BloodRaven
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ok so i have an AMD Athlon XP Barton 2500+ and it runs at 123ºF on idle and about 130 after a game. ive been told that this is really hot. how hot should it be? i dont know if im in danger or not. do i need to worry?
So what happens when you do CPU-intensive tasks? The CPU won't be idle then, temperatures will rise, will it lock up?Originally posted by osudelt69
Well I think anything over 50 deg C is way too hot. 80 deg C sure they chip its self won't melt, but you tell me how many times you system locks up when its in the 60 deg C range. My 3000 runs at 38 deg C with cpuidle, doesn't lock up or freeze. At 59 deg C before cpu idle, I would reboot and freeze constantly.
Here's my point, the chip won't be damaged at high temps up to 85 deg C, however no one says its going to run stable. In my own experience I have found that anything over 50 deg I get random reboots and crashing. If anyone wants to try this program like I did go to www.cpuidle.de
I have no affiliation with cpuidle, just like how well its worked for me. I feel confident enough now to expand my system into a workstation, where before it was not stable enough.