OK, Got my new pc saturday 19th. Booted up everything is fine. The spec is:
AMD athlon XP 2600+ (2.08GHz)
1024 Samsung DDR pc3200 @ 166mhz
ASROCK K7 Upgrade-880
NVIDIA Geforce 5900XT 128mb
160GB Maxtor HDD 7000RPM
Okay, i decided to install MBM5 and Sisoftware Sandra lite to check temps as i new AMD ahtlon were hot running procesors. At the moment the ambient temp is 60 degrees (yes celcius), and can get to 67 degrees under stress (the bios reads the same). I found this out when playing HL2. I have a cheap AKASA HSF, and intake fan at the front and exhaust at the rear. For me these temps are too high, my system is set to shutdown at 75, and thats too close for me. Although AMD say upto 85 is ok, thats next to meltdown!
Im going to install another exhaust fan, a new heatsink (any suggestions on which one? im thinking the coolermaster aero 7), and some pci fans.
One thing though, i heard if a CPU core temp is around 60-70, when you touch the heatsink it should be hot and only be able to touch it for around a second. However mine is only warm, and i can keep my finger on it. Does this indicate sensor failure on the MOBO?
Please help some, im panicking!
Regards,
FuSIon
PS the new heatsink will have to be Socket A / 462
AMD athlon XP 2600+ (2.08GHz)
1024 Samsung DDR pc3200 @ 166mhz
ASROCK K7 Upgrade-880
NVIDIA Geforce 5900XT 128mb
160GB Maxtor HDD 7000RPM
Okay, i decided to install MBM5 and Sisoftware Sandra lite to check temps as i new AMD ahtlon were hot running procesors. At the moment the ambient temp is 60 degrees (yes celcius), and can get to 67 degrees under stress (the bios reads the same). I found this out when playing HL2. I have a cheap AKASA HSF, and intake fan at the front and exhaust at the rear. For me these temps are too high, my system is set to shutdown at 75, and thats too close for me. Although AMD say upto 85 is ok, thats next to meltdown!
Im going to install another exhaust fan, a new heatsink (any suggestions on which one? im thinking the coolermaster aero 7), and some pci fans.
One thing though, i heard if a CPU core temp is around 60-70, when you touch the heatsink it should be hot and only be able to touch it for around a second. However mine is only warm, and i can keep my finger on it. Does this indicate sensor failure on the MOBO?
Please help some, im panicking!
Regards,
FuSIon
PS the new heatsink will have to be Socket A / 462