Overheat CPU

[Guest]

What's the common temperature for AMD Athlon Th-bird to work properly? Is the over heating over 70 degree Celcius will cause permanent damage for the CPU? if not how high is it?
thanks.

 

[mpjesse]

It depends on the clock speed. But, AMD designed Athlons to run at 90C for a short period of time. I am NOT saying it's safe to run the processor at 90C because it will cause serious damage. Typically, anything over 60C is getting a little too hot and could cause damage.

-MP Jesse