Is this too hot ?

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KrizQoo

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I use a Intel Pentium 940 CPU and while searching through the internet, the temperature is 58.

I kind of want to know at what temperature is considered harmful and causing instability to my system if anyone could tell me, thanks for any help. :)
 
Yes mate, it is a bit high.

I would just clean out the inside of your computer and put some arctic silver five on your heatsink. That'll sort the problem.;)
 
58 degrees celsius is very near or at the danger zone for a Pentium 4 processor. I would shut off your computer and blow out the heatsink and fan on top of your processor and see if it lowers the temperature of your processor. Do you also have a case fan?
 
2048Megabytes said:
58 degrees celsius is very near or at the danger zone for a Pentium 4 processor. I would shut off your computer and blow out the heatsink and fan on top of your processor and see if it lowers the temperature of your processor. Do you also have a case fan?
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No it's not, the "danger" zone would be between 70-75C. Although it is a bit high for idle.
 
I use a Intel Pentium 940 CPU and while searching through the internet, the temperature is 58.
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By comparison, my D 940 idles at 32*C, under load at 44*C.

58 degrees celsius is very near or at the danger zone for a Pentium 4 processor. I would shut off your computer and blow out the heatsink and fan on top of your processor and see if it lowers the temperature of your processor. Do you also have a case fan?
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Pentium D, and while warm, it's not near the max-temp. Good advice blowing out the HSF and checking the thermal paste, though. Dust is the devil!
 
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No it's not, the "danger" zone would be between 70-75C. Although it is a bit high for idle.
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Most processors can't run near 65 degrees without danger of damage can they? Over 60 degrees Celsius is danger zone for many modern processors isn't it?
 
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Most processors can't run near 65 degrees without danger of damage can they? Over 60 degrees Celsius is danger zone for many modern processors isn't it?
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It depends on the CPU. Older ones (1997-2002/3) generally are able to withstand greater Temps than newer (2003/4 - and on) ones. There are several variables though (usage) that depend.
 
Ahh I see.
Well I've never tried cleaning the CPU heatsink and fan on my own since I'm afraid of screwing things up. Does it require a lot of knowledge to clean them properly? or do I just unscrew things, plug out the wires, clean them, plug in wires, place them back?

And also, since my CPU is running pretty warm, my CPU fan spins fast and is generating quite a lot of noice, the hot air is blown towards my PSU unit and heating it up and the PSU fan seems to end up spinning fast too ( so yea noise from 2 fast spinning fans ). Is there an easy solution for that?

Thanks for all the advice up there :)
 
2048Megabytes said:
Most processors can't run near 65 degrees without danger of damage can they? Over 60 degrees Celsius is danger zone for many modern processors isn't it?
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No they can run a lot hotter, the Pentium 4/D processors could run fine at 70C, the family PC we have has a Celeron D and it gets up to 78C before it crashes, lol.

I've also had my Q6600 up to 70C before under full load before my water cooling setup.
 
cleaning is quite simple.

with the computer off and unplugged just blow some compressed air onto it. make sure liquid doesn't spurt out. then wait 30 min for it to dry. plug and chug

as for temps yes it's quite high but not high enough to destroy something. unless you're in the southern hemisphere where it's summer then i'd suggest more fans and a better cpu fan. but i think a cleaning will solve your problem
 
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