Am I running too hot?

[Laggen]

Here are some PC Specs:

Operating System - Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (build 2600)

Processor - 1666 megahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Main Circuit Board - Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., LTD 7DX 1.x
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 04/11/2002

Video card is a Radeon 9000 128mb AGP

I idle at: CPU Temp. 53 C and System Temp. 27 C

Is this too hot?

[Alaron]

53C is a little warm for the idle temperature, but as long as the system is stable, no crashes or lock ups, theres nothing to worry about. If you want to get cooler temps, add some fans. The recommended setup is one fan in the front pulling air in, and one in the rear pulling air out. What is the fan set up in your PC?

[mousey4207]

thats a little high what you got for cooling
i have a 2100 b thats running at 2.1 ghz at idle temps im getting case temp of 26 and a cpu temp of 37.5 full load case of 28 and cpu of 42

[Laggen]

I often get taken to a blue screen that says....


A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

Then at the bottom it has:

Technical Information:

*** STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0xBF804C8E, 0xEE501834, 0x00000000)

*** win32k.sys - Address BF804C8E base at BF800000, Datestamp 3db6d462

Dont know if that could deal with the temperature...Think if I upgraded my heatsink and fan on my processor would help?

[mousey4207]

how many case fans do you have total
and what sizes

[Laggen]

One in front of the case, One in rear, one on processor, and a smaller one right on the motherboard

[Surge1243]

What brand/type of heatsink/fan are you using?

[Laggen]

No idea what brand

[morriswindgate]

The BSOD is not related to overtemps, you need to do a Google search for win32k.sys and pick the one that applies to your problem.

[sleepypost]

what heatsink are you using?

[Laggen]

I dont know, one it came with lol

[cliffboy]

The latest Athlon XP builds that I had registered at peaks 63 to 64 degrees C in the BIOS [CPU Temperature] but even with that, they are still very stable. Didn't even crash or hanged up even after hours of gaming.

[qwert_666]

if it runs and its stable for god sake dont worry about it, anything less then 70 under load is fine for a xp