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Can any 1 tell me what the best Temperature is good for my p4 2.5 processor.its running at a temp of 43c when idle and 56c when playing games.are these good or bad for the processor??????thanx
I wouldnt worry too much about it. In all my years in IT, Ive NEVER seen and Intel processor fail. If an Intel CPU experiances overly high temperatures it will simply shut off before it reaches the "frying" stage. In other words, you're system will probably just freeze; just let it cool down, and try again. :)
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If your CPU reach extremely high temperature. Eg heatsink fell out when you playing games. Pentium 4 processor will begin to run really really slow, like maybe 400Mhz or so telling you that the processor is overheating. I'd seen a video on tomshardware.com where he took off the heatsink of the Pentium 4 while playing Quake 3, the game fps drop from 100 to like 2 fps, but the system still function. AMD Athlon on the other hand, fried up within a second, black smoke come out and the processor reach 300C. I just don't know why people prefer AMD over Intel. Sure AMD outperforms Intel in some case, but when it comes down the hot summer, you better watch out with the temperatures if you have an AMD Athlon.
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Most IT folks I know do not use AMD. You are allowed to get burnt once. The second time would be your job.
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Most AMD motherboards have a safety feature in the bios if the cpu gets to a certain temp it will reboot or shutdown. It works just as good as intels overheating feature. And usually this feature can be cut off unlike intel chips. And you cant unlock intel p4 chips. And AMD costs less than intel. Thats just some of the reasons people choose AMD over Intel.
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"Most AMD motherboards have a safety feature in the bios if the cpu gets to a certain temp it will reboot or shutdown."
Compared most motherboards supporting chip shutdown on amd vs. all p4's supporting it. Even the P3's had a better level of cpu heat management built in than the athlons did until people started learning what a fire hazard they were.
I do have to admit that the price of AMD's chips helps to overcome this shortcoming.
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All new Mobo have a temp monitor on the CPU these days and one for the Mobo itself. Your computer will shut off if its too hot. Only way you could really fry your cpu in my option is if it jumps to an unsafe temp fast.
Or if you play around in your bois and change things.For your first question most p4 2.5ghz Max temp before damage is 80C so if its jumping to low 70s when your playing a game or something that fine, but not great.
Maybe put anoter case fan in there.
T-boy
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Short comming? HardCore overclockers dont wont that feature. Beginners? I say yes. Exerience users. No.
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That's like saying you want to fry your cpu. I hope you aren't actually really into overclocking, because if you are, you are the first one I've met that doesn't like to know they won't fry their cpu.
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your temps are acceptable...besides, it's virtually impossible to fry a P4 because it has built in thermal protection...if it gets too hot, it will just throttle itself back in an effort to remain cool...I doubt you have anything to worry about...frag on!
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lol the p4 guys would rather fry a cpu then admit amd has a gr8 feature. Like the K7N2 for amd is perfect for beginers or pro's who don't like to fry things.
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Froggx..never needed that feature from intel and i probably never will. Like I said. Its great for beginners just learning to overclock but not being able to turn that feature off is crap. Experience overclockers dont need it. There are a number of ways to monitor your cpu temp. And add it to the fact that you cant unlock the P4 makes it a poor cpu for overclocking. I wont to be able to change more than just the FSB and Vcore.
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Yeah, I agree that the auto shutdown is really unnecesary if you know what you're doing. I've also never had a need for it. But if you screw something, like you are really tired and say, forget your heatsink, it's nice to know it's there. Also, I do think that amd has a better overclocking proc. overall as the thoroughbred-b 1700+ is simply amazing. The ability to adjust multiplier really helps when I use it on older, low FSB boards. Didn't mean to sound like an AMD basher there, I just think they should have taken care of the thermal management a lot sooner than they did.
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