average temp of a cpu?

Geoff

Geoff

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I have a Pentium4 with HT @ 3.0Ghz, when its not oc'd its around 46C, when i had it oc'd to 3.16Ghz, it went up to about 53C and it had a fire symbol on SpeedFan next to that temp. Whats the average temperature and what should be the hightest temperature you should go to before you stop overclocking?
 
53 C isn't that hot at all. I get up to about 60 C when I'm running full load for a few hours.
 
Now i've ic'd to 3.37Ghz and when im idle the temp is around 45-50, however when i play UT2004 for about 10 minutes, the temperature rises to about 60-65. Im sure it would go higher if i played for over an hour, is this a high temp or a normal temp? And in the computers BIOS, its set so the warning is at 190F. Could you tell me if that too hot?
 
I'd say 65 C is hot, though not dangerously so. What kind of cooler do you have on there? .... and do you really notice the speed difference of 0.37 GHz :)?
 
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Yeti said:
do you really notice the speed difference of 0.37 GHz :)?
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Well, considering that theres about a $100 difference between a P4HT 3Ghz and a P4HT 3.4Ghz, id say theres a difference. And it seems to go a little faster, since it is 340Mhz faster
 
I might call 65 degress dangerously hot. You don't know the temperature of the over componets (ie. your power regulator circuitry) and I certainly wouldn't want to run a CPU over 70 degress
 
mine is p4 3.0ghz northwood, it ususally sits at 33*C - 36*C... but when i play intensive game like Call of duty, it would rise up to 60*C...
 
65 is too hot

i'd say 65 is too hot as well, just OC it to 3.16 Ghz or get a better cooling system. Since everyone is saying it I might as well too. I have an AMD Athlon 3300+ at 1.81 Ghz(might OC it later) and after playing Half Life 2 for 3 and a half hours strait on High graphics, I got mine up to about 53*C
 
Funzo6785 said:
i'd say 65 is too hot as well, just OC it to 3.16 Ghz or get a better cooling system. Since everyone is saying it I might as well too. I have an AMD Athlon 3300+ at 1.81 Ghz(might OC it later) and after playing Half Life 2 for 3 and a half hours strait on High graphics, I got mine up to about 53*C
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Man you have to be joking. How can an Athlon XP 3300 run at 1.81 Ghz? My Athlon XP 1800+ ran at 1.53 ...now at 1.92 :). A 2400+ equivalent. You must have made a mistake man. Yeah I do think 65 is getting a bit too hot.

JAN :D
 
I was refering to degrees celcius on that guys
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Natrually

i'd say 65 is too hot as well
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Well mobos cut out at 85C and 85C is lower than the actual kill temperature so 65C is obviously below that temperature by quite a margin.....

If its a prescott then it would got to 80 c before it starts slowing down.
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You sure about that?
 
My cpu has a constant temp of 79*C, but i've searched for the specs,and the maximum temp allowed is 90*C, so my temp is no problem at all. :D
 
My cpu has a constant temp of 79*C, but i've searched for the specs,and the maximum temp allowed is 90*C, so my temp is no problem at all.
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Whoa, 79 C is pretty damn hot. If thats the correct temperature (could be a faulty sensor) then something is not right. Could be a poorly seated HSF or something. Just because the max is 90 C doesn't mean you should be running too close to that. The redline of my car is 6000 rpm but I generally try to keep it around 2000-2500 :D (okay I don't conciously keep the rpms down but you get the point)
 
Yeti said:
Whoa, 79 C is pretty damn hot. If thats the correct temperature (could be a faulty sensor) then something is not right. Could be a poorly seated HSF or something. Just because the max is 90 C doesn't mean you should be running too close to that. The redline of my car is 6000 rpm but I generally try to keep it around 2000-2500 :D (okay I don't conciously keep the rpms down but you get the point)
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yes, with moving parts its better to stay below the max value, but with transistors and IC's, you can go to the max temp without having any problems. but when you go over the max, u blow it emediately :eek:
 
running at or near the max temp negatively affects the transister based item's lifespan. Your CPU will live much longer if it runs well below its temperature limit
 
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