CPU TEMP

External Since: Jun 28, 2003 Posts: 1

I have a AMD-XP2000 wot temperature is it to run at???

External Since: Jun 29, 2003 Posts: 4

"DAG.COM2003" <hopper69.RemoveThis@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> I have a AMD-XP2000 wot temperature is it to run at???
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Mine usually runs at about 56 degrees. Recently it was getting as high as
70 degrees, at which point I decided I had a problem. Cracked the case open
and found the CPU heatsink was COVERED in a dust blanket, so there was very
little airflow.

There doesn't seem to be much of a way around this problem with the heatsink
that came with the CPU, the fins are just too close. I don't know if other
heatsinks available have a better design to allow the user to go greater
than 3 months without cleaning the heatsink.

Make sure you use a good thermal grease spread very smoothly and do it
without touching the CPU or heatsink bottom with your fingers. I use a
post-it note, it works great. I always take the manufacturer installed
thermal sticky off and then replace it with Antec's thermal grease. Then I
clean both the seating surface and the CPU with alcohol. Works like a
champ.

Make sure your case has good ventilation too. If you don't, then the heat
from your CPU will build in your case and then your temperatures will go up
anyway.

And don't make my first mistake. I wasn't thinking to clearly when I first
got this CPU (it's my first XP CPU) and was running it at 2000 MHz instead
of 1666. It still ran stably though, just really hot (about 72 degrees with
minimal processing going on).

AJ