XP 2600+ Temp

start to worry when it's above 65C

I'm running prime95 on my 1Ghz thunderbird between 69-72 degrees without errors. It just really depends on the airflow in your case and the effectiveness of your HSF. I wouldn't worry if I were you.

Is your system stable enough you'd run your own life support on it? ---mine is. Soyo KT333 + AXP 1900+

40 and 45 is normal even my XP 2800+ and XP 3200+ run around that temp and the 3200+ is a liquid cooled computer.

It is a Voltage thing and very hard to get the temps down under that. If I crank the cooler up to max on the water cooled system it can drop to almost - C but that is bad because to hot or too cold and I would get moisture/condensation and water and circuits don't mix, so I run it around 45 desktop it proly gets hotter online or in a game.

Barton 3200+ 400MHz
A7N8X Deluxe
Liquid
2x512 Crucial DDR 400 PC3200
GeForce FX5900
Maxtor DiamondMaxPlus9@80Gig
SONY CD 52x
SONY RW 52x/24x/52x
SONY DVD 16x/40x

cool, thanks for the reasurance everyone. For airflow i leave the side pannels on my box off, at least for now, ive got a little one on the way  . Anyways Ill buy myself some fans when ive got to keep the pannels on to keep grubby little hands out of my box but for now it should be ok

thanks again
-Spak_Man


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MSI-K7n2 Delta-L
Athlon 2600+
512meg 400mhz ddr Ram(2x256 dual Chanel)
MSI Geforce FX 5700 128
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