i just got a amd 64 3700+ and the temps seem kinda high.. on idle its usally 43C but i ran prime 95 and temps got all the way up to 66 and touched 67 for like a sec and droped back to 66. And the temps im reading are the cpus die temps? is this normal or is it runnin hot. I have it overclocked from 2.2 to 2.4 but droping it back down to 2.2 doesnt change the temps much mabye 1 degree 2 at the most.
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That is extremely hot for an Athlon 64 CPU. Their critical temps are 65 degrees Celsius. The side fan needs to blow into the case, back fans are used as exhaust, two front fans blow in, and the top blows out.
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Did your CPU came with heatsink/fan or was it an OEM CPU? I would recheck the thermal compund applied to the processor.
and what is the cpu die temp? ive did some research on it and it says that the die temp is the acuall core temp of the cpu. and it says that when using temp reading programs such as speedfan or cpucool the temps are anywhere from 10-14 degrees cooler.. is this true?
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An Athlon 64 CPU have a heatspreader on there so you can't really see the die. Double check the temp from your BIOS and don't rely too much on the software. See if there's a significant difference in temp.
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It sounds like what you had before. It's all right. Better than having it at 66 degrees, lol. I've heard some people got that 3700+ to go up to 2.8GHz on stock cooling. Usually, the Athlon 64s run in their 30's, but I guess low to mid 40's will do with a 20 degree cushion for ciritical threshold.
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