Originally posted by heyzeus
if i get say, an athlon xp 1800, will i need additional cooling/fans? (assuming i don't overclock and i have only 1 fan now)
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/cpu/xpspec.htm
We found that an Athlon XP 1600+ CPU temperature to be around 35 - 37 degrees C. idle after settling-out 15 to 30 minutes in three computers we built with EpoX 8KHA+ motherboards, Antec KS282 computer cases, with the left side removed, and Thermaltake Valcano 5 heatsink-fans. This motherboard does not use the processor's built-in thermal diode to measure temperature. But, rather, it employees a thermister installed in the middle of the Socket A. The thermister does not quite touch the bottom of the CPU.
Reference: AMD Athlon XP Processor Model 6 Data Sheet 24309C - November 2001
http://www.amd.com/usen/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/24309.pdf
Originally posted by Vehementi
50-57C? That's very bad. My CPU runs at 41C idle, with a stock HSF that came from the company I got it from, since I got a sysbo-CPU combo.