Hi Dion 52 is little on the high side. As a general rule of thumb anything under 50 ok. But AMD's in general do run hot. A quick(cheap) way to decrease temps is to add some thermal paste (arctic silver v3) on to the top of CPU DIE, this allows for a better contact between the DIE and the cooler and thus better heat transfer.
The "gunk" that come standard with the cooler is not that good, just clean that away and apply the arctive silver. You can get arctice silver from www.tastech.co.nz, www.dragonpc.co.nz around $20 mark and it does a lot cpu's. (or if your like me a lot of different coolers). :)) For more info on cooling, Overclocking etc.. check out the forum at www.overclockers.co.nz. C Mahesh > Quick question (not Linux related) > > On Saturday I bought myself a Duron (I got myself a > rather well-paying > holiday job), and I was wondering what temperature > range is acceptable > for these. Mine currently seems to sit at around > 52C when it isn't > doing much of anything. > > Peoples' opinions on how hot these should get would > be greatly > appreciated (I haven't previously had a machine > faster than a Cyrix > P200, so I am not a cooling expert). > > Thanks, > > > Dion. > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Check your e-mail on your mobile phone - http://www.fastmail.co.nz http://www.sold.com.au - SOLD.com.au - Find yourself a bargain!
