I recently purchased the above 333 Mhz FSB CPU for my Gigabyte 7VM400M board. Initially the CPU temperature read from 60-65 deg C. I then upgraded the bios and the temperature range is now 50-55 deg C. I therefore think the bios upgrade corrected a calibration error. Can someone give me their normal operating temp for this CPU. I live in a tropical country so the room temp is about 25-35 deg C. AMD says the max die temp is 85 deg C.

I also have a AMD 2800. I was in a forum similar to this one asking what program to use to monitor my temp, they advised Motherboard monitor 5. Per MM5, my computer stays around 41 degrees C, and about 45 under full load(playing UT2004 for about an hour or so). I guess that is a full load, I am new to the computer thing after being out of it for a little over a year. Now I do not know how acurate this MM5 is, but that is what was recommended so that is what I use. I hope this helps. If you have any other suggestions as to checking my comp temp, please let me know.

Average room temp has a lot to do with it. This is my own personal "rule"...I use it as a general guide. I know if I'm too far off the mark, something's not right System temp = room temp + 10C CPU temp = system temp + 10C (or room temp + 20C) What sort of case cooling configuration do you have?

I have motherboard monitor 5 but it doesnt work well with my m/board it says that cpu temp is 0 deg C even though i chose the correct m/board model. The gigabyte easy tune that came with the m/board is more accurate. jam's equations about the temp is correct since i always notice the cpu temp to be 10 deg C higher than the system temp. I have an atx mid tower 300W power supply and 80mm rear exhaust fan. I would still like to find out from other users their room temp and their cpu temp (from bios) for this chip. Thanks pals

I don't know if this helps at all, but I have a 2000+ with a 266 fsb. I have it overclocked to a 290 fsb, and it runs at about 75 degrees C in the bios. That seems awful high to me, but it seems to run stable. I don't know what the max "die" temp would be for any of the AMD processors though.

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe AMD XP2800+ Tbred Motherboard Monitor 5 I was plagued by CPU Diode temperatures between 65C and 75C when I used a stock CPU fan (Taisol CGK760172). I finally managed to get the temperatures under control with the Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu. Current temps with Zalman CPU cooler: Room: 24C Case: 38C CPU Diode: 47C CPU Socket: 42C

AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Abit AT7-MAX2 motherboard 1 GB PC2700 RAM 3 Maxtor ATA133 hard drives 1 WD 10000RPM SATA hard drive 2 Plextor disc drives ThermalTake XaserV WinGo V7000A Case --1 rear 80mm fan (exhaust) --2 side 80mm fan (intake) --1 top 80mm fan (exhaust) --1 front 80mm fan (intake) ThermalTake Power Supply (model w0010) ThermalTake Extreme Volcano 12 Heatsink Artic Silver 5 Thermal Paste The heatsink fan, intake fan on power supply, rear case fan, and 1 side case fan's speed are manually controllable. With all four on max RPM's and computer on full load for 1hr I see CPU core temps around 39-41C and case temps around 43-45C. Idle is around 35C core & 41C case.