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Idle temps
I ended up getting an Athlon XP 3000+ due to the simple lack of availability
of the 3200+ in my area (special order only). I set the basic system up last night (m/b, ram, video card) and put it in the case (Thermaltake Xaser VM2000). BIOS reads the the CPU idle temp as 46-47C;. it seems to hold steady at that point and system temp as 27-28C. I know in Windows the idle is generally a litte lower. I've got three case fans running along with the stock AMD heatsink and fan. In any case, is this considered a "normal" temperature? Its been a few years since I've built an Athlon, and I know on my old one I actually acheived low temps compared to other people. -- NP: Brett Tyre www.geocities.com/brett_tyre London Drugs, Comp. Dept. "I have something I want to tell you.I'm not like other guys.No, I mean I'm different." -Michael Jackson "Thriller" |
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On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, "Brett Tyre" wrote:
I ended up getting an Athlon XP 3000+ due to the simple lack of availability of the 3200+ in my area (special order only). I set the basic system up last night (m/b, ram, video card) and put it in the case (Thermaltake Xaser VM2000). BIOS reads the the CPU idle temp as 46-47C;. it seems to hold steady at that point and system temp as 27-28C. I know in Windows the idle is generally a litte lower. I've got three case fans running along with the stock AMD heatsink and fan. In any case, is this considered a "normal" temperature? Its been a few years since I've built an Athlon, and I know on my old one I actually acheived low temps compared to other people. In my humble opinion, the BIOS puts the CPU under full load. Windows contains a Halt instruction which lets the CPU idle. Dos and BIOS do not. -- Arthur. email address is bogus, real email adr is zathras at freeuk dot com |
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Brett Tyre wrote:
I ended up getting an Athlon XP 3000+ due to the simple lack of availability of the 3200+ in my area (special order only). I set the basic system up last night (m/b, ram, video card) and put it in the case (Thermaltake Xaser VM2000). BIOS reads the the CPU idle temp as 46-47C;. it seems to hold steady at that point and system temp as 27-28C. I know in Windows the idle is generally a litte lower. I've got three case fans running along with the stock AMD heatsink and fan. In any case, is this considered a "normal" temperature? That's fine. Generally speaking if you're not overclocking then anything under 60C on the motherboard sensor (or 70 or so on the internal diode) under load is fine--if you're idling 47C then you'll likely be well under 60 under load. If you're going for maximum overclocking you want the processor as cool as you can afford to run it. Its been a few years since I've built an Athlon, and I know on my old one I actually acheived low temps compared to other people. -- NP: Brett Tyre www.geocities.com/brett_tyre London Drugs, Comp. Dept. "I have something I want to tell you.I'm not like other guys.No, I mean I'm different." -Michael Jackson "Thriller" -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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