Hi all,

I checked my cpu temp in the bios and it said 98 degrees F after some heavy usage. I was wondering what the optimal temperature range is for P3's (1 Ghz). Thanks

Jon

You might want to dig deeper into http://www.intel.com for such info, as for me I am running AMD processor at 850MHz and the temperture doesn't exceed 50 F, under any load, I use a lot of GIMP edititng which is hungry on processor resources, and the cooling system includes a stock fan for AMD Athlon (socket A), a case fan, a fan on the chipset (ABIT KT7-RAID mobo), a fan on graphics card (ELSA ERAZOR X GeForsce256).

50 F? or 50 C?
I tried searching the intel site, but it's a mess! I was sort of surveying to see what other people were at.
Thanks for the reply.

Jon

i would think 50C, my 1.2 athlon averages 140F

My athlon 1Ghz is about 64°C after heavy usage , think I should spend a bit of money on better cooling...

Progster

i'm beginning to wonder that myself. i'm going to leave the side off the case for a couple of days and see if it's the heatsink/fan on the cpu or bad air circulation in the box.

My bad, it is 50 C, you know I live in USA the temp is here in F, just concider it a typo.

Thats not a healthy temp dude. My motherboard starts beeping when it goes past 50C and it shuts down at 60C even though it has never gotten that hot.

I ordered a Alpha 8045 with a 80MM Sunon 39CFM fan to replace my current MCX370-0A (Pabst 60MM, kinda loud). I hope my temps drop. Right now they are like 38C and 45+ C under load. But if i want to overclock this thing i need a alpha...hoping to hit 1.61Ghz stable.

About intel CPU's...especially the P !!!'s. Those temps shouldn't exceed 40C at all. After all they aren't made to withstand alot like amds.

It's not exactly on topic, and I've mentioned it before in this forum, but if you're gonna talk about AMDs and fans, you have to have a look at this .

Bert

I'm not talking about AMD and fans, i'm simply giving an example to back up/clarify my point.

You truly are an idiot. i havent overclocked my pIII 1ghz proc and it often gets over 40C. i think youll find that AMD procs are notrious for burning up, much more so than intel procs. AMD run a lot hotter, with a lot less room for error in overclocking.

What else do you think happens in places like Australia where AIR temperatures frequently get above 40C????? it makes the procs run hotter.
DUH?????

Well that means either you dont have good contact between the core and the heatsink base, or your HSF unit itself is too weak. My P3 733Mhz overclocked to 820Mhz never runs past 35C and this isn't some expensive cooling but rather a cheap GlobalWin FOP32~1.

damnit i have to go.

\umm im using the stock heat sink.

the contact is fine
do you ever think that maybe you using a non standard heaksink/fan plus 3rd party goo might be LOWERING YOUR temperature below normal intel specs??

jesus, its like xplaining something to a monkey.

My computer idles around 31C even on warm days, if i play Q3A for a while it gets up to 41/2C

Alright as i was saying (damn high school). mm yeah the temps are good then. Anything over 50C will reduce your processors lifespan. Higher cpu temps speed up the process of electromigration or something where the edges of the microscopic walls of the processor core wear off eventually. This process occurs naturally in programs aging but overclocking will speed this up becuase basically you are trying to push more speed and/or electricity (if you Vmod) through the same size valleys as before. Of course a normal non overclocked, well cooled, taken care of processor can last you for over 5 years. Most of us don't upgrade our computers every year or so anyways. Your comment about AMD processors burning up...

Yes, AMD processors do run much warmer than Intels and yes i own both so i am not bias. I also know that if you run a AMD processor without a heatsink for more than 2-3 seconds it will basically FRY. Intel cpus have protection on them which locks the computer when temps exceed a certain amount. AMD cpus uptil the Thunderbird didnt have this protection so stupid newbies who forget to plug in the fan plug on the motherboard will have to pay the ultimate price of a fried motherboard. Athlon XP/MP family do have this protection feature so it will power off in a matter of seconds after the temp goes past 70C or so.