P4 CPU Temp

Click <A HREF="http://www.intel.com/support/processors/pentium4/sb/cs-007999.htm#Specifications" target="_new"> this </A>.

it might be slightly high for stock, check that u got a good contact.

as im in love with the hyper6 im going to recommend it

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If u do things right.... People won't be sure you've done anything at all......

do you guys think both temps (case and CPU) are high or just the CPU?

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Pentium 4 3.2Ghz 800FSB (Northwood)
HIS Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb AGPx8
Corsair 1Gb DDR400 (2-3-2-6)
Creative Audigy 2ZS
MSI 865PE Neo series Motherboard

My Oced 2.6 at 3.25 is running at 33c idle and 47-50 full load. With stock fan...

Thats seams high. Getting a better fan would help but you should find out whats wrong like that they could be evn lower...

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-3-3-8, Leadtek FX5900 w/ FX5950U bios@500/1000, 2X30gig Raid0

alot of those heatsinks are heavy as crap. That hyper 6 or whatever is a monster. I wouldn't want to put something that heavy on a motherboard unless I never planned to move the case. Even then it looks sketchy. Although it certainly does offer great cooling if it works with your mobo.

I believe artic silver 5 should help you a few degrees beyond that stock thermal pad. Other than that I am curious why the cpu would be hot. That seems a bit high to me as well. I would think you would want cpu temp to be in the 40's 50ish max???? Some of these other guys will give you a better idea I am sure. Could the reading be incorrect? Are you getting any errors? Are you overclocking?? If you aren't overclocking that seems quite high indeed. You sure you got the northwood core and not the prescott?
is your fan spinning properly? It sounds like something isn't adding up if your case/ambient is low and cpu is that high.

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i just confimed what motherboard monitor was telling me (by checking the bios) and the cpu temp is about 40 - 45 idle. the cpu fan is spining at around 2700rpm (that about right?)
the heat sink is firmly on the cpu so i cant see why its so hot. any ideas on how to find where all this heat is comming from.

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Pentium 4 3.2Ghz 800FSB (Northwood)
HIS Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb AGPx8
Corsair 1Gb DDR400 (2-3-2-6)
Creative Audigy 2ZS
MSI 865PE Neo series Motherboard

im not sure it is all that high, i've been looking on the net and several ppl have said in other forums that their p4 3.2 gets above 60.

ive got a bit of dough at the moment (student loan) might get a zalman heatsink. i would still like to know why its hot though. the 3.2 is at the top end of the northwood's spectrum, so would that make a difference?

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Pentium 4 3.2Ghz 800FSB (Northwood)
HIS Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb AGPx8
Corsair 1Gb DDR400 (2-3-2-6)
Creative Audigy 2ZS
MSI 865PE Neo series Motherboard

any ideas on what i can do about it then?

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Pentium 4 3.2Ghz 800FSB (Northwood)
HIS Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb AGPx8
Corsair 1Gb DDR400 (2-3-2-6)
Creative Audigy 2ZS
MSI 865PE Neo series Motherboard

That would be a serious waste of money.
Your processor will clock throttle from overheating if the core temperature reaches 70C.
Thus a temperature below 70C is concidered normal operating temperature by Intel.
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Does your system case have an intake and exhaust fans that are 80mm or larger?
If it does is air flow obstructed?
Have you considered using a larger case for your computer?
Does the room ambient temperature fluctuate? Is the room temperature above 25C most of the time?
My personal opinion...I think you are worrying too much about your cpu temperature.

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Install an intake fan bellow the HDD and an exhaust fan bellow the PSU. And don't let any IDE cables get in the way(hide them between the CD-ROM and the HDD and bend them in 90 deg. angle so that they stay close to the mobo, case wall and drives)

Dont worry, you can try to figure out why the temps are a bit high but there aint nothing alarming by those temps.

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-3-3-8, Leadtek FX5900 w/ FX5950U bios@500/1000, 2X30gig Raid0

Ok what he said sounds reasonable. I am just a smart ass newbie punk when it comes to computers but I read something the other day that said for overclocking anything above mid 40s might cause stability issues. But if you aren't having issues maybe the readings are just snaffued. I just hated for you to go out and have to spend money on more expensive cooling when stock should be doing the job nicely from what I read. Judging from your case temp you should be aok. Maybe case is low and cpu is high? What is ambient?

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