50 degrees while Prime95 too much?

[wannaoc]

Idle is 44-45 and Prime95 initial test it sits at 50-51 degrees on a barton 2800

[altec]

Is the voltage and speed stock? If it is you may want to make sure that your heatsink is seated properly, and making good contact, then make sure that you have a good thin film of conductive grease (preferably Arctic Silver 3 or Crematique)...not too much, not too little.

[wannaoc]

No it isn't stock, the voltage on my motherboard (GVAXP-U) only moves in % so I moved it up to 5% which is the smallest increment. The FSB is at 182, the multi is up from 12.5x stock to 13x the RAM is up +.1 volts. It's a 2800+ Barton (2.08 stock) running at 2275 with a good heatsink and fan. Water is my next upgrade because I want to go as high as I can! Damn OC is addictive. :)

[Chris]

I think 50c is perfectly fine as long as its stable, but personally i think I would want to work at it a little and try get it down a bit.

[Severian]

I normally regard 50c as the max, although personally I'm on 52c.

Of course, lower is optimal, but 50 isn't going to destroy your chip or anything.

[Bruno]

Hell, I idle at 52C. These things can take it. Unless you're running an old K6.

[wannaoc]

Ah, that's what I wanted to hear. I'm still on air for now...I will be getting water in the next couple weeks and just wanted to make sure my CPU would make it. Thanks.

[zabomb4163]

my amd chips run that hot 24/7 folding

[dropadrop]

Originally posted by zabomb4163
my amd chips run that hot 24/7 folding

Yup, me too... :)