[wellylug] OT: CPU Temperature

Jamie Dobbs jamie.dobbs at orcon.net.nz
Fri Oct 14 10:54:15 NZDT 2005


Did you mean to say something here or did you just hit the send button too
quickly? :-D
Perhaps you were offering to help me with my "sanity check'..... hmmm, me
and snity perhaps those words don't go too well together!!!
:-)

>
> --- Jamie Dobbs <jamie.dobbs at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
>
>> Maybe I should just get someone else to "sanity check" my build and
>> ensure
>> that the HSF combo is seated correctly etc. and see what they link of
>> the
>> temperature of air being exhausted from the case etc.
>>
>> >
>> >> I note that the monitoring of CPU core temperature (from BIOS) states
>> >> that
>> >> the core is running at 65 degrees celsius and case temperature is at
>> 29
>> >> to
>> >> 30 degrees.
>> >>
>> >> Should I be concerned about these figures? At the moment I am using
>> the
>> >> supplied AMD HSF and a single case fan, would adding another case fan
>> >> help? Do I need to bother?
>> >
>> > That's pretty high. most of the boxes I have built are running around
>> > the 40 degree mark.  I would suggest a bios upgrade for starters.
>> >
>> > I turn the CPU fan upside down (to  suck instead of blow), and then
>> use
>> > ducting to connect it to the case fan.  This means that the hot air
>> > coming off the heatsink is exhausted out of the case rather than being
>> > recirculated.
>> >
>> >
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