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temper cooling
Name: richard yang Date: December 7, 2003 at 11:36:54 Pacific OS: window xp CPU/Ram: 2.64oc/1ghzmb
Comment:
well is 31c good with thermal paste and with a cooler master cpu cooler i have a 2.53 p4 and i'm not sure if the thermal paste is working can you tell me whats good to use to cool it even more. thank you
Name: Shawn Date: December 7, 2003 at 15:25:05 Pacific
Reply:
How low do you want to go? 31C is pretty decent.
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Response Number 2
Name: Free Weasel Date: December 7, 2003 at 15:36:19 Pacific
Reply:
Every cpu becomes hot when working and 31°C isn't that much more than room temperature.
The most you can do is to use a good thermal paste and a good heatsink/fan combination. So far I think your's is really good.
BTW: As example, my Athlon TBird 1,2GHz never goes below 35°C, even when idle and with special cooling software. At full load it goes up to 55-60°C !!!
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Response Number 3
Name: real_cool Date: December 7, 2003 at 18:38:27 Pacific
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No P4 512k cache would idle 31C at normal room temp (20-24C)with air cooling. System/board temp at 31C may be. Use/excercise common sense.
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Response Number 4
Name: sonnysandiego Date: December 7, 2003 at 20:28:38 Pacific
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lap it to cool it more. there are many sites that tell how to lap.
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Response Number 5
Name: jam Date: December 7, 2003 at 22:36:42 Pacific
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That temp's almost too good to be true. As real_cool suggested (sort of), make sure you're not mistaking your system temp for your processor temp. If you're not, what is your system temp being reported as?
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Response Number 6
Name: SkipCox Date: December 8, 2003 at 14:06:15 Pacific
Reply:
Hey sonny, no need to search all over the net to find lapping instructions. Multiple links have been posted all over these forums.
Skip
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Response Number 7
Name: richard yang Date: December 8, 2003 at 19:05:16 Pacific
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well i have a intel motherboard and it tells me my "processor zone" is 27-30c and what is lapping
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Response Number 8
Name: sonnysandiego Date: December 11, 2003 at 20:23:08 Pacific
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