48 degrees??!?!?!?!?? WTF?!?

Lonz · 11 Mar 2006 at 19:01

The hells going on? Got a new motherboard about 2-3 weeks ago, now my CPU is hitting temperatures of 48 degrees after a game of CSS. CPU is 3800, HSF is Asus Star Ice, at max speed (4700 RPM).

Any ideas? I'm pretty sure it was seated properly.

m3csl2004 · 11 Mar 2006 at 19:02

board is probs reading wrong, even if it isnt, that is not that high....

welshtom · 11 Mar 2006 at 19:03

no, dual cores regularly run that hot.

My watercooling only brings mine down to 44 ish on a warm day

Tom

Matt82 · 11 Mar 2006 at 19:03

no circulation in the case

not seated proper?

Lonz · 11 Mar 2006 at 19:03

Its a single core 3800.

Raikiri · 11 Mar 2006 at 19:03

welshtom said:
no, dual cores regularly run that hot.

My watercooling only brings mine down to 44 ish on a warm day

Tom

He didnt say it was dual core

But the star ice is a rubish cooler and 48c isnt that hot

m3csl2004 · 11 Mar 2006 at 20:53

star ice is actually pretty decent

me says board reading wrong

Squidge · 11 Mar 2006 at 21:24

Hmmm, new motherboard. Are you sure you applied the TC correctly?

Raikiri · 11 Mar 2006 at 22:02

m3csl2004 said:
star ice is actually pretty decent

me says board reading wrong

Nope they are naff

Me says new board is right, old one was wrong

m3csl2004 · 11 Mar 2006 at 22:05

not really, there a lot better than stock cooler

NightSt@lk3r · 11 Mar 2006 at 22:16

asus star ice is a good enough cooler it keeps my opteron 144 at 2.7ghz at 37C full load

Townlea · 11 Mar 2006 at 22:51

NightSt@lk3r said:
asus star ice is a good enough cooler it keeps my opteron 144 at 2.7ghz at 37C full load

Me thinks your board is reading wrong

m3csl2004 · 12 Mar 2006 at 00:57

oh ffs

the star ice is a good cooler....

the ops NEW BOARD IE NOT THE SAME AS THE OLD 1 is probably reading wrong AS ITS NEW

my advice is flash the bios

Shocky-FM · 12 Mar 2006 at 18:54

Lonz said:
Its a single core 3800.

No such thing as a single core 3800..

Whats it clocked at at default?

Raikiri · 12 Mar 2006 at 18:58

Shocky-FM said:
No such thing as a single core 3800.. Whats it clocked at at default?

noob

Yes there is a single core 3800, it is a venice clocked at 2.4ghz with 512kb cache

Martynt74 · 12 Mar 2006 at 19:00

Shocky-FM said:
No such thing as a single core 3800.. Whats it clocked at at default?

They were 2.4ghz but with only 512kb cache

lay-z-boy · 12 Mar 2006 at 19:04

Shocky-FM said:
No such thing as a single core 3800.. Whats it clocked at at default?

Oh dear, *slap*

*Taxi!!*

i agree with m3, flash the bios.

Vtec9k · 12 Mar 2006 at 19:05

Shocky-FM said:
No such thing as a single core 3800.. Whats it clocked at at default?

lol yes there is. A64 3800 newcastle is single core and runs 2.4Ghz

If it wasn't running that hot before the new mobo (with same hsf?) then its either not seated properly or the mobo is over reading. Have a google for the mobo and see if over reading is a common problem, if not then try reseating it

Under 50C is totally fine anyway.

NightmareXX · 13 Mar 2006 at 23:14

Whats wrong with 48 degrees?

My AMD XP 2000 regularly runs at about 37 no load to 45 load. Tis fine as far as I'm aware. AMD says they can go up to about 60 safely (Check me on that someone) I think.

Dutch Guy · 14 Mar 2006 at 08:38

NightmareXX said:
Whats wrong with 48 degrees?

I agree, you cannot compare one mobo to another as there are big differences.

Even a BIOS update can change the CPU temp by 10C when in reality the CPU temp is the same.

What's more important is the stabillity, if your system is stable it's fine, if it isn't then change stuff.