Problem with AMD temperature!

Racerboy · Post by **Racerboy** » December 14th, 2004, 8:50 pm

I have a AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (1.54GHz)
My temperature is always 52-54 degrees.
I think it should be lower than that.
What do you recommend?

Aggressor Prime · Post by **Aggressor Prime** » December 14th, 2004, 9:09 pm

What cooler are you using?
What core is that 1800?
What type of cooling does your case have?

Racerboy · Post by **Racerboy** » December 14th, 2004, 9:36 pm

umm, it's an aircooler as you can presume
I know few about these core things, where can i check it?

Aggressor Prime · Post by **Aggressor Prime** » December 14th, 2004, 9:53 pm

Use this.

Racerboy · Post by **Racerboy** » December 14th, 2004, 10:32 pm

Aggressor Prime · December 14th, 2004, 10:57 pm

You have a Palomino.
That is your problem.
Since they are built on a 180nm process, they use a lot of energy.
My 1800 is a T-Bred B, built on a 130nm process. Mine only uses ~1.472V.
With my design considered and my overclock considered and my 100% usage considered and the 40F weather outside considered and my Thermalright copper heatsink with an 80mm Thermaltake fan considered and my 3 80mm case fans considered, I have ~43C for my CPU temperature.

Considering your core, heatsink/fan setup, case cooling setup, and outside temperature setup, you are doing just fine.

Racerboy · Post by **Racerboy** » December 15th, 2004, 1:41 pm

ok, thanks for your help.

Nolano · Post by **Nolano** » December 17th, 2004, 8:07 pm

yeah, pally cores get really hot.