Cooling My Pentium D 3.2

[RDSDAN]

I just put my first PC together and I'm having problems cooling my CPU.
I am using the standard fan & heatsink that came with the CPU. I am monitoring the CPU Temp using the software that came with my DG965WH. I have adjusted the threshold temp to 140f and the Temp still goes above 160f when I start to run an older version of Tiger Woods Golf.
I have 2 80mm case fans. I have adjust the Bios as much as I can.
Can anyone give me help?

 

[apt403]

First of all, why a PD?

Those temps are high, 71ºc under load is pretty hot, even for a PD. The best thing to do, short of getting a cooler running cpu, would be a better hsf, such as the Tuniq Tower or Thermalright Ultra 120+. What are the other components in this pc?

 

[Grimmy]

Err..

I thought the PD 3.2 ghz with load temp 70c was normal.

Those chips were designed to take the heat, I still recall the test I read that it can run stable at 102C without shutting down. The test was based on thermal shut down, by turning off the CPU fan.

Edit:

Testing Thermal Throttling in Pentium 4 CPUs with Northwood and Prescott cores

 

[apt403]

Seriously? 102ºc? Wow, I though the shutdown temp was around 90ºc.

Well, the second part of my post is still valid.

 

[Grimmy]

Ya... I edited my post with the link.. :lol:

 

[1Tanker]

The 900 series don't run that hot. I think his heatsink is probably mounted improperly.

 

[apache_lives]

I just put my first PC together and I'm having problems cooling my CPU.
I am using the standard fan & heatsink that came with the CPU. I am monitoring the CPU Temp using the software that came with my DG965WH. I have adjusted the threshold temp to 140f and the Temp still goes above 160f when I start to run an older version of Tiger Woods Golf.
I have 2 80mm case fans. I have adjust the Bios as much as I can.
Can anyone give me help?

case fans in the right direction?

and does your case have a duct kit on the side pannel or a fan there? makes the biggest difference

 

[Grimmy]

The 900 series don't run that hot. I think his heatsink is probably mounted improperly.

DOH... my memory is going. Ya, that was more focused on P4 northy and prescott single cores... not PD. . o O (my bad)

At least he could get a C2D I think. That would really give him a cooler chip to run:

Intel® Desktop Board DG965WH

Second thought...

Ya, it's also possible the HSF may not be on there just right.

 

[blunc]

I concur with the HSF no being mounted properly, my D945 only went up to 49C under load before I put a 120mm fan in the case door that blows directly on the HSF, now temps only go to 43C under heavy load. I normally idles around 37C.

 

[RDSDAN]

Thanks for the suggestions.
I had a guy at my work who puts these things together, help me with the original setup.
We actually put the MB in before we installed the CPU & fan.
Big mistake.
The Heatsink seemed to be installed correctly and that's why I never suspected it.
But when I pulled out the MB to check, the prongs for the HS were not even on the bottom side.
I re-installed the HS and put the PC back together.
Immediately I saw a difference.
Idle temperatures went from 145f to 130.
Before the fix , when I ran the 2 minute Passmark Stress test, I could only go 10 to 15 seconds before I would get a CPU temperature error, Now I can run the whole test without any errors!

Thanks to all,

From a PC building novice!