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10-03-2003, 10:17 PM
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Need Good HSF for Good Price
Got my New Comp, not sattisfied with my Comp temps running 2500+ barton with 1.50GB of ram
Idle 31 Full Load around 47-51C. Need to get a GOod QUIT HSF. U guys know any good ones that will keep it quit and kool |
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10-03-2003, 10:47 PM
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try the Thermaltake SILENT BOOST Highest Performance Cooler. Application for AMD Athlon XP up to 3400+ in newegg. I read good reviews about it. It's $35 and you get a newegg case badge. You may want to get AS 3 also.
Btw, those temps are fine specially for an AMD.
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10-03-2003, 11:41 PM
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Is that fan Loud O quit... hmm 35 is too much for a heatsink
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10-04-2003, 02:14 AM
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Here's a review and order page from casecooler.com for the heatsink/fan that james recommended. It's on sale for $25. I'll guess shipping is between $5 and $7. I order from both newegg & casecooler = great vendors. http://www.casecooler.com/thsiboquco.html
That Thermaltake is top-of-the-line & very quiet. Your temps are fine like they are, though. . . . Gary |
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10-04-2003, 07:34 AM
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Re: Need Good HSF for Good Price
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10-04-2003, 07:58 AM
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Re: Re: Need Good HSF for Good Price
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10-04-2003, 09:17 AM
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Those are good temps and are nothing to worry about. Also, if you are using the "stock" HS/fan combo, then put something else on the CPU, then you will void the 3 year warranty.....
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10-04-2003, 09:43 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Need Good HSF for Good Price
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31C idle and 47-51C under load, while are very good and desirable temps can be lowered if you are willing to expend the effort and money. I mean we can get into bigger solid copper heatsinks with high speed shrouded 80mm fans, water cooling, ect. So what temps do you consider to be ideal operating temps? I'm sure the members here can come up with a solution. Chas |
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10-04-2003, 10:14 AM
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Speeze FalconRocK, 9 bucks + SHipping at Newegg. Don't let the price get to you, this HSF is high quality, 35CFM air flow from a quiet 80mm Fan, copper and aluminum construction and lots of surface area. I use them for every build since I first saw them (About 25 to date) and have found them to be the best out there.
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10-04-2003, 10:57 AM
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Another vote for the FalconRock....extremely quiet and cools very well (XP 2800+ is at 36C idle) and for the price you just can't beat it!
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10-04-2003, 11:57 AM
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What makes you think your temps are too high? What made you come to the conclusion that you must lower your temps? Is your system freezing up constantly? Is it locking up a lot? Are your files getting corrupt? Is it rebooting all the time?
Those temps look absolutely fine to me. If your system is running stable, you really have nothing to worry about. Plus, there's always the chance you might damage something when you remove your current heatsink and install the new one.  Cricket
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10-04-2003, 12:29 PM
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10-04-2003, 01:16 PM
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What is 31 degrees C? Answer 87 degrees F. (What do you expect the temps to be with a resistance electrical device being cooled with room temp air?)
What is 51 degrees C? Answer 124 Degrees F. (Nothing wrong with this temp.) Max Temp on an AMD CPU to operate= 190 Degrees F or 87 degrees C. Conclusion= This is another person who has bought into all the BS that is put out on this forum by people who have no ideal of what amount of heat an electronic device will put out. For the poster= You don't need to do anything to your computer except quit worrying about it and quit reading all these posts about AMD temps, alot of these people have no knowledge of AMD CPUs other than what they read on here from others who have no knowledge of them. Also quit looking at your temps, if they get to hot you will know it before you do damage to the CPU. Once I forgot to plug in the HSF on an XP1800 when I built it, I ran this thing for an hour while doing other things before it started acting up and this was with nothing but the case fan air accross the Heatsink. I plugged it back in after I found the problem, kicked myself in the butt for stpidity, and started it back up. I will tell you this thing was hot enough to melt the High Temp melt Hot glue that I had put on the HSF fan mount. ANd this thing is still running fine a year later. |
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10-04-2003, 10:07 PM
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10-04-2003, 10:46 PM
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Maybe you can try lowering the temps a bit by arranging the wirings inside. This usually improves airflow and lowers the overall system temps.
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10-05-2003, 06:17 AM
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As morriswindgate points out above, that's only 87°F. That's cooler than a flouresent light bulb that you can grap by hand!
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10-05-2003, 08:30 AM
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Personally I'm starting to think we got our chains yanked. 31C and he wants cooler. We all fell for it.
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10-05-2003, 10:10 AM
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Big TYPO ERROR. They were wrong TEMPS.
sorry i was lookin at the some other **** in the bios 39-40 IDLE. 42-55 FULL LOAD PLAYING GAMES AND AND STUFF |
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10-05-2003, 10:17 AM
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WIthout going to water cooling, it is pretty hard to get the temps below 35 degrees C, unless you are living in a walk-in freezer.
The temps you have posted are pretty much normal, so you really don't need to do anything. One thing you have to understand is that even if you were able to reduce these temps in half, it would do absolutly nothing in the way of improved performance or CPU life. As I tell people who ask about lowering temps>Do yourself a favor> Quit looking at the temps in the BIOS and uninstall any temp monitoring software you have on the computer> THen use the hell out of it and quit wondering about it. If the computer developes temp problems they will be noticable before damage is done, unless the HSF falls off the CPU. |
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10-05-2003, 10:49 AM
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Even the *new* temps look good. Once again I agree with morriswindgate: I only check temps on a new build just for a "just in case." I turn off any / all temp programs after the temps look OK. And, I don't even bother checking all builds...
I find I enjoy using my own computers a lot better when I'm not watching temps. All newer mobos have COP, or the like, to shut down the system if it gets to hot anyway. |
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