Hello all, this is my first post here although I have been lurking for a while
Well I finally decided to take the plunge and upgrade to a decent system. I went with the asus k7v 133a mobo and a T-bird 900. I went ahead and got everything up and running and am now playing with some overclocking. I have not performed the L1 connection yet and have limited my overclocking to changing the fsb. So far I am running stable at 120mhz @1080, with no problems running anything so far at this speed. MBM 5 reports the cpu temp at a steady 47-48C, all the time, no matter if its at full load or idle. I let the computer run all night (idle) just to see if the temp would creep up, but it stayed at 48C. I have a TornadoII and some case fans to keep things moving, and when I touch the processor it just feels warm. Is that temperature acceptable to run my cpu at? the motherboard is reporting a bit lower temp (36-37C) which is good i guess. I have also read about the BIOS flashes which are reported to lower temps at idle, has anyone had any luck with flashing the a7v and effectivly lowering temps? Also, which method of o'clocking (fsb or multiplier) is more efficient for cooling purposes? I guess what I am asking is if I will do any harm running the system at this temp for extended periods of time? Thanks for the response in advance.
Well I finally decided to take the plunge and upgrade to a decent system. I went with the asus k7v 133a mobo and a T-bird 900. I went ahead and got everything up and running and am now playing with some overclocking. I have not performed the L1 connection yet and have limited my overclocking to changing the fsb. So far I am running stable at 120mhz @1080, with no problems running anything so far at this speed. MBM 5 reports the cpu temp at a steady 47-48C, all the time, no matter if its at full load or idle. I let the computer run all night (idle) just to see if the temp would creep up, but it stayed at 48C. I have a TornadoII and some case fans to keep things moving, and when I touch the processor it just feels warm. Is that temperature acceptable to run my cpu at? the motherboard is reporting a bit lower temp (36-37C) which is good i guess. I have also read about the BIOS flashes which are reported to lower temps at idle, has anyone had any luck with flashing the a7v and effectivly lowering temps? Also, which method of o'clocking (fsb or multiplier) is more efficient for cooling purposes? I guess what I am asking is if I will do any harm running the system at this temp for extended periods of time? Thanks for the response in advance.