Bob said:
I can't seem to solve my heat problem. A7V-333, AMD Athlon 2100XP, 512mb
Ram, best fan and heat sink I could get. The CPU runs at 60C at idle. When I
am running a program or playing music the CPU runs at 67C. I'm afraid I'm
going to burn this thing up. Any help appreciated.
Bob
If your case has the power supply directly above the cpu heatsink/fan then
you will get this, it restricts airflow to the point where that happens.
Thermal grease is verry important also, plus top heatsinks dont allways have
top of the line springs.. The main thing is to make sure that the cpu's
heatsink fan is running correctly and the heatsink is installed correctly,
since it's an XP chip you can read the temp straight from the chip, so
Compare the BoardCPU temp to the CPUtemp, I am running a 2500 (barton) so
yours might run slightly higer than mine, and mine stays fairly steady at
42/43 (CPU via board), But my case has sound padding all around and that
seems to raise it some 2c~5c, especially when it's under heavy load..
High end video cards make the inside of the case hot
Overclocking makes the system run hotter
each drive will add heat to the pc, if you have 3 hard drives and 2 cd(type)
drives then your adding TONS of heat back into the system
and one thing is the environment of the house, the north wall of your house
(if you live above the equator) is the best place to put your pc, also
airflow around the case is verry important in keeping everything running
cool..
my .02, Like it or leave it
