mrgeorgedude

i run an amd 3500 and i simply was wondering what temp my cpu should be at?...whats good, average, and bad?

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GPU : eVGA geforce 7600GT

[-0MEGA-]

Well before my AMD A64 3200+ oc'd to 2.5Ghz ran around 25C idle, and 34C load.

But now its ~9C idle, but thats a different story.

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Motoxrdude

Good is <40. average is <50. Bad is >50

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I wouldnt say that, i'd say; Good < 35, Average <40, Could use Improvement >40, Bad >50+.

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Desktop // Laptop
Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz
Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965
ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI
4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC
750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM
Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty
SilverStone 750W +12V@60A
3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

Omicron

It would help first to get more details on your processor, there were many incarnations of the Athlon 64 3500+. Some with varying TDP, lower TDP means lower power consumption and hence lower heat dissipation.

Perhaps you could post a cpu-z screen shot to provide us with more info.