CPU Hot or Not?

[Dark]

alright ill be honest with you guys i dont know very much about cpu's so i came here to ask this. is this running too hot? i have an AMD Athlon 64 3500+, starting at around2200 mhz and overclocking to 2400 mhz. now heres a screen of my temperatures from "Speed Fan"

i have read that amd athlon 64 cpu's can withstand temperatures up to 65 degrees. which one of these temperatures is my main cpu temperature? i see the temp's 1 and 2 are in the 40's so i am motivated to give it a little bit more, but i see that the remote temperature is 60, which is hot, almost burning if its the cpu. any help?

[JAC]

At first glance I would say the "remote" temp* is the cpu temp. If that is the case Id say you are at the maximum with the cooling you have in place. If you increase the cooling and that temp falls then try upping your cpu.

Take a look inside your case, is there a temp probe attached to the motherboard header marked "remote"?. While you are looking it might be a good idea to check all the cooling fans are running!



* I have always believed the hotest components in a pc was the cpu. Am I right?

[skold]

not always, my video card runs hotter under load. then again my video card is overclocked with a stock cooler, and my cpu has an $80 block of copper on it

[JAC]

yes I accept gpu's are running at insanse speeds now, but my original belief remains, the component generating the most heat is the cpu. The fact you have 100Kg of water/beer/other cooled copper on you cpu making it run at -20 degrees is besides the point.

[skold]

well, without cooling, i think gpus might still get hotter. they may only run at 500mhz or so but theyve got way more transistors (304 million for an nvidia 7800gtx, vs 233 million for an athlon 64 fx 60..)

course, presler apparently has 376 million, but the fx60 and presler are both much smaller processes.. i think the 7800gtx is still 130nm, so it runs a lot hotter

[gshv]

[JAC]

Good post!

[chipcollector]

Maxiumum CPU temperature for AMD 64's is 55C, I believe. The Pentium 4 prescott can withstand 65C underload, while remaining functional. A lot of people were able to overclock their chips to 2.6GHz, and all the way up to 3.0GHz (with a fast core like the Venice, Dan Diego, and certain steppings like E6 etc).

If I'm not mistaken, the 3500+ socket 754 is the clawhammer core. Socket 754 is not highly overclockable in itself, let alone the core's capabilities. But some people have had good luck with 'em. Play around with the settings, eventually you'll get some more juice out of it.

[Guest]

[Dark]

that was me ^^^

[Guest]

alright i have pretty much made the conclusion that the remote temp is my main cpu temp.

i booted up my computer just at the stock cpu speed (2200 MHz) and let it idle for 10 minutes.
here is the screenshot:

alright i shut down the computer and waited a while, maybe 15 minutes. I booted it up and overclocked it to around 2419 MHz. Waited 15 minutes again to idle and took this screenshot:

oh yes i played battlefield 2 for ten minutes and in that time it only increased the temperature 1 or 2 degrees. as of now the remote temperature is 58 degrees, so ill be turning it down to like 2300 anyways.

[Dark]

ugh me again^^^

[Guest]

nvm found it in the BIOS lmao

[bacterio]

I think that prescott processors could go at a higher temperature when running for example spain@home or seti@home. Look at mine:

[Guest]

wow i went from 2210 to 2470MHz and im still at 55. not bad