High temps for AMD 2000+ above

[mc2310]

Harlow all!
This is a follow up on my previoius thread. On everybody's advice, I've replaced my stock fan with a Volcano 9 and the processor temperature has dropped somewhat. (Idling:61 degrees celcius, full load: 65) My system seems to have stabilised now.... (at least I'm not hitting 73 degrees celcius!)
Just wondering if anybody else has observed that the newer Athlons seem to be generating LOTS more heat: I've read consistently on forums that people are maintaining temps in the range of 40-50+ degrees celcius with Athlon 1800+ or 1900+, but frequently hitting 60+ with Athlon 2000+ and above. Is that the trend? Or is it just me?.....
Anybody any opinions?

[ngc457]

There is something wrong with your case air flow or something. idling at 61c is very hot. I have a stock fan on my 2000+ and at idle it is 45c. Load 50C. I have a friend who has a volcano 6 and it runs at 50c idle. I don't even like that high of temp so I am going to replace that fan and or address other air flow problems. I set motherboard's safety shutdown in the bios to shutdown at 60c.

You need to check your thermal compound. Do you have any on and if so is there too much. Too much compound (also called thermal grease or artic silver) can trap heat. You only need a thin layer. Do you have case fans and good air flow. Is the case inside a cabinet? If it is in a cabinet there are walls on both sides and perhaps a door on the front blocking air flow. Do you have stuff stacked up beside the case. All four sides of the case needs to be clear so air can get in or out. You need to investigate your air flow problems because 61c is way too hot.

[HotRod9mm]

mc2310


My 2100 is running at 49c-50c right now at full load running ECCp with a stock HSF(soon to be changed). I have a mid-tower with 2-80mm fans in front and 1-80mm fan(plus the PS fan) as an exhaust in the back. I don't know what it is at idle and I'm not going to shut down ECCp cause that "Evil" person might catch me in the team stats.....

Hope this Helps......

[DVNT1]

I have a dual 2100 MP system which also running a 100% load 24/7. The processor temps. have been stable at 52c-53c. This is with stock HSF and only 1 additional case fan.

[Centurion]

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[Thud]

I just built an XP 2000+ for a friend, and we haven't been able to get the temps above 50C (full load) no matter how hard we try. It's got a Volcano 7+.

I agree with ngc457....what kind of thermal compound are you using, and how much? If you're not using at least Artic Silver II, you should probably try it. If you are using ASII, you might need to reapply it. There seems to be a fine line between too much and not enough, and that can make a big difference in your temps, in my experience.

How do you have that fan set up on the Volcano 9? I believe it has a rheostat for speed control, or you can also set it to automatically adjust itself depending on your CPU's temp. On full blast, that fan can move 75 CFM of air. If it's running that fast and your temps are still that high, you've got a big problem somewhere.

Also, what it the airflow through your case like? How many fans are there, and how are they configured?

The more info you can give us, the better.

[mc2310]

Right, sorry for the lack of info. At the moment I'm running open top, so I don't think the problem is in the air flow. Living in sunny Singapore may be a problem, though: Ambient temp is around 32 degrees celcius.
Anyway, I'm using a Cooler master coumpound:
http://www.mikhailtech.com/articles/tim/cmcompound/
applied thinly using a gloved finger.
As for the fan, I'm running it on "smart mode" i.e. fan speed goes up according to temp.

[Nixdorf]

You are probably watching cpu core temperature, which should be around 65°C. New motherboards have readings for cpu from the inside cpu thermal diode. If you have CPU1, CPU2 etc. readings in the bios CPU1 is the core temp.

[alondra]

keep reading about these temp readings. where do you get them, just building a soyo dragon lite with a AMD1900. no where in the manuals does it mention this.

[FreakyOCR]

Alondra: PC-Health int he bios or a 3rd party program such as Motherboard Monitor.