On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 10:19, Jack Coates wrote: > Is it just me, or does 205 to 230 degrees Fahrenheit seem a bit > excessive for the maximum temperature of a desktop? Yikes! I'm nervous > enough about the operating temperature of 122 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit. >
Overclockers usually don't like a CPU load temp to go over 60C. If it's operating at that or over during load then it's likely that the life of the CPU is being shortened. I've got a Vantec Areoflow VA4-C7040 HSF with a substandard heat compound (got Arctic Silver 3 on order) and even with a crappy heat grease and high core/IO voltages, the under-load temperature of the CPU never exceeds 60C. Remember, that's with overclocking. A stock system should NEVER exceed or even approach 60C load. The target load temp for stock systems is around 50C. As peace of mind is pretty cheap these days in the form of better cooling, it's best to remember that 50C reported from mobo sensors can be worse than 60C from CPU core diode sensor. For me, peace of mind is a Vantec Areoflow and Arctic Silver 3 thermal compound. --LX -- ����������������������������������������������� Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* ������������������������������������������������
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