temps

AceRimmer · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:44

Hi guys just built my system and posted it, all went okay now im doing a soak watching the temps in bios. Just wondered what is a good temp.

I have a amd 64 X2 4200

At the moment its at 39 C after 15 min

Zefan · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:46

TBH don't worry about temps as long as they stay under 55. Your motherboard will almost certainly be lying to you in every respect when it comes to temperature. If that's the retail HSF then it sounds good.

AceRimmer · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:51

Yea, its is my heart was in my mouth when i first started it as its the first build ive done

AceRimmer · 28 Feb 2006 at 09:35

Right left it on soak for 2 hours last night and the cpu temp went down to 37 C and sat their all the time.

So all seems okay atm, did not think that was too bad with the out of the box heat sink and fan.

iraiguana · 28 Feb 2006 at 15:52

yeah sounds like its is all going well for u mate, just run a bit of prime and you will be away!

A.N.Other · 28 Feb 2006 at 23:03

37C is a very good temp. I have an X2 3800+, which idles at 29C and loaded does about 36-38C.

Hope everything goes ok for you now it's all up and running

MikeTimbers · 28 Feb 2006 at 23:16

37C in the BIOS isn't all that useful though is it? Load up an OS and test it with something like Prime95 or CPUBurn or both since it's a dual-core with something like Speedfan to monitor the temps. That will give you a better indication.

Jokester · 28 Feb 2006 at 23:18

SnM is what you want to get a peak load temp. Works out of the box with dual cores as well.

Jokester

AceRimmer · 3 Mar 2006 at 06:19

Right i downloaded Prime 95 last night and ran it for just over 2 hours.. with two instances running my cpu was running over 90% all the time mostly at around 95% and the Cpu temps never went about 47 C .

Is this good ? or should i have left it for longer ? also this is on the stock HS & fan.

quadboi · 3 Mar 2006 at 07:27

Leave it for 8-10 hours

AceRimmer · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:29

cheers going to leave it on over night tonight and see if its still running in the morning

spluff · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:33

also having things like q-fan or cool and quiet enabled will affect what temperatures you will see.......

q-fan - enabled - cpu speed norm / temperatures higher / fan slower
- disabled - cpu speed norm / temperatures lower / fan at full speed

cnq - enabled - cpu speed throttled / temperatures lowered / fan slower
- disabled - cpu speed norm / temps higher / fan at full speed