Alliedassault - View Single Post - Healthy Temperatures for an Athlon xp2500

pest · 07-07-2003, 11:49 AM

[quote="Captain Wilkins":284c4]Well, In your expert opinion, Pest, what would you advive i set the shutoff at? i was thinking 65-70, but you seem to know more about this jive than me biggrin:[/quote:284c4]

I have mine set at 62. Its just a ball park number. Most of the people I know that know about computers think that 70 is too high, no matter what AMD says. 65 gives you a little buffer and I knocked it down a few more to make myself feel better. 65 is probably fine, but I wouldnt go any higher.

Ever since I had a windows install get corrupted beyond repair, I dont bother overclocking the cpu anymore. I spend much more time and energy making my case as quiet as possible now. I still need to watch temps with that though. Insulating for sound also insulates for heat, which requires more airflow, which means more fan speed and more noise, etc. My cpu will reach a max temp of 58 under extreme load. That is as high as I want to go.

I say you got a good processor because I have a non-overclocked unit, with quality case fans, and a high performance cpu heatsink and fan and still run hotter than you when you are overclocking.

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pest is Offline Senior Member Posts: 2,828 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Buzzin around the dung pile...	07-07-2003, 11:49 AM [quote="Captain Wilkins":284c4]Well, In your expert opinion, Pest, what would you advive i set the shutoff at? i was thinking 65-70, but you seem to know more about this jive than me biggrin:[/quote:284c4] I have mine set at 62. Its just a ball park number. Most of the people I know that know about computers think that 70 is too high, no matter what AMD says. 65 gives you a little buffer and I knocked it down a few more to make myself feel better. 65 is probably fine, but I wouldnt go any higher. Ever since I had a windows install get corrupted beyond repair, I dont bother overclocking the cpu anymore. I spend much more time and energy making my case as quiet as possible now. I still need to watch temps with that though. Insulating for sound also insulates for heat, which requires more airflow, which means more fan speed and more noise, etc. My cpu will reach a max temp of 58 under extreme load. That is as high as I want to go. I say you got a good processor because I have a non-overclocked unit, with quality case fans, and a high performance cpu heatsink and fan and still run hotter than you when you are overclocking.