AMD Athlon 64 3000 -- How hot is too hot?

[speedy0307]

My AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 939 hangs around 40-50's but has hit the high 50's and low low 60's before. this seems high to me, what is considered dangerously high??



Thanks,
Michael

Ortega Associates

 

[MadModMike]

My AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 939 hangs around 40-50's but has hit the high 50's and low low 60's before. this seems high to me, what is considered dangerously high??



Thanks,
Michael

Ortega Associates

What is your cooling? If you are using the Stock HSF (Heatsink/Fan) and it is a newer 3000+, that is pretty high. Your temps should be about 30c idle and 40c load, give or take. It also depends on the environment, if your room temperature is over 80f, your CPU will idle about 40ish and load about 50ish, give or take again. My best recommendation is to upp the cooling in your system, blow all the dust out (I can't begin to explain the amount of systems I've lost and had to rebuild for people because dust caused overheating of systems/servers) and reduce room temps if needed.

"Dangerously High", for me, would be over 65c. Some people (especially Wusy, no offence) will say even 85c for prolonged time is okay, but I severely disagree. I've seen hundreds of systems die due to heat because of even 50c-60c temperatures, but it depends on the system.

SideNote: Your website says you're in San Diego, I was born there, how's it there now? I haven't been out there since I was 2 years old, but I've always wondered how it's been there....

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[linux_0]

What kind of cooler do you have?

What is the ambient temp when you're getting about 50C?

Please post your full specs.

Thanks :-D

 

[angry_ducky]

Mike-
Do you think that the 48C idle and 55C load temps inside the crappy old HP case (replaced, thank god) is what killed my P4? Because it shuts down randomly with no BSOD and/or error message. I gave it to a guy I know who tested his P4 in it, and he had to shut it down because the CPU temps were too high. He tried my CPU in his board, and it shut down during the Windows install.

The CPU was running at those temps, if not a little higher, for about 7 months before it had that shutdown problem. So now I'm getting an A64 3700+ and I'm undecided on the motherboard. At least I can keep my RAM.

 

[linux_0]

I'd say ASUS or EPOX if you're not gonna OC and DFI if you are.

nF4 all the way :-D

 

[angry_ducky]

I'd say ASUS or EPOX if you're not gonna OC and DFI if you are.

nF4 all the way :-D

I took a funny picture that you'd like; how do you insert a picture that's saved on your PC into a post? [/img]

 

[linux_0]

I'd say ASUS or EPOX if you're not gonna OC and DFI if you are.

nF4 all the way :-D

I took a funny picture that you'd like; how do you insert a picture that's saved on your PC into a post? [/img]


You have to upload it to a website and link it.

There are several free image hosting websites.

Google "free picture hosting"

 

[angry_ducky]

I'd say ASUS or EPOX if you're not gonna OC and DFI if you are.

nF4 all the way :-D

I took a funny picture that you'd like; how do you insert a picture that's saved on your PC into a post? [/img]


You have to upload it to a website and link it.

There are several free image hosting websites.

Google "free picture hosting"


Cool; thanks. I'll have it up in a moment.

 

[angry_ducky]

Oh, the irony

 

[angry_ducky]

I screwed that up. I have the URL; now what?

 

[linux_0]

Remove the spaces

You can't have spaces between the URL and the img tags

 

[angry_ducky]

Remove the spaces

You can't have spaces between the URL and the img tags

I just removed them, and it didn't do anything. What else?

 

[PX7800GT]

My Idle Temp With 20% OC Is 32~35 & Full Load Is 44 :twisted: Cool , Isn`t It ?

 

[angry_ducky]

My Idle Temp With 20% OC Is 32~35 & Full Load Is 44 :twisted: Cool , Isn`t It ?

Stop rubbing it in. It was a good P4 *sniffle, wipes eyes with sleeve* I'm very emotional right now; I was attatched to that chip.

 

[linux_0]

Remove the spaces

You can't have spaces between the URL and the img tags

I just removed them, and it didn't do anything. What else?


Maybe it doesn't like it not being an image URL

Try this using one:

http://www.freepichosting.com/

It uses real images

Here's some examples

 

[kickbutt]

Just want to add my 2c

Heat is what kill ALL electronics given enugh time
So the cooler u run it the longer it will live.

Sure 85 deg C is not a problem (if it run)... for some time.
But compared to 60 u prob will prob get like 1/3 the lifetime
So instead of having a comp that will go from primary gaming to clindrens play comp to crappy server standing in som corner u get a comp that is prim gaming -> crap prob in less the 1-2y

Hopfully some techy can post up a link to some sort of spreadsheet to how heat affect lifetime for electronics (I cant find it right now).

This is also the danger when overclocking and thats heat not if u give it and extra 0.1-0.2V (within limits!) to have it run stable but the higher temp over time ...

Hope my point gets trough and my bad english isnt to much a problem

 

[angry_ducky]

Remove the spaces

You can't have spaces between the URL and the img tags

I just removed them, and it didn't do anything. What else?


Maybe it doesn't like it not being an image URL

Try this using one:

http://www.freepichosting.com/

It uses real images

Here's some examples

 

[Covered_in_bees]

I hosted it at imageshack for you.

Mr Flibble looks cute, and not at all angry 😀

 

[angry_ducky]

Yay; it worked!

 

[angry_ducky]

I hosted it at imageshack for you.

Mr Flibble looks cute, and not at all angry 😀

The irony of the picture is that it's the Linux penguin, and he's sitting in front of a Windows XP desktop; that's why I made sure to show the start menu in that photo.

 

[Covered_in_bees]

The irony of the picture is that it's the Linux penguin, and he's sitting in front of a Windows XP desktop; that's why I made sure to show the start menu in that photo.

Yeah - I got it :lol:

I haven't figured out how to make an image link to the site yet though. Can't seem to get the right combination of URL and IMG tags.

 

[linux_0]

I see you tux and raise you 1 knoppix ;-)

I don't want to flood the forum so here's the rest:

http://spare2.com/knoppix.html

:-D

 

[angry_ducky]

Tux says: "Open source will someday rule the world." Tux uses Linux, OpenOffice, Firefox, and every other free software that exists.

 

[linux_0]

Tux says: "Open source will someday rule the world." Tux uses Linux, OpenOffice, Firefox, and every other free software that exists.

Go Tux :-D

Oh Tux likes *BSD too ;-) :lol:

 

[angry_ducky]

Tux says: "Open source will someday rule the world." Tux uses Linux, OpenOffice, Firefox, and every other free software that exists.

Go Tux :-D

Oh Tux likes *BSD too ;-) :lol:

Tux sees your avatar, and gets really excited and starts touching himself.