List of CPU temps? Optimal vs max?

[only1eagle]

I am running a AMD 64 X2 3800+ and have already gotten 1 blue screen saying CPU over heated.

I am not overclocking. But I am using a very old Antec tower case and am thinking it just may be to hot.

(also I do get a 30 sec freeze when playing games after playing for awhile)

AMD 64 X2 3800+ (not over clocked)
2 gig kingston value ram dual channel
MSI K8N- SLI-F
EVGA 7600GT

Any thoughts would be great

 

[mike99]

so,what temp is CPU? What temp insider case?

Mike.

 

[Lovolt]

Sorry, not answering your main question, but I saw that you're running an eVGA 7600GT card. I have the same one and with minimal overclocking, I also got the 30 second freeze five minutes into playing games. When I backed the GPU down to stock speed (560 MHz), the problem went away.

 

[only1eagle]

are you saying you mainually overclocked? or the standard overclock the board came as?

 

[Lovolt]

I manually overclocked, above and beyond what the eVGA is set at.

According to the eVGA website (http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N550-AX&family=22), the card is set at:

Performance
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
560 MHz GPU
12 Pixel Pipelines
400 MHz RAMDAC

I was manually raising the GPU and got to 580 Mhz when I noticed the games freezing for 30 seconds. I lowered it back down to 560 and things have been fine since.

 

[makrossv]

Download speedfan or systool. That should help you monitor your temps. Your x2 should not exceed 50 degrees celcius on normal clocks or operation. My OC x2 doesn't even go past 55degrees during stress, burn-in 100% load.

I recommend getting Arctic Silver 5 or Ceramique and using that over stock stuff.

 

[krazyIvan]

We need to know what your CPU temps are under-load and at rest.
And if you can, what your System temp (usually refers to the case temp) is.