Agreed. I tried this myself (I'm running a 3700+ Sandiego) I'm using the XP120 HSF combo. I have almost never seen my unit top 40C. (non OC). I tried a DiVX Recode of some security camera video.. so 640x480*60fps/1 hr worth; recoded without a big spike in my heat; same was true with Nero Recode. You might see if your board is reporting temperature right.
I haven't used EasyTune, so I can't vouch for that, but using a literal temp guide (Vantec, non-software).. Seriously, if it's 60C, it's cooking. See if you can get it to spike that high on that easytune and then just get your hand near it in your case.. if the HSF isn't blazing, then your readout in the software is bad. I haven't seen an AMD64, even the older series, hit 60C consistently, even with retail HSF in a well designed case. CW -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 6:01 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] AMD64 Heat Issues The 90nm Venice and San Diego cores are very cool running chips. My overclocked, overvolted Venice at 2.61GHz runs around 28C idle, and 42C max load. Temperatures of the extreme you mention almost definitely indicate one of two things: 1. Improper reporting of the temperature (try closing whatever you're using and use Speedfan) 2. Improper installation of the heatsink/fan, or somehow significantly obstructed case airflow. Sometimes you can have a situation with a particular BIOS release having incorrect temperature readings, so I would check that you are running the latest BIOS. If you are, you might try downgrading one revision. If I were you, I would start an encode, then feel how hot the heatsink is after a while of running. Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Maki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 3:55 PM Subject: [H] AMD64 Heat Issues >I recently put together a new system with an AMD64 3700+ San Diego core >cpu. > One of the reasons I build a new system was that I was having heat issues > with my Athlon XP 3200+. The mobo design of the Gigabyte GA-7NNXP does not > leave many options for larger hsf installation. I was hoping that the > newer, > cooler running AMD64 would eliminate this problem. I thought it had. > Initial > temps were in the 25-30 degree C range, with temps raising to the mid to > high 30 degree range under load and the low 40s under heavier load. I > recently did a longer video recode and the alarm for 60 degrees C started > sounding! (I am running the stock cooler provided with the retail AMD chip > and monitoring the temperature with the included EasyTune 5 utility). >
