56degrees ok?

[Passa]

m running an XP2000 on a MSI KT4V motherboard and I am using an older (expensive) fan which only runs at 5000rpm...my CPU temperature is 54-55degrees. My question is, is this a safe temperature? I will never overclock or nething else like that..

cheers

Max

 

[Passa]

im in Australia we are in our summer

hmmm i thouught 54-56 wouldve been ok

 

[OulOat]

90 is when it start melting. 56 is fine.

 

[Passa]

thanks mate ^

btw love the Futurmam sig.

cant get enough of that show..cheers

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: Passa
im in Australia we are in our summer

hmmm i thouught 54-56 wouldve been ok

Is that under full load? With stock or similar cooling, that temperature may rise considerably under load. Are you having any problems with stability, etc., during load?

 

[Passa]

hmmm it must be the fan it has reached up to 62degrees but is stable hasnt crashed or nething as yet :|

 

[Paulson]

Don't worry, it's winter here and my athlon XP 1700 is running at 62C...

Under heavy load it's usually a little higher... I've had my pc for a long time and it's stable as heck and has no problems... I wouldn't worry!

 

[RobSay]

My XP1700 runs at 60 under load. No biggie, it runs stable.

 

[OulOat]

Yes, as long as it's stable, then it's fine. Changing hsfs for lower temps is fine, but it's really a waste unless you are ocing. On the other hand, you often have to change hsfs if you are trying to lower noise.

Now the question is, can you name the eps which the quotes come from

 

[AtomicDude512]

That is a wee bit high. But my Dad's XP 2000 Palomino got to that temp in summer.

 

[Dufman]

my xp2000 runs at 45c under 100% processor load for 8+ hours. retail HSF, and artic silver cooler

 

[Zhentar]

My processor runs 64C under load, 1800+

The only problem I've had involved short circuiting the 12V and 5V lines modding a fan.... oops!

The bright side is I'm running it with a cheap aluminum hs, some crappy thermal pad that was on it, and a Vantec Stealth 80mm fan with a 60mm to 80mm converter, and its real quiet the converter and the fan knocked me up 5 degrees C but at least I can't hear it doing it But I hope the 7 volted fan will up my air flow and get it running cooler.

 

[madcat004]

60mm to 80mm converter does a horrible job. You should get yourself a bigger heatsink that uses 80mm fan and ac3.