Safe temperature for a Pentium-4 3.06ghz

hi all,

I thought it would be easy to find this info, but it appears not... so hopefully some of you guys can throw your 2-cents in

I've got a nice new Pentium-4 3.06ghz HT processor in a P4PE motherboard.

When idle / in windows it'll be around 42-43 degress celsius, but when its running flat out it'll be closer 49-51 degrees celcius.

I can get it running a fair bit cooler, but it requires my HSF to sound like its about to take off ( 6000rpm up from 4100rpm ).

I dont wanna decrease the life of my CPU by running it hot, so can someone tell me what the normal / recommended temperature ranges are for my chip??

cheers,
Jack

excellent stuff!!

lots!! I got a nice big Antec case, and its currently got 4 80mm case fans - 2 at the back of the case, 2 at the front (1 of those cools the HDD's). I've also got a couple of fans in the PSU that seem to pull a fair bit of air round.

in total that makes 9 fans (inc. the ones on the 3D card).

its my first "trip" into the high power CPU's, my prev. computer ran in the 30's - but was only 700mhz

Jack

So everything is allright.
I am assuring u your CPU will not damage because of heat .

I used to have that kind (Pentium IV 3.06Ghz) so expensive but really fast even you have a 80% of data in the hard disk. But as they say you have to do away with the old and keep moving foward so I bought a brand new processor (Intel Core-2 Quad 3.0Ghz) I love it! Just keep your CPU away from your legs it will cook your eggs