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Average cpu temp?

Started by Dragun Mar 15, 2003 at 2:06 AM 26 replies 1.4k views

Original Post

Mar 15, 2003 at 2:06 AM

What''s the average cpu temp for an athlon xp 2000? Mine was running at 49 degrees celsius (120 F) and suddenly my power supply went out. Is this too hot?

Programmer One

Mar 15, 2003 at 2:07 AM

Mine is running at 32F

EDIT: Yes, 120F is WAY too hot. Keep it under 70F

[edited by - Programmer One on March 15, 2003 3:08:00 AM]

KalvinB

Mar 15, 2003 at 2:17 AM

According to my handy dandy Radio Shack indoor/outdoor thermometer, my server (1000Mhz) is running at 93.6F (measured by the temp of the air being blown out by the PSU).

Your PSU is probably too small for your processor. You want a minimum of 300Watts.

Ben

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Extrarius

Mar 15, 2003 at 2:49 AM

Athlon XPs are rated to run up to 90°C, but yuo REALLY don't want it running that hot. My 2400 runs at about ~40°C. My old Athlon 1.2GHz ran about 55°C constantly. I have my 2400 set to warn if it every gets up to 50°C and the warning hasn't gone off yet.

[edited by - Extrarius on March 15, 2003 8:46:47 AM]

benjamin bunny

Mar 15, 2003 at 7:39 AM

My Athlon 2100+ runs at about 55°C, but then my fan is only running at 2000rpm.

Crazy_Vasey

Mar 15, 2003 at 8:23 AM

In the area of 40 to 70 degrees centigrade. No biggy, my last Duron lasted 18 months at those temps and was still going strong when I upgraded so I guess that''s what they''re meant to run at.

AnonymousPosterChild

Mar 15, 2003 at 4:24 PM

mine range from -7 to 67.

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Sailorstick

Mar 15, 2003 at 5:24 PM

My Athlon XP 2000+ runs at 50 degrees

Have you seen the heat-sink/fan combination of the P4??? It''s bloody massive! I''ll bet it runs at something like 30

mentalstatement

Mar 15, 2003 at 5:49 PM

amd chips usually run at very high temperatures, something between 50-70 C..
must be the shitty heatsinks they are shipped with :S

Mar 15, 2003 at 6:12 PM

quote:
Original post by Sailorstick
Have you seen the heat-sink/fan combination of the P4??? It''s bloody massive! I''ll bet it runs at something like 30

I bet it runs at something like 120 decibels.

My XP 2000+ runs at about 50 degrees too. With no overclocking in mind, I picked less powerful but quieter fan. It was a very good choice.

benjamin bunny

Mar 15, 2003 at 6:46 PM

My fan:

Its very quiet. Well worth the £25 I paid for it.

Tyro

Mar 15, 2003 at 6:47 PM

would it be safe if i were to take out all the fans in the computer and just dump it in a pool of pure water?

um

better yet, any other non conductable liquid with high heat sink

Evil Bill

Mar 15, 2003 at 7:11 PM

My 1700XP runs at around 58 degrees C all the time. But it does have a cheap (crap) heatsink...

GreatOne

Mar 15, 2003 at 7:21 PM

my athlon xp 2000+ is running on stock cooling at 115F or 46C. AlthonXPs in general can run fine at really high temps (80 C) before they burn up. I''ve run mine at 130F and had no problem. The reason the power will shut off is because some mobos have an auto shutoff if the processor reaches a certain temp. But the cooler you''re running, the better!

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Realm Games Company

Mar 15, 2003 at 8:43 PM

quote:
Original post by Tyro
would it be safe if i were to take out all the fans in the computer and just dump it in a pool of pure water?

um

better yet, any other non conductable liquid with high heat sink

Liquid nitrogen.

BTW, would it run if it was being soaked in liquid nitrogen?

[ Enter the Unspoken Realm ]

masterg

Mar 15, 2003 at 8:46 PM

My Athlon XP 2000+ averages around 44C, with the system temperature usually around 28C.

benjamin bunny

Mar 15, 2003 at 8:46 PM

quote:
Original post by Tyro
would it be safe if i were to take out all the fans in the computer and just dump it in a pool of pure water?

um

better yet, any other non conductable liquid with high heat sink

quote:
Original post by Unspoken_Magi
Liquid nitrogen.

BTW, would it run if it was being soaked in liquid nitrogen?

[ Enter the Unspoken Realm ]

I don't know, but the liquid nitrogen would very quickly become gaseous nitrogen. If you had a way to keep liquid nitrogen cool enough to remain liquid form, you might as well just apply it to the processor.

[edited by - benjamin bunny on March 15, 2003 9:48:13 PM]

Raymondo

Mar 15, 2003 at 8:51 PM

Teh p0w3r 1$ j00rz!11

Mar 15, 2003 at 8:54 PM

quote:
Original post by benjamin bunny

I don''t know, but the liquid nitrogen would very quickly become gaseous nitrogen. If you had a way to keep liquid nitrogen cool enough to remain liquid form, you might as well just apply it to the processor.

[edited by - benjamin bunny on March 15, 2003 9:48:13 PM]

I mean, have the liquid nitrogen contained in a tube and flowing over the processor, so it wouldn''t escape.. that would prevent it from becoming gas, right?

  
Nitrogen flowing across processor in a tube, with no bottom where the processor is, so it touches the processor, while remaining air-tight.
------->  ------>  -------->  --->
__________________________________
NITROGEN _____________  NITROGEN
________|  PROCESSOR  |___________
        |_____________|
         |||||||||||||

[ Enter the Unspoken Realm ]

Extrarius

Mar 15, 2003 at 8:58 PM

No, it would become gas as it heats up. Liquid nitrogen has a VERY low evaporation temperature (which is why it has to be either very cold or under a lot of pressure to be in liquid form, and why air at room temperature can have gaseous nitrogen in it).

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