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Wait a minute. You asked about the Moterboard temp. That should be barely
above room temp if you have adequate cooling in your case - should be
roughly 22C to 26C. Your processor temp will be greately affected by the
motherboard temp but it shouldn't be above 60c even after 100% operation for
an extended period of time. This is the processor temp, not the motherboard
temp I'm speaking of here. Generally, if your room temp is around 23C, you
ought to be able to maintain a CPU temp of below 50C without any exotic
cooling measures.
With the gel and copper base, you're talking apples & oranges. A
copper-based cooler will tend to absorb heat better than a cooler made of
most other metals (aluminum is common). The gels, or compounds like Artic
Silver are used in minute quantities to fill in tiny gaps between the
surface of the processor and the surface of the cooler. The layer of
compound should be extremely thin, almost transparent. If properly applied,
it will help your cooler transfer heat from the CPU.
Guy, this is basic stuff. It is among the material one should know before
he/she begins to build a machine these days. In the long run, that
knowledge will help save you a lot of money and worry in damaged components
or inefficient machines. AMD has several good documents available on their
web site. Ditto other sites like Tom's Hardware.
d.
"Anthropy" <blah@bogus.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:13:28 GMT, "Steven K" <nospam@bigpond.com>
> wrote:
>
> >"Anthropy" <blah@bogus.com> wrote in message
> >news:hflif0du4m9io1m7cfhqc869sorvi0vqhj@4ax.com
> >> Mines running about 60c. While I'm here what's the ideal power supply?
> >> Right now its hooked up to 300w PSU.
> >> Thanks for any help.
> >
> >mobo temp should not exceed 45c since most IC's are only certified for
temps
> >up to 50c. I guess your CPU must be near the boiling point?
> >
> >St.
> Thanks for the help.
> Wow. I didn't realise it was that hot!!!!
> I can only assume it's lack of ventilation. I've have one fan on the
> chip and another on the PSU. Reading through some of the posts here it
> would appear that is not enough ventilation.
> Through reading the posts I also heard about cooling gel that is
> placed between the chip and fan. When I suggested this to my supplier
> he pointed to a copper base on the chip and said it was better than
> the gel. Obviously he was wrong as my MB is running so hot.
> The hot board must also be responsible for the PC restarting whenever
> I use a CPU intensive program.
> If anyone can recommend a specific fan or some method of cooling I
> would be grateful.
>
>
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