T-Bird Temps vs. TBred Temps.........

Kal-EL6 · Post by **Kal-EL6** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 4:03 am

What are the typical temps for the 2400 T-Bred?

I am currently running a 1.4 T-bird that regularly hits between 62-64C under load. I want to upgrade to the 2400 "B" but i'm worried that the temps will be the same. I am using an AX-7 HS with a 3500 RPM Sunon(very loud) and Arctic Silver III. I have excellent airflow in my case and room temp is usually around 21-23C. I am running an ASUS A7V266-E board with 256DDR.

All i am interested in is a cooler running system without resorting to water, but i want to keep the same system performance, or in this case, upgrade a bit just cause I'll be buying a new CPU anyway. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 5:50 am

the 1.4's are pretty hot compared to the tbreds. I have a 2100+ @2.33ghz @ 1.75 with a dr thermal with a 6000 rpm 70mm fan and get 42C under load with 2 case fans ( 1 in 1 out) and a 60mm fan aimed at the northbridge (8rda+)

your temps seem high - my 1.4 ran about 50 under load with essentially the same cooling - you might want to look at a slk-800 or something like that

sethpa · Post by **sethpa** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 12:25 pm

You overclocking the 1.4? What voltage? That seems really high, even for a Tbird. The AX-7 is a great heatsink and should do much better than that. Sounds like you need to check how it's fitted, very thin layer of new thermal paste put on it. Fan is blowing DOWN into heatsink? Just a few things to consider........

Kal-EL6 · Post by **Kal-EL6** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 1:37 pm

I just reapplied Arctic Silver III according to the instructions on their web site.

I have 5 case fans, 3 in and 2 out not including power supply fan. My CPU is running at it's normal clock speed, in fact i had it underclocked to 800MHZ to reduce temps and i was still hitting 54C while playing Starfleet Command 3.

After removing the HSF I noticed that I had orginally put way too much thermal grease on. Could this have realistically caused such high temps?

Voltage in Bios reads 1.75 but in MBM5 it reads 1.81 core voltage. Is this normal?

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 1:53 pm

see if you can knock the voltage down a little - make sure that the heatsink is aligned correctly - when you take it off, the spot marked by the cpu should be near the middle- if it isn't try turning the heatsink 180 degrees

fan blowing down

heatsink should not slide at all when clamped

try disconnecting the in fans - you may have some air pressure imbalance - try it with just negative pressure

if none of that works, we'll think of some more things!

blade · Post by **blade** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 1:55 pm

The AX-7 with that fan should cool any cpu well. Did you check for dust build-up between the heatsink fins and on the fans? Dust will interfere with proper cooling.

Too much or too litte compound can effect the temp.

I've heard the Asus mobo's make the cpu's run hotter, but not that hot. If all dust is removed and compound is properly applied then i'd assume the temp reads are wrong. As long as it's all stable..

Kal-EL6 · Post by **Kal-EL6** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 2:57 pm

Porblem solved.

As I mentioned earlier I reapplied the Arctic Silver III according to the instructions on their website, this has solved my problem. After running Starfleet Command 3 for 45 minutes the CPU reached a max. temp. of 52C running at 1400MHZ and it idles at 48C.

I am satisfied with these temps, they seem on par with other T-birds that I've read about.

What do you think?

blade · Post by **blade** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 7:45 am

That's more in line with what it should be.

Judg3 · Post by **Judg3** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 11:18 pm

Originally posted by wvjohn
the 1.4's are pretty hot compared to the tbreds. I have a 2100+ @2.33ghz @ 1.75 with a dr thermal with a 6000 rpm 70mm fan and get 42C under load with 2 case fans ( 1 in 1 out) and a 60mm fan aimed at the northbridge (8rda+)

your temps seem high - my 1.4 ran about 50 under load with essentially the same cooling - you might want to look at a slk-800 or something like that

Wowsers. I've got a 2100+ tbred @ stock 1.7Ghz speed and at full load it's at 46C. Then again, thats with a retail cooler and thermal tape too hehe.

Oh well, just the GF's PC after all, didn't feel the need to lap the hsf and overclock it. 2100+ is overkill for MSN Messenger and flash games as it is hehe