What temp can an AMD reach?

[pathachio]

I was just wondering what sort of temperatures it is safe to let an AMD Athlon XP processor get to?

[Sumpin_Wong]

About a year ago I upgraded from the 1800+ to the 3200+, and the temperature difference what quite extreme. My 1800 was running at 91 degrees F, and the new Barton 3000 ran at 150's. I posted on the AMD forums and I was told that my Barton core was safe up to 180*F .. if you're not 150-160+ yet, keep on rockin and don't sweat it. AMD told me it was safe, but the warmer it gets the slower it goes, generically speaking. Cooler is obviously better.

[Nolano]

hmm... thats strange. your 1800 was probably a palomino core, which runs much hotter than a barton.....

[Sumpin_Wong]

My 1800 is a Thoroughbred core.

[Nolano]

Ah, ok. That would explain it. T-breds run a bit cooler than Bartons. also, your motherboard sensor may be misreading the CPU. but maybe not too, that just seems a bit warm.