install the cooler
properly (it's been on there for about 2 months now)? Could using Arctic
Silver instead of the simple thermal compound that came with the cooler
help?

I haven't overclocked anything on my PC but I thought you guys would the
experts in these matters. Thanks very much for your help already!

SZ.

"Slashed Zero" wrote in message
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Since I've replaced the cooler of my CPU with a quieter one (Artic Copper
Silent 2 instead of a jet-engine-noise Dragon Orb 3), I've started
monitoring the temp of my cpu with a program that came with my MSI
motherboard. I have no idea of what it used to be, but now it ranges from
37°C to over 50°C (it's mostly around 46°C).

Is this too hot? Could this be a sign that I did not install the cooler
properly (it's been on there for about 2 months now)? Could using Arctic
Silver instead of the simple thermal compound that came with the cooler
help?

I haven't overclocked anything on my PC but I thought you guys would the
experts in these matters. Thanks very much for your help already!

SZ.


that's fine. 80 or 90 is the max. quieter is nicer, isn't it??? :-)
Good Luck!
BB

"Slashed Zero" wrote in message
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Since I've replaced the cooler of my CPU with a quieter one (Artic Copper
Silent 2 instead of a jet-engine-noise Dragon Orb 3), I've started
monitoring the temp of my cpu with a program that came with my MSI
motherboard. I have no idea of what it used to be, but now it ranges from
37°C to over 50°C (it's mostly around 46°C).

Is this too hot? Could this be a sign that I did not install the cooler
properly (it's been on there for about 2 months now)? Could using Arctic
Silver instead of the simple thermal compound that came with the cooler
help?

I haven't overclocked anything on my PC but I thought you guys would the
experts in these matters. Thanks very much for your help already!

SZ.
I recently bought an MSI board and the temp/monitoring utility that came on
the CD with the board said the CPU temp was about 6C higher than the BIOS
temp so I installed the temp/monitor program for another board and its
readings are almost identical to BIOS readings.

So, after the computer has been running for a while, reset and check BIOS
temps and compare them to the monitors programs readings just before the
reset.

Dave