What is the normal CPU Temp?

Saturday, December 10, 2005 by Cyberworld | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

I'd like to ask what would be the normal CPU and System temperature?

I have P4 3.06GHZ overclocked to 3.3Ghx. My CPU temp shows 62-72 Celsius and System temp 30-40 Celsius. Is it ok or i need some kind of cooler?

What is your System and CPU temp readings? Just to be able to compare? Thnx for any help or info...
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Cavan1
Reply #21 Sunday, December 11, 2005 1:52 AM
..55 C is what..200+ F?


No, is only 131 F.
Temp C times 1.8 plus 32 = temp F

Double Zero
Reply #22 Sunday, December 11, 2005 1:55 AM
Oh yeah, all that OCing was on an old Soyo Dragon mobo


Awesome MoBo's... im using a Dragon 2 Platinum Edition presently..a few years ago I discovered Soyo by purchasing a bare bones system with the old dragon board in it..was a great little system, made me decide to use the brand again when I built my current system...

I dont OC..I upgrade..LoL..so no, I havent seen a melting chip warp a MoBo...

Cyberworld
Reply #23 Sunday, December 11, 2005 2:45 AM
Cyber, you might do the touch test just to be sure...55 C is what..200+ F?


Cavan1 already expained it,200F is actually around 94C,which like bowling water to evaporation. Don't understand this meltdown thingy though...i thought that metals like copper melt at 1085°C. Dunno about plastic though...

scorpio-logic
Reply #24 Sunday, December 11, 2005 3:38 AM
There is plastic all around that copper and stuff. It wasn't really a "meltdown", it was more like a flash. But I wasn't fast enough in getting the thing out of the board. I learned that a good fan can get you a long way, and not fooling with hard wiring the mobo. Some things are best left alone. Now that there are boards with fsb adjustment in the bios instead of the stupid jumper thing, overclocking is much easier...

Cyberworld
Reply #25 Sunday, December 11, 2005 4:54 AM
overclocking is much easier...


Ditto,i love the OC system that came with this MOBO, makes things easy. I currently OCed my sys at 3.3Ghz, but is capable to reach up to 3.6Ghz,although after 3.4Ghz sys becomes way unstable.

Mackintosh
Reply #26 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:33 AM
72C is extremely hot for a 3.06, even when overclocked. It should be running between 35 when idle and 60 at maximum load (given adequate cooling of course).

wrecklass
Reply #27 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:48 AM
20C = 68F. People who say their CPU temp is 20C-22C are either water-cooled, or their sensor is messed up. No CPU runs at room temperature. I see too many people on the web reporting wrong CPU temps because they don't know how to configure their temperature monitors. If you aren't sure, go into BIOS and see what it says there. If it doesn't say, you probably don't have a CPU Temperature monitor in your computer, in which case you won't get an accurate reading from Windows tools either.

Yarlen
Reply #28 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:05 AM

I have a P4 3GHz CPU and every time I try to OC it in the BIOS I get a boot error saying the CPU's not stable or some such.


yrag
Reply #29 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:07 PM
Yarlen: If you want, send me your system stats and I'll give you the settings.

PurrBall
Reply #30 Wednesday, December 14, 2005 5:00 PM
Mine is not water cooled. I can feel very cool air comng out the back.

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thomassen
Reply #31 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 7:16 PM
Have anyone had any experience with SpeedFan temperature readings and VIA EPIA boards?

I just got my self a VIA EPIA 13000 miniITX board. With the original CPU heatsink fan it gave me readings of 40C when idle and would peak to 50C when I ran a CPU stress test with CPU Burn-in for 10 minutes. However, I replaced it with a SilenX fan to make the system more quiet. Which it became. It actually is near silent. Anyways, the reading I got then was 41C idle and peak at 55C with CPU Burn-in for ten minutes. With the small difference in readings I only assume it's running at an ok temperature. I don't get any temp readings in BIOS. I didn't touch the heatsink when it was running at 100% with the original fan. With the new fan it's hot when I touch it, but I felt no urge to say "ouch". Mind you, I didn't feel the urge to leave my finger there either.

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