Temperatures

2of12B0RG2of12B0RG Join Date: 2002-12-21 Member: 11285Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">roasting.... or is it ok?</div> Well I just pieced my new baby together and all seems to be running quite well.

Specs are:

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
AMD Athlon XP 3000 Barton
1 Gig DDR

Compared to my last machine it is quite an upgrade. My last machine was a MSI KT72Turbo, AMD Athlon XP 1800, 768 MB SDRam

Still using the same GeForce 4 Ti4600, but on the new machine, I can see quite an improvement as well. My 3dMark score has more than doubled on my new setup.

Well, my clanmembers have told me that my new processor is quickly on its way to catching on fire (it is also overclocked to 2.3 GHz instead of the default 2.1). 2 of my clan members have the exact same setup as I do now, except for heatsink.

What I don't understand is how they can say this when my new machine runs quite cooler than my old. My old would idle around 115-117 F and get up to 127F when gaming.

The picture below shows my current idle temps, and gaming temps get up to 114F max.

I have looked around the AMD website for temperature listings and whatnot but have been unable to find them.

Anyways, are these temps OK? Will I quit a game of NS one day only to see smoke coming from my case?
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  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    edited October 2003
    They're fine. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    EDIT:
    Catching on fire temperature would be going 70-80 degrees celcius, which, as you can see, you are nowhere near.

    My computer runs hotter than that and it's absolutely stable and fine.
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  • TorgoTorgo Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11626Members
    Well, I'd say they're ok, and your computer seems to agree. (Based on - "Status - Ok")

    Just watch out for the aroma of melting silicon if it gets out of control...for some reason.
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  • FamFam Diaper-Wearing Dog On A Ball Join Date: 2002-02-17 Member: 222Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Your clanmembers were probably confusing the Fahrenheit values for Celcius ones.
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  • 2of12B0RG2of12B0RG Join Date: 2002-12-21 Member: 11285Members
    Well ya it says OK but I could set that program to give an alarm at any temperature. That's just a program.

    Anyways cool thx. My buddies keep telling me how theirs runs at 90F and mine is going to melt.
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    It's more than fine. Sure, you could get it even cooler, but it's not necessary. Computers <i>can</i> run at around 50-55°c, as that's what the AMD box bundled coolers do about. Though I don't like to have around 50-55 <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    hah love the slk <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DubbilexDubbilex Chump Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9799Members
    My computer usually runs below 25 C. As a matter of fact, it's running at 19 C right now <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    May have to reapply my thermal compound then I guess, after it melts with the CPU. I'm running at 62C right now, which IS pretty darn hot, honestly. Need to just go spring for a Thermaltake Volcano 7+ and be done with it. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    the maximum for amd's is 90c, so anything lower is good TRY to keep it lower than 80..with my case closed while playing i get 70, so i keep the case open so it stays at 60...at idle its 50.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    good idea -- that way your puter can double as a space heater for the winter =P
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