PentiumD Temp

[Paul_gren]

Hi

I have a PD 820 and it idles at 46°C. Is this good? . I have a Thermaltake golden orb 2 on it, which is turning at 1600 rpm (to limit noise) and I don't know whether this is a good idle temp or not.

thanks..

 

[GavinLeigh]

My overclocked 805 runs at 41 degrees at idle. I use a Zalman CNPS9500. I think 46 sounds a little hot to me, so maybe you should try reseating the heatsink and using some new thermal paste.

 

[Scout]

The 820 is a "cooker" so 46 at idle isn't out of the ballpark... especially when you consider the (in)accuracy you often get on these readings.

 

[sarsoft]

What program are you using to report the temps ex. bios, coretemp, etc?


They are couple of things you can do.
-Reseat the hsf and apply new paste (as5).
-Add more fan inside of the case if possible.
-Case wiring (arrange the wiring so that proper airflow is passing inside of the case)
-Clean your case and inside of the case (fans, cpu hsf,etc) from dust.
- and of coure buy a different hsf... but i would not buy it.


To me 46C looks normal for P-D. It is a one hot cpu.