is 25 c too cold?

[Thanatos]

hi all i have the amd athlon II 250, and on the amd overdrive utility it says the temp is 25 C. is this too cold? i just have the stock heatsink/fan on it, so is this normal? or is there no such thing as too cold? =) and what is too hot? thanks.

 

[Geoff]

Too cold? That's 77F.

 

[WhiteTree]

You're right; no such thing as too cold. That 25 C sounds like a pretty good temp (if it's accurate).

 

[Thanatos]

AI Suite says it's 37. i hope its accurate. all the fans in my case are on full blast, so its pretty cool.

 

[linkin]

The only time you can be too cold on chips is the temperature where the silicon stops semiconducting.

It's some insanely low temp... a few hundred below i believe (*c that is)

 

[Thanatos]

wow. what, did they stick their computers it the freezer to figure that out?

 

[Geoff]

wow. what, did they stick their computers it the freezer to figure that out?

Freezer's don't get that cold, maybe -20F.

 

[Glliw]

Probably figured out via graphing a differential equation, I'd imagine.

 

[joh06937]

The only time you can be too cold on chips is the temperature where the silicon stops semiconducting.

It's some insanely low temp... a few hundred below i believe (*c that is)

image a superconductor in there

"professional" overclockers use liquid nitrogen on their cpus, so you should be fine

 

[voyagerfan99]

wow. what, did they stick their computers it the freezer to figure that out?

Nah, they did this

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[just a noob]

wow. what, did they stick their computers it the freezer to figure that out?

With one of these

 

[lion149]

My amd x2 250 runs at 26c, so i think these are normal temps. It stays so cool cause it throttles the power.