AMD Athlon 64 3700+ maximum temperature

i want to know the maximum temperature of my CPU:

-AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Socket 939 (San Diego) 2.2Ghz.


i mainly want to know so i could turn that 120mm 3-speed rear fan to "low speed" if 55-57 degrees (Celcius), when loaded, is not that much.

the fans i have on my computer (case is Antec Sonata 2):

-Antec SmartPower 2.0 450W (it have dual-fans)
-MSI Radeon X1300Pro 256mb (it have a fan + heat-sink)
-ThermalTake CL-P0200 (CPU fan +heat-sink)
-Antec 3-speed 120mm fan (fan set on medium speed).

actual approx. temperatures (from SpeedFan):
-idle: 43-45 degrees.
-loaded: 56-58 degrees.

i heard this CPU maximum temperature is 70-71 degrees, is that right?

so is it safe to turn that 120mm rear fan to "low speed"?

i want my computer to be more quiet, just to let you all know...

thanks for helping me!

geez 24 degrees? even my old Pentium 3 500Mhz wasn't that cold, it was always around 30-32 degrees.

i still want to know the maximum temperature of my CPU though. please.

well i won,t change my whole computer (case, fans, etc...) because i need to make it 50 degrees...

i'll try it out with the rear 120mm fan at low speed...to see what it'll do

65 degrees you say? on that Packard Bell website, they says this exact model (San Diego, Socket 939, etc...), the maximum temp. is 71 degrees. (but it shuts down at 69-70 i think)

I call BS on that, unless your room temperature is in the mid to low 10's (Celcius).

Beside, you know that A*al Probe is notorious for reporting ridiculous temperature readouts ?

...anything that could help me? is that 70 degrees the maximum temperature of my CPU?

Yes, but I doubt that you would reach that temp by running your CPU at its stock speed.

Then again, your load temp is high despite the cooling system you got, try reapplying the thermal compound and reseating the heatsink, I suspect that there is something wrong with the way it is mounted.

If wires are in the way of airflow.. yes.

Doesn't hurt to organize all power cables, IDE/SATA cables with plasitc cable ties to tuck them out of the way.

I thought that English was the native language of New Zealand. The posts I've seen from you are beginning to make me wonder.

Does the bolding help? (lol).

My post is not complex. First I state that the temperature seems kind of hot (you know, as opposed to an absolute statement), then I mention my own experience with that particular processor as one of the reasons that his temperatures seem hot. Of course, even without my experience with the same CPU...

...still seems hot for a 90 nm A64. My Athlon XP 1800 idled at 38-40° C in this same case.

Not only do I not have the AMD driver for the "Cool n' Quiet" feature installed, but it is not enabled in the BIOS either, Kreskin.

BTW, the BIOS shows 26-28° C at idle (I think I've mentioned that before somewhere).

Yeah, I realize that all software monitoring programs are inaccurate to some degree and probably only good for determining relative changes in temps. It just seems like Asus Probe gets a bad rap and I couldn't figure out why since I assumed all monitoring programs would read from the same place. Maybe the newest Asus update took care of the odd temp readings compared to other apps.

OK as you can see from the above posts, I am no expert when it comes to temp monitoring apps, but some of your readings seem out of line. Congrats if they're accurate but 22C for the cpu is normally only attainable with water cooling. That about 70F which is average room temp. That's awesome if your HS/F can keep it that low. Then there are your HDD temps. You say you have 3 HDD. What kind of RAID are you running? According to Speedfan your HDD is like 59F. Is your room freezing? I would think 59F might be accurate if the HDD was unplugged and still in the box you bought it in Then there are your fan speeds. Are your fans controlled by your MB according to temp. Not sure what size they are but I would think they would've slowed down a bit if your temps where correct. Maybe you've got fans blowing directly over some of you're sensors and that's confusing things a bit. My MB sensor changes quite alot compared to my other sensors depending on how high I set my intake fan speed. You might try downloading Everest and comparing the readings, although I would hope(according to my earlier posts) that it would read the same. How are your fans setup? I would love to get those temps. (the only time my cpu and MB were in the low 20'sC was when my heater broke in the dead of winter)

Is this Junior High (lol)?

Please be careful what you say. Scathing comments like that could easily kill ten ordinary men.

i moved my computer too...it was on the desk beside the monitor, now it's in on the side of the desk in something we made (the old desk had plenty of room on the left side to put some stuff, with a door, we took off the desk table and we just keep the storage part to put the computer in it).


since i changed the heat-sink + fan for a better one, the temp. seem better, but the computer was on top of my desk. (i moved it beside my desk, to make it more quiet...)

You are confused. The "pitiful insults" are coming from the likes of you and the resident "forum guru", and as far as "hollow threats" go, well, what in the blue hell you talking about? Is English not your native language either? That is the most likely conclusion that can be drawn if you are seeing "threats", "hollow" or otherwise, in anything I have posted on this thread.

Please let be part of your little club. You wouldn't want me to lose sleep tonight would you?

Is that a joke? Maybe you should reread the thread to see who "started it". And yes, the whole "hierarchy" thing that you think is going on at this forum is extremely Junior High-ish.

Please be careful what you say.
Is'nt that a thinly veiled threat ?
LOL. Say what?

Then you are likely to end up killing someone with that razor sharp wit of yours, or at least, putting someone's eye out, lol.

Indeed. I am lucky to still be alive! BTW, my CPU temperature is still 22° C according to Asus Probe II and SpeedFan, so if you think that is a "ridiculous claim", take it up with Asus and/or the author of SpeedFan.

So English is not your native language? Now there is a surprise. Next time you think that you are seeing "thinly veiled threats" and other such nonsense on message boards, I suggest you get confirmation from someone who is more competent in the language at hand before offering up your plug nickel's worth. Also, I have not said anything about your grammar, nor have I said anything about your race. Consider that to be English lesson number 1, on the house.

Is this Junior High (lol)?

I should have used pathetic instead of pitifull, I find insulting that you compare THGC to a cohort of brats, the irony is that the latest crop of n00bs (which you are a part of) seems dedicated to sinking THGC to that level.

Please be careful what you say.

Is'nt that a thinly veiled threat ?What if I don't intend to be careful about my way of criticizing your agressiveness toward established members of our community ?

You reaped what you have sown when you attacked wusy after making ridiculous claims about your CPU temperature.

Ever heard of bilingualism or is that too much of an alien concept for you to grasp ? Resorting to grammar nazism and primitive racial slur won't earn you any respect, same goes for questionning my intellectual integrity.

Geez you guys are retards. Can't we all just get along? Guess not!

I'd just like to add that my AMD Athlon 64 3700+ gets up to around 34^oC when I check the BIOS out just after shutting down a game (i.e. FEAR or Quake 4).