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[badninja3]

whats the rating for the stock amd athlon 64 heatsink's fan?

my cpu(a64 3200+, am2, 2000mhz) runs at about 32d Celcius idle (i dont think the as5 even settled) is that acceptable? i think it is, but i just want to make sure.

 

[TRDCorolla1]

That's a good number for an Athlon 64 CPU. Mine is running at 40 degrees now. I've noticed the heat has gone up ever since I installed my new PSU. One of the PSU fans blows down on it and really makes a difference in temperature. It use to be much, much lower in temp.

 

[damien.t.bayles]

I'm not to sure dude, i looked around and couldn't find anything, hopefully someone can help ya

 

[badninja3]

cool. thanks dude.

 

[TRDCorolla1]

I think the Athlon 64's can handle up to 70 degrees max. So you are way below that.

 

[Kage]

Wow...I'm close to the mark then... My CPU was at 65 degrees C before, and mines an Athlon 64. Its at 57 degrees C now.

As soon as I hit render in 3DS Max though, it shoots to 63 degrees C...

Room temp at 36 degrees C.

Your temps are good.

 

[TRDCorolla1]

Whoa, something's wrong. I've never seen it that high on stock settings. Mine is hanging around 38 degrees right now. Get that heatsink/fan replaced and put on some new thermal compound. What are your voltage numbers?

 

[badninja3]

yeah. thats really bad. u might have a loose connection between the heatsink and cpu. or maybe u have bad thermal paste. cuz it should be anywhere near those temps.

 

[Kage]

Yeah I believe thats what it is. I'm getting new thermal paste on Monday.

voltages are the lowest:

cpu running at 200mhz bus (2200MHZ real speed), fan speed of CPU (bit weird for stock) at 5640RPM, but a while ago it was running at 6,000RPM...