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**HAL9000** · 06-23-2001, 05:30 PM

I wasn't concerned about the max temp as this was only on my bench machine at work which gets dismantled continuously. Under a full load, while 54'C may be hot, it's not so hot that I'm going to be concerned about it. If it were running 54'C while idle, or under a light load, then I would be concerned, but since it is 100% load, it's not going to get any hotter. My home machines which are using QDI boards show a max temp of about 51'C. Again, I'm not really concerned. Should the day come that I wish to crank these processors up, then I will chase down some Arctic Silver and some heat sinks that fit (there are some capacitors closer to the socket that they really should be).

06-23-2001, 05:30 PM	#11
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	I wasn't concerned about the max temp as this was only on my bench machine at work which gets dismantled continuously. Under a full load, while 54'C may be hot, it's not so hot that I'm going to be concerned about it. If it were running 54'C while idle, or under a light load, then I would be concerned, but since it is 100% load, it's not going to get any hotter. My home machines which are using QDI boards show a max temp of about 51'C. Again, I'm not really concerned. Should the day come that I wish to crank these processors up, then I will chase down some Arctic Silver and some heat sinks that fit (there are some capacitors closer to the socket that they really should be). __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.