CPU temp

[Bruser]

What is the ideal temperature of a CPU. I have a 1.4 GHz Athlon and it consistantly runs at about 168 F. Is this too hot?

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[TIbrO]

Hehe... I have the same processor and mine runs at 48-53 degrees celsius. I assume that this would be normal operation temperatures for Athlons because I had bought the number one ranked cooling fan and heatsink combo from Vantec when I first upgraded to an Athlon from an Intel Pentium 2 333Mhz, which used to run at 25 degrees celsius.

[d4n13l]

To those who are in the 'new age':
(F-32)/1.8 = C

So 168F is 75.6 Centigrade.
That is too hot.
Is the heatsink firmly in full contact with the CPUand is there any heat transfer compound between them? I would suggest that if all looks OK then to get a decent H/sink + fan.

[alf_d]

How do you know what temp your cpu is running at?

[DiViNeLeFT]

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How do you know what temp your cpu is running at?
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use motherboard monitor if your mobo supports it.

my athlon 1ghz runs at aprox 50 C.

best way to cool a cpu down... make sure you use a good thermal paste, try artic silver... make sure you only apply it to one side... eg either the cpu or the heatsink, not both (prevents air bubbles). get a good HSF.. i prefer alpha HS and sunon fans... one of the best mods to do to get a cooler cpu is to put two 80 or 92mm fans on the side of your case blowing directly on the cpu... that cooled mine down 8 C... and a friend of mine got his down 12 C just from two 92mm fans.

[PORNOST4R]

AMD900
CPU temperature? About 50-51°C
Chasis temperature? About 30-31°C

But everyone should read this:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q3/010917/heatvideo-01.html

[eyeofbeholder]

I have an Athlon 1.2 with a ThermalTake Volcano II. Typically, it runs at about 52°C. On super heavy apps like TMPGEnc, the temp will climb to about 59°C. But 75° is too hot. I believe AMD says that 90° is meltdown for this processor.

[vigilante]

Either your motherboard monitor is frig, or something is up with you cooling system. Yeah follow the advice of the others...look into it.

[speedy]

If you get readings of 168 F, your CPU is cooking in its own juices. Could just be a faulty sensor. I have a ASUS A7A266 board that comes with probe software and every so often it spikes at 212F. That's the boiling point. Obviously not an accurate reading.

Do what others said, check if processor is firmly attached to heatsink, try bigger heat sink/fan and don't overlook having more powerful case fans. The idea is to create an air stream that passes over the processor from cool air entering the front which should pick up most of the heat picked up by the CPU fan and then it should be blown out by the fan at the back of the case. Check airflow, if all your case fans are blowing in towards the case all you're doing is circulating hot air inside the case. One fan should suck cool room air in from the front, the second fan should suck it out the back.

BTW, my system runs around 119-128 F depending on load. Anything much beyond 140 F for a AMD chip isn't good.

[schwinn]

My AMD/Epox motherboard has cpu and system temp built into the setup/bios. So to check you can do so at startup or restart and go into setup. Is there any way to check temp without doing this? Maybe some software I can download or something I can buy? My machine runs cool 40 degrees C max but it would be nice to be able to check it from time to time without restarting.

Have you got your heatsink and fan on properly? Well, wait for the silicon or chip to combust, it'll be meltdown.
Check if fan is attached properly, or u need a new Fan.

[Jeomite]

I would have to say anything above 65°C is dangerous (may fry CPU and/or mobo)

My 1.4Ghz runs highest at 60°C and average of 53°C.

[Roadwart]

My athlon 1.4 runs at 37-40 idle depending on the air temp of the room & I have never seen it get higher than 45 under load. OK I have a case with 1x120mm outtake fan at the rear & 2x80mm intakes at the front & use a thermoengine delta with a 7000rpm fan. But those temps you are showing are way too hot. As the other have said, Make sure the heatsink has a proper contact with the CPU core & there is thermal paste (I recommend arctic silver II) between the core & heatsink.

[KingJohn]

Is your alarm sounding ?

Most Motherboards have alarm's on CPU and case. Monitor software comes with the motherboards cd rom.

I just built a new machine, Pentium 4, 1.6, as I type this with Vdub converting in the background its says the temperature of the cpu is 45C with a case temperature of 22, the most I have seen is 45.5C for the cpu.

Fan is Intel, supplied with chip

Now everything has stopped, its down to 42.5C

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[TIbrO]

But a P4 can run WITHOUT a heatsink... hehe...

[septor]

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But a P4 can run WITHOUT a heatsink... hehe...

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No need for heatsinks in the future
just vaporchill it