Coolest running Athlon(+1.2 GHz)?

[Bentrold]

I have read somewhere that the 1.4 GHz T-bird Runs very hot, are the XPs running cooler?
What CPU could you recommend for a "silent system" with same performance as a 1.4 GHz T-bird (and price range)?

Cool Breezes

Bentrold

 

[Gene396]

You are correct; Tbird temps are very high. The following chart was taken from SandPile.org. These are figures without O/Cing. The first figure is regular load and the one after the slash (/) is under heavy load and is rated in Watts.

1.0 Tbird 49/54
1.2 Tbird 59/66
1.4 tbird 65/72
XP 1600 @ 1.4 56.3/62.8
XP 2000 @1.667 62.5/70.0

As you can see, the 1.4 Tbird has the highest temp. I would suggest purchasing a XP 1600 or XP 1700. The XP 1600 is doing the same amount of work as a 1.4 Tbird running @ 1.6. True the XPs are a little higher, but are really worth it. I would not recomend higher than a XP1700 as they are really not as cost effecent. Am now running a XP 1600, but will change to a PAL 8045 HS next week. Summer is coming on and my CPU temps are rising.

good luck , Gene

 

[KRS62]

Gene,

Do you know if these temps were recorded in a fully enclosed system? If so, then my temps are right in line with those. However, anytime someone posts a message here with temps even CLOSE to those, people say that they are way too high. I guess I'm a little confused at what's acceptable by AMD's standards.

KRS

 

[CheapGator]

AMD's website says anything below 90 Tbird and 95 XP are acceptable(meaning they won't kill the core). 50's and 60's are what alot of people get who haven't increased airflow I believe so it should be just fine. I don't know if it's my motherboard lieing to me but my Tbird 1.33 is running at 40/46 and this is with a stock hs and fan from hp. I'll be buyin a real therm. soon so i'll be able to post actual numbers instead of sounding like I have a decent cooling system running.

 

[FenrisUlf]

I would recommend a 1400 XP. It's about the cheapest XP and is much cooler than the T-birds. For quiet cooling, go for an Alpha 8045 with a quiet Panaflow 80 mm fan or even a quiet 60 mm (I've successfully used a 8045 with a thin 60mm fan on a Duron 950 that had limited clearance above the heatsink).

 

[Gene396]

KRS62 -- Please read my reply again. The numbers were in WATTS not temps!! Watts are a unit of energy consumed (volts x amps = watts).

However # of watts does correlate to heat that must be vented. Twice the number watts would be twice the heat. If you want the lowest price The XP 1400 would run @ 1.2 and probably use lower watts than the Tbird 1.0. You really can't tell the difference between CPU speed unless you use a program to monotor.

With rooms temps in the high 60s; I get 36/42 C. With summer heat, rooms temps are in high 70s. Readings are now 40/45 C. This is with case open using retail XP1600 HS and using a Delta fan running at 6K rather than 7K. Put a 5 ohm resister is 12 volt line to drop voltage.

These are acceptable figures, but I will get PAL8045 HS and YSTech fan. This fan has variable resistor so that you can "dial" in combination of heat and noise that is acceptable to you.

Gene