PhilC2005
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Hi there
After attempting a small overclock (10%) on my AMD 64 3200 (2Ghz) I decided to run the prime95 torture test, using the temp. monitoring utility that came with my mobo, I ran it for abt 8 minutes, but then the utility flashed up telling me the cpu was at 68 degrees! I restarted the computer and went into the bios where the temperature had now fallen to 62. I then put everything back to default speeds thinking that I would try overclocking once I got a decent cooler. But as I had installed prime95 i signed up to primenet and started it running, but abt 15 minutes later my utility flashed up again telling me that the cpu was at 66 degrees.
Is there any way that I can limit the cpu usage of prime95 so it stays cool? My idle temp is abt 39.
The maximum temperature for this cpu according to AMD is 70 degrees.
Thanks
Phil
After attempting a small overclock (10%) on my AMD 64 3200 (2Ghz) I decided to run the prime95 torture test, using the temp. monitoring utility that came with my mobo, I ran it for abt 8 minutes, but then the utility flashed up telling me the cpu was at 68 degrees! I restarted the computer and went into the bios where the temperature had now fallen to 62. I then put everything back to default speeds thinking that I would try overclocking once I got a decent cooler. But as I had installed prime95 i signed up to primenet and started it running, but abt 15 minutes later my utility flashed up again telling me that the cpu was at 66 degrees.
Is there any way that I can limit the cpu usage of prime95 so it stays cool? My idle temp is abt 39.
The maximum temperature for this cpu according to AMD is 70 degrees.
Thanks
Phil