Temperature on A7N8X-E one cooler vs another

[KWW]

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Running an AMD XP+ 2600 (Barton, I believe) no my son's A7N8X-E, using
Arctic Silver for the heat Xfr paste, and wanted to switch from an
aftermarket (all copper), low-RPM fam cooler to the aluminum (with copper
contact point) cooler that came with the CPU because:
a) It feels to be about 1/3 the weight.
b) The mobo is on its side, so the cooler is hanging in space rather than
bearing down on the chip.
c) Neither cooler has tiedowns... they both rely on the socket for support.
d) My son is going to college 1/2 way across the country and I won't be
there to fix it if it breaks.

Problem is, according to ASUS probe, the CPU temperature with the (better)
heavier cooler is 44C Max. The temperature with the stock cooler is 47C
Max. This is in an A/C'd room, case closed, not the coolest one in the
house (ambient 87F), playing videos/checking email, running apps
simultaneously. (He is not a heavy gamer.)

So are we borrowing trouble with the less capable cooler or will the weight
difference probably make the reliability better in the long run?

TIA
KWW

 

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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:35:09 GMT, "KWW" <kwalker@nospamaircooled.net>
wrote:

>Can't get to CPU stab.
>

http://home.tiscalinet.ch/ckrebs/downloads/cpustab.exe

else search on google after: cpustab.exe

or yahoo search.

best regards

John

>As for noise, his case is an ANTEC case... and seems to insulate the noise
>well... runs quieter than mine either way.

 

[KWW]

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Something weird about my browser setup. It gives me "can't access" for the
linked site AND .pdf links. I tried messing with settings but just find it
easier to go to another computer on our LAN than spend a lot of time with
it. (IE6 on Win2k Pro)
Thanks!
--
KWW

"JK ( at mail dot dk)" <johnknuhtsen@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:35:09 GMT, "KWW" <kwalker@nospamaircooled.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Can't get to CPU stab.
> >
>
> http://home.tiscalinet.ch/ckrebs/downloads/cpustab.exe
>
> else search on google after: cpustab.exe
>
> or yahoo search.
>
> best regards
>
> John
>
> >As for noise, his case is an ANTEC case... and seems to insulate the
noise
> >well... runs quieter than mine either way.
>