Cpu 60 Degrees!!!!

---agissi--- · Feb 18, 2007

This is how my old P4 was and still is.. I wouldnt worry too much it'll keep on chuggin for as long as you need it to - chances are.

SNGX1275 · Feb 18, 2007

foozy said:

I had an Athlon that would run 9C at startup.

Your argument is completely logical, SNG, but i've seen many occurances of CPUs that run cooler than room temperature, especially at rest. Just to humor me - how would you explain that, besides the fact that its thermodynamically impossible? Faulty readers?

Early Athlons (thunderbirds) could run up to 100C. What may have happened is the thermocouple that reads temps could be designed to provide accurate readings at 50C and up, the lower the temp the higher margin of error.

Thermocouples aren't accurate over a range of all temperatures, they have specific ranges in which they provide accurate numbers, outside of those ranges they can be off quite a bit depending on the quality and type.

So that could be an explanation, or a reading error. But it is thermodynamically impossible for the temperature to be lower than ambient on air cooling to happen.

KingCody · Feb 18, 2007

agi_shi said:

KingCody said:

regardless of whether you use air cooling or simple water cooling, you can never cool any component below the ambient temp of the air inside and around the case

*cough* Phase-change, liquid nitrogen... *cough* But then again, I guess these don't count since you mentioned simple water cooling/air cooling

phase change and liquid nitrogen are extreme cooling methods... neither one of which is an air or water cooling method. so i'm not sure what all your coughing is for, try some Robitussin

what I meant by "simple water cooling" is a standard closed circuit system (pump, waterblock, radiator*, reservoir*, and tubing [*=optional]). there are of corse other, more elaborate (in other words... not simple ) methods of water cooling that can yield below-ambient temps such as evaporative (or bong) water cooling, or adding a TEC/peltier or water chiller to the system. while those more complex watercooling methods may allow sub-ambient temps, they all have side effects that must be dealt with and require more maintenance that a simple closed circuit system does.

cheers :wave:

cfitzarl · Feb 18, 2007

Yes, but not all programs are as accurate as nTune, say maybe Speedfan or other things.

agi_shi · Feb 18, 2007

KingCody said:

phase change and liquid nitrogen are extreme cooling methods... neither one of which is an air or water cooling method. so i'm not sure what all your coughing is for, try some Robitussin

what I meant by "simple water cooling" is a standard closed circuit system (pump, waterblock, radiator*, reservoir*, and tubing [*=optional]). there are of corse other, more elaborate (in other words... not simple ) methods of water cooling that can yield below-ambient temps such as evaporative (or bong) water cooling, or adding a TEC/peltier or water chiller to the system. while those more complex watercooling methods may allow sub-ambient temps, they all have side effects that must be dealt with and require more maintenance that a simple closed circuit system does.

cheers :wave:

In reality I'm not feeling too well, so I might just go get some Robitussin. But I did say this:

But then again, I guess these don't count since you mentioned simple water cooling/air cooling

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