Duron temperature

[phil&simba]

hi first time using forum i'm building a duron 1 ghz and can not find a lot of info on temperature of cpu at the moment i only have the power supply fan in system the heatsink is amd recommended, i had a hard time removing thermal tape from heat sink but rumbed silver compound into small area of heatsink and thin layer on cpu core i have VIA Hardware Monitor installed and cpu temp runs at about 50 to 55 .C i was only planning on putting in a 80 mm chasiss fan any feed back on the duron ventilation and temperture would be much appreciated also temp drops alot with side off case whats your opinion of running PC like this

[Praetorian]

Hmm....seems on kinda hot IMO for a Duron. My Athlon 1.33ghz runs right up in those temps.

[KenKun]

What is the HS you are using now ?...
You surely need more air flow in your case ... at least one intake fan (front down) and one blow out fan (rear top) .. both of them to be 80mm fans ...

50~55C are high temps (but not dangerous) ... you can get down with the right HS and better case cooling IMO ...

Is you MoBo Asus by any chance?

And welcome to TechIMO
Regards

[phil&simba]

thanks for the feed back guys i've worked on pc's for a while first time to build one from scratch all the little things seem to be the most frustrating HS is a cooler master from memory i think its 7000 rpm i was going to put fan on rear top front down i had read can go against the flow of air although i would think cooling wise the more the better would it be ok to leave side of case off until fans are installed whats some dangerous temps i was going to set it to power down the Mobo is a Soltek SL-75Kav.

thanks phil

[Lemon]

I have a 1ghz Duron system too. My CPU temps are 38c at idle and 44c at full load. I only have one case fan at the back of the case blowing out.