I recently upgraded my system to the followiong specs: XP pro Asus MotherBoard 1Gb of ram ( 2x 512 dual channel DIMM) P4 Prescott CPU Iv been having trouble with what i belive to be over heating and was wondering what are acceptable temperatures for my system. I guess the real question i have is what are the exceptable temperatures. I have Everest home edition loaded to monitor them. Thanks for a reply.

You might want to add some details, like what problems you're happening. That way, we can tell you whether or not it's an overheating problem. Prescott's run hotter than northwood. Since it's an upgrade, you shouldn't compare the temps to your old cpu's temp. I think most Prescotts run at around 50-55C.

"I think most Prescotts run at around 50-55C" But it's not uncommon for it to go into the 60s, possibly 70C under load. The Prescott has earned the nickname, "hot potato" Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 768MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

my celeron (presscot core) runs hot around 48 c idle 56c with full load, if your worried about your temps consider more fans or water cooling, or even a new case if you have no room for fans, also make sure that you have fresh air coming in and out. Presscot 2.5g @ 533/133 2x256mb Samsung Pny geforce 6 6600 GT 40gb seagate HDD i845GE

Here's one for you, Using speedfan as a monitor i discovered something alarming in the way the BIOS controls the fans on Intel 915 motherboards. While running speedfan as a monitor, but not as a controller, i did some folding at 100%. I disconnected all my non controlled fans, and I watched the case temperature rise to the mid sixties before the BIOS decided to increase the front and rear case fans from tick over speed. If the recommended temperature is 38c, and the BIOS will kick the front and back fans in at about 65c, the pentium temperature rises like a runaway train. It was at that point i found out about the Intel Bios control of the Pentium 4 fan. The temperature at the cpu was in the low to middle sixties when the BIOS evenually kicked the cpu fan in, it reached 100% speed when the cpu temperature reached 70c. The reason i updated the BIOS from the last one was because of this problem. This designer flaw is going to shorten the life of more than a few pentiums. My BIOS is not unique to my motherboard, it is used on just about every Intel 915 motherboard there is. Speedfan does a wonderful job af keeping the pentium at 40c, and if third party software can do it, then so can the BIOS. The flawed Intel BIOS is the latest, it's not corrupt, and is set on default. The Pentium has a high temperature throttle, that protects the thing from being damaged, the Bios ensures though, that the temperature is high enough to shorten its life, and that has to be good for Intel's profit margins.