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Thoran · 07-08-2004, 01:21 PM

Those temps are fine for AMD at least... AMD cpu's can run in excess of 50c, although I usually tell people to keep them below 45c for a bit of safety margin. I've tested and my old Athlon 1700xp got flakey at 55c. Intel chips run cooler and to be honest I've never heard of anyone having temp problems with them (although I hear their newest chips are running hot, I think they're feeling the pressure and have pumped the P4 architecture a bit past what they usually like to).

My air cooled xp1700 runs around 40-43c, my liquid cooled xp2400 runs a couple degrees above ambient (whatever that is on any day, typically in the 20's, sometimes low 30's).

07-08-2004, 01:21 PM	#3
Thoran Galvatron Join Date: January 10, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Age: 57 Posts: 2,109	Those temps are fine for AMD at least... AMD cpu's can run in excess of 50c, although I usually tell people to keep them below 45c for a bit of safety margin. I've tested and my old Athlon 1700xp got flakey at 55c. Intel chips run cooler and to be honest I've never heard of anyone having temp problems with them (although I hear their newest chips are running hot, I think they're feeling the pressure and have pumped the P4 architecture a bit past what they usually like to). My air cooled xp1700 runs around 40-43c, my liquid cooled xp2400 runs a couple degrees above ambient (whatever that is on any day, typically in the 20's, sometimes low 30's).