cpu temps 101

[dak1b]

ok so my idle temp for my cpu is about 108 degrees...is that hot or normal or wat?

thanks!

 

[Jamin43]

ok so my idle temp for my cpu is about 108 degrees...is that hot or normal or wat?

thanks!

I'm assuming you're talking farenheight - or your CPU will be melting

Do you have a heatsink on it. Never run any CPU without a heatsink / fan.

 

[dak1b]

yes 108 F..of course...yes i have a copper heatsink on it =] is that bout the rigth temp?

 

[2048Megabytes]

42 degrees Celsius (108 Fahrenheit) is a good temperature for a central processing unit to run at. You have nothing to worry about.

 

[dak1b]

ok cool thats wat i thought. thanks!

 

[WeatherMan]

Your load temp is?

 

[lawson_jl]

The cores on my AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (2.61GHZ) are ruuning at 72F and 80F with a 10% load right now. Been watching movies and surfing for several hours now.

 

[Gooberman]

Mine runs at 45C idol - 68C playing games and all that goody stuff

 

[bomberboysk]

yes 108 F..of course...yes i have a copper heatsink on it =] is that bout the rigth temp?

Just a hint..but we mainly use C when talking about cpu temps