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Former Member
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My 3500+ Newcastle OC'd on 1.550VCore runs at about 55*C full load. I never put it on snooze, I've seen it hit 60 or 61, but nothing past that. I don't have a ton of airflow through the Voodoo either, a lot of the fans are turned down for the computer to remain quiet.
My Intel box though... 3.2E Prescott OC'd to 3.7 @ 1.5VCore runs at 71*C full load. I don't see any throttling, even when it sits at 74*C on hotter days. Never had a problem though even though it simply BAKES in my Shuttle. I always figure... OC it till it breaks, then upgrade!  The Intel shuts down at 89*C in my Shuttle, did that by mistake once by mounting a fan backwards.... Oops. |
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I always figure... OC it till it breaks, then upgrade! You remind me of someone else round here . . . .  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
My Dell Inspiron 8500 2.4Ghz P4 will stay around 65C running at full steam. When I use to have my fans clogged it would run at 90C. For a laptop expect temps to be around 60 - 70C if you keep it running at 100%. For a desktop temps should be 50 - 60C, and those temps are for stock cooling systems.
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Former Member
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Dang, I just looked at my Shuttle box... 78*C load. The new area I have the rig at just isn't ventilated enough I guess... Oh well, not crashing. Didn't bother to see if it was throttling. Just crunch.
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Former Member
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Hello Chowbow,
78C is really too high. If you cannot figure out a way to bring the temperature down, you might want to look at Viktor's explanation of the CPU Throttle feature at http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=2683 concerned, mycrofth |
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Hi mycrofth,
Thanks for the thread link.  I'm not too worried about it personally. Crunch it til it melts, and then it's time to upgrade.  |
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depriens
Senior Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Jul 29, 2005 Post Count: 350 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I used to have an overheating problem as well.
----------------------------------------My home pc overheated and all kinds of alarms sounded when the temperature exceeded 70 degC (158 degF). So I turned off WCG immediately and applied the 'throttle-feature'. That worked okay for a while. When I set the maximum CPU use on 70% the processor did not exceed 60 degC (140 degF) anymore. After a while the temperature started to exceed this level, even without increasing the CPU load, or higher ambient temperature. I already removed the side panel, this didn't help at all. In the meantime I have been reading lots of topics (Including this one) about overheating computers and all the time the first advise was to clean all the dust out of the heatsink and fan, but I thought this was all bullsh!t. How on earth will there get a lot of dust in there. So when the temperature problem got bigger, I gave it a try. And guess what... The entire heatsink was filled with dust! I almost couldn't believe it. So I removed it carefully, cleaned it out and put it back on the processor. Now the overheating problem is all gone!  Now I'm at 100% CPU load, and the temperature rarely exceeds 50 degC (122 degF). (P4 - 2.66GHz)So my advice when you have overheating problems with your CPU: Clean your heatsink and fan!!! I never believed it myself, but it really worked for me! If this doesn't solve the problem, you always can look for other causes... (sorry for my poor English, but I'm still from The Netherlands...  )  [Edit 1 times, last edit by depriens at Oct 31, 2005 2:11:40 PM] |
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Former Member
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I did the same not too long ago and dropped a couple degrees as well. Those HSFs can get dirty without filters on the case.
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Former Member
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Good advice Depriens, and impressive temps - sub 50*C on any P4 is pretty good.
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Former Member
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I also had a cooling problem with my 3.2ghz P4. In my case it was not a dirty heatsink but a case that did not have good airflow. Earlier this month I switched computer cases. I bought a Cooler Master Centurian 5 computer case. It has very good airflow and has good astetic styling. Its entire front is a flow through black metal mesh front with and air filter and with an 80mm intake front fan. It also has a 120mm back exhaust fan. Along with a large Pentium 4 heat sink and cooling fan my CPU tempature dropped from about 128 - 139F to about 95 -107F (41C). I just saw one sold on Ebay for about $45 US including shipping.
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