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I was wondering if my cpu is running a little hott. Right now it is at 55-60C(i guess this is idle)(not doing anything sept typing this). my system temp is 40C.I am using program called pc alert 4 which came with my MSI K7N2 Detla-L mobo. I have a amd athlon (tbred) 2000+ with stock cooling. I live in pennsylvania. the temp right now is 66F at 1130 at night.
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
MSI K7N2 Delta-L
Kingston Value ram PC2700 512mb
Centon PC2100 256mb
ATI 9000 pro 128mb
Maxtor 80gb ata 133
thats hotter than i like. mine is only like 46-49 under a load. what does your bios say the temp is? do u have newest bios some boards have fixs in newer bios for errors with temps
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55-60 (°C) is definitely high for the CPU's idle temp, even though it is 66°F there. Are you overclocking the CPU?, do you have a thermal paste between the CPU and your heatsink or a thermal pad.
Try another monitor like Sandra or Everest Home Edition to see if it reports similar temps.
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I'd say that's too warm, especially considering the room temp (19C). If your readings are accurate, a 40C system temp is higher than it should be. How many case fans do you have & how are they configured?
Just for a comparison, my overclocked 1.33 Tbird is idling at 56C with a system temp of 36C. But it's fairly warm here tonite...about 80F (27C). It usually idles in the mid to upper 40s in a 68F (20C) room
I was using my overclocked 1800+ a little while ago & it was idling in the mid 30s...but that's with a cooling program called VCOOL.
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i just checked sondra and its sayinf my cpu is running at 52C..PC Alert 4 says 55.
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
MSI K7N2 Delta-L
Kingston Value ram PC2700 512mb
Centon PC2100 256mb
ATI 9000 pro 128mb
Maxtor 80gb ata 133
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i 4got to add...i am not overclocking the cpu. i have it at stock mult-fsb(12.5*133 i think)
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
MSI K7N2 Delta-L
Kingston Value ram PC2700 512mb
Centon PC2100 256mb
ATI 9000 pro 128mb
Maxtor 80gb ata 133
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i also only have one 80mm instake fan on my side window blowing towards my cpu. i have my wires an stuff pulled back so the air will go towards the cpu fan(stock).i don't really want to spend money on a new hsf but if this temp is decreasing the life of my cpu i gues i have to. ALSO...my borther is giving me his barton 2500. he says his run like 60C with stock. but he says bartons run hotter than other non-barton cpu's
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
MSI K7N2 Delta-L
Kingston Value ram PC2700 512mb
Centon PC2100 256mb
ATI 9000 pro 128mb
Maxtor 80gb ata 133
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I have a xp2000+ too, and it runs about 49c under load. I got an MSI motherboard, and PC alert4 is pretty accurate. you may want to get a new heatsink/fan, and also buy a rear-out blowing fan, all that air will heat up inside if there is nothing pushing it out. good luck
Athlon XP 2000+
256mb DDRx2 (2100/2700)
80GB western digital
geforce4 Ti4200 w/64mb
audigy LS
clear window/blue cathode
pretty darn quiet PC!
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What core do you have? Those Palamino's get hot as hell. My idle temps on a hot day can reach 48-50c (overclocked or not) and I have big copper heatsink. But my machine doesn't seem to go over about 56 so I don't worry about it because it's been that way for 2yrs. CPU's are cheap. When it burns up buy another one. As long as your machine runs fine stop worrying. If it gets to hot take the side panel off.
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AMD run hot thats about right
AMD Barton 3000+
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MSI KuDoz 7X/600
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128mb Geforce 4 MX4200
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i got my 1.7 clocked to 2.5 and it runs at 35c...i think all ur guys temps r to hot...right now its about 80 room temp
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