athlon xp 1900 temperature

[Jagdish Gada]

Hey Guys,


I would like to know what is the comfortable temperature for an athlon xp 1900 to be running at? I don't have any case fans and i was wondering if my cpu fan alone keeps it cool enough inside. its running at approximately130 degrees Fahrenheit.So i need to know is that is safe or what?

thanks for feedback..!!

[PeterAGASSI]

I would tell Athlon will run up to 90°C, but i don't advise working it at that temperature.Apparently, around the 65°C mark is where your margin for error runs out, i.e. the differential between the actual die temperature, and the temperature at the point where the thermal sensor is located.With a descent cooling solution, 45°C - 50°C is quite easily attainable; that's what I get with my XP1600+.

[Baltazar]

Which is your motherboard? You know many temperatue on Asus boards are bit high. If prime95 is ok on torture test,may be your temps are considerably fine.Are you using an Amd suggested psu? Amd wants a psu that has an intake fan that sucks the heat off the cpu..Do you have input, and exhaust fans? It is a good idea to balance the output of case fans, with equal intake fans.

[Sebastian.j]

I have Athlon 1900 and have an extra case far.But my system keeps locking up which I have traced to my CPU running at 70 degrees Celsius at normal load. This temperature soars rapidly when doing processor intensive tasks. I am going to upgrade to a quality heat sink and fan in the near future. When it comes to thermal paste I would always advise using extra paste. Although the strip of thermal paste is fine I always find that a lower, more constant processor temperature can be maintained by using extra paste