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athlon 1ghz optimum temperature

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Anonymous
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most Athlons run warm, that's why every site that reviews them claim the need for a good heatsink/fan setup. the AMD tech paper for the SlotA athlons refer to 70 deg C. as the max temp rating, the tech paper for the SocketA 1000mhz and lower have a max temp of 95 deg C.

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95C? I think that's when you can think of getting a new system. Yes max could be 90-95, but that would shorten the CPU's life.


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Mine runs around 48C. However, this is the measurement from the thermistor on the motherboard (ABit KT7-RAID). I don't believe there is an integrated thermistor on the chip like the PIII's. I haven't seen any information on the probable temperature differential between the actual core temp. and the motherboard sensor. My guess is that it could be quite substantial.
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