Cores Really Hot

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Sinque

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Hey,

I got some new hardware the other day and it's all working fine, i'm just concerned about the temperature of my processor. It's an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ (Brisbane).

Core #0, according to Core Temp 0.99.5, is running at 53C with a low of 52C and a high of 62C.
Core #1 is running at 61C with a low of 59C and a high of 68C.

My room is really, really warm at the moment due to the weather but surely it shouldn't be affecting the processor temperatures that much? My tower is like a wind tunnel with intake and output fans all over the place and i'm using a Scythe Ninja Plus.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Lewis.
 
It probably is correct.

The cooling effect you and I feel from a fan is evaporative cooling whereby moisture on the surface of our skin is evaporated and as a result, we feel cooler.

Computers don't do sweating so all you can do is replace the air around a hot component with other air. You can replace it as fast or as often as you like, if it's not cold, the temperatures won't be as low as if you gave it cold air.

If the replacement air is hot, then the cooling isn't poorer, it's just different. What you are interested in the Delta - the difference in temperature between the component you want to cool and the air around it. Colder air seems to take heat away from the component better. In fact, if the delta between your component and the air is 20C then if the air temperature is 20C the component will run at 40C. If the air temperature is 30C then the component will run at 50C. The delta stays roughly the same throughout. Colder environmental air seems to cool better because the temperatures are lower, but in fact the actual level of cooling is the same.

Because your room is warm, the computer runs warm too. In your case, I don't think it's anything to worry about though.
 
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