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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Liberator on February 10, 2004, 12:14:56 am
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I should've asked this weeks ago, but at what temperature should I begin to worry about my system?
I currently run anywhere from 35 C to 42 C. The highest it's ever been was 46 C.
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No need to worry (yet :D ). 46 C is a good temp, my comp is running almost always at about 55 C. I'd start worrying when it goes over 65 C.
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My Athlon runs at 60-68. I'm assured by a buddy that works at AMD that I'm safe all the way up to 90C.
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Stuff starts breaking down when you reach melting points, mostly. It doesn't take a huge amount to fry a chip, but you're pretty safe until you start approaching the triple digits.
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my athlonxp runs in around 50C
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Yeah mik, Athlons are meant to be safe up to 90, but there's no need to push your luck of course :)
Yours sounds pretty much spot on, Lib. Bout the same as mine (got it down to 29 on a really cold day last winter :D)
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61 degrees.
I actually rmeoved a faulty Cd drive (1 of 2) from my Pc and filled the hole with a mesh (actually, tape intended for holding up plaster....), and it lowered the CPu temp by a bout 5 degrees and the system temp by 10.
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45C. I expect it to decrease when I get my new case, but maybe it won't. but then at least I can have the case closed and put in a couple of fans.
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Contrary to popular belief, CPUs work better at higher temperatures. That's why overclocking your PC produces heat. The upshot of this is that you can increase the speed of your PC by approximately 20% (effectively upgrading a 2.5ghz machine to a 3ghz machine) simply by placing the case next to a common domestic radiator. The big CPU manufacturers such as Intel and AMD naturally do not want this information known.
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What the hell? My bull**** detector just went off the scale :)
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Right..............
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Bah, you people. Spoil all the fun of a good BOFHing.
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:wtf:
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*sigh*
What do they teach you people these days? Go read a coupla Register articles or something. Be good for you. Corrupt your innocent mind with thoughts of abuse of the computer-illiterate.
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Originally posted by mikhael
My Athlon runs at 60-68. I'm assured by a buddy that works at AMD that I'm safe all the way up to 90C.
For some reason, mine seems to like staying at a constant 74C no matter what.
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Get another hobby, Stryke
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/30/29055.html
BOFH, the 2002 edition. great fun, especially when reading during boring classes. warning though, laughing out loud is bloody hard to explain when the entire class is so bored they're asleep.
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genius
"Uhuh, and we use the diesel for our fire extinguishers. In fact, I could probably give you a barrel as we only keep it in case of a leak in the system."
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you should read the old '95 ones, great stuff about "de-statisizing the mainboard by touching the fan with one hand hand a paperclip plugged into a wall socket in the other"
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mine never exceeds 42.5 C (and this is an XP 2500+)
and no i do not use water cooling, compressor cooling, or any of those psycho cooling systems -- anyone at 50C or above cool that ho down, sure they're safe up to 90C - but keeping them under 50 most of the time can double or tripple their lifetime [and before you say "i don't expect to have it that long" the hotter a processor the easier it is for transistor creep, and the less stable it runs)
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is it normal that if i run with the case of my system goes down within 5 minutes (about windows boot time, unfortunately)?
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Originally posted by IPAndrews
Contrary to popular belief, CPUs work better at higher temperatures. That's why overclocking your PC produces heat. The upshot of this is that you can increase the speed of your PC by approximately 20% (effectively upgrading a 2.5ghz machine to a 3ghz machine) simply by placing the case next to a common domestic radiator. The big CPU manufacturers such as Intel and AMD naturally do not want this information known.
tell me you're trying to be funny
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Originally posted by kasperl
is it normal that if i run with the case of my system goes down within 5 minutes (about windows boot time, unfortunately)?
Specs?
No, that is hardly normal.
Check your ventilation, clean the dust out with some canned air from Wal-Mart, everywhere even the PSU, just make sure you hold the fans so they don't over rev.
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Originally posted by Kazan
mine never exceeds 42.5 C (and this is an XP 2500+)
and no i do not use water cooling, compressor cooling, or any of those psycho cooling systems -- anyone at 50C or above cool that ho down, sure they're safe up to 90C - but keeping them under 50 most of the time can double or tripple their lifetime [and before you say "i don't expect to have it that long" the hotter a processor the easier it is for transistor creep, and the less stable it runs)
Are you using the packaged heat paste block and fan (i.e. that you can buy with the chip), or a standalone job?
Run runs about 10 degrees-ish abouve that, but it's probably just a botch on my part (first attempt at installing a cpu et al), and the fact that i have a crappy, tight case with little cooling.
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kasperl: NO
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aldo: i have a Coolermaster Aero 7+ -- NEVER use the packaged cooler
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Originally posted by Kazan
aldo: i have a Coolermaster Aero 7+ -- NEVER use the packaged cooler
too late :p
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p3 800, 192MB, crap mobo, crappier fan, no case fans except the PSU, and no fans indside aside from CPU. crappy, old case, every fan in there dieng from dust. i tried just blowing it off, even wiping it off with my fingers, but it is to damn stuck. and a can of compressed air costs about €12/$15 out here, and i'm not paying 15 bucks for a can of air.
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EDIt - silly suggestion removed (see below)
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no, do not use a vacuum cleaner. it produces a lot of static. buy a can of compressed air instead. even if it costs you money.
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Originally posted by kode
no, do not use a vacuum cleaner. it produces a lot of static. buy a can of compressed air instead. even if it costs you money.
Oops. Should have thought of that...........
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I'm running with a 2100+ actually overclocked to 2100 mhz (seemed appropriate), with one of the older Zalmans on it. One of the ones with the separate fan. Running about 40C (die temp)/51C (internal temp). Probably will get better when I get a new second case fan (one died on me).
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Clean the dust out. Get at least one case fan.
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*has 7 case fans* *is sure computer is cool enough* :D
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13 fans in my case total... now wait.. 14 now - the swap bay has one
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Beats me by quite a bit. I only have 6, including the one that is currently non-functional.
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2 80mm fans, came with the case
2 80mm fans in the PSU which acts as a second exhaust
1 fan on CPU
1 fan on GPU
What I can figure out is how the front case fan gets intake. I can't find the case anywhere on the internet. It's an OEM case from ECS or ECC or something like that.
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I run at 32.0 degrees C unless my heater is on in my room, at which point I get up to about 35.0 degrees C. Stays pretty cool inside my case..
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My chip runs at a steady 49C... and I only have 2 fans, a really cheap one on the chip itself (really really cheap; i.e. no interface to the mobo for monitorring, just one that jumps between the powersupply and the first IDE device on the line) and one in the power supply. :nervous: