Barton temp. issue

[cera26]

I recently purchased a barton 2500+ and I am using the stock cooler with it. My mobo is MSI k7n delta nForce2. The reason I am concerned is that, during tasks such as surfing and writing e-mail, PCAlert reports a CPU temp. of 58 C. Is this normal? I remember reading somewhere that the temp. shouldn't exceed 50 C under load. Thanks for your help!

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[atarione]

58 is kinda warm whats the ambient room temp like.

You may wish to try some Artic Silver or other quality thermal compound.

and or a better HSF

as well as seeing if you can increase airflow in the case.

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[scottchen]

Do not use Arctic Silver, you will void your warranty, are you sure when you installed the heatsink, it had a thermal pad? You definently need to reinstall the heatsink, you didn't install properly, I doubt if it's making proper contact with CPU core.

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[endyen]

The sensor on your board has never been calibrated. It is probably reading wrong. Run prime 95. If it crashes, you are too hot, if not, dont sweat.

 

[Cybercraig]

Go to the MSI forum on MicroStar's web-site. You can't trust any temps you get off of that board.

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