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- Mar 28, 2003
Hey all! I just got my Athlon 1100 TBird Palomino the other day ago, and have been playing with cooling. I had it idling at 55°C the first day, and that was probably cause I put too much AS3 on it, but I didn't play with that. Then AMD Phreak told me to use Arctic Ceramique, so I did, and applied it real thin, but enough for good real contact. That got my idleing temps down to 49°C.
My question is, why is it that everyone I know that has a TBird has temps in the very low 40s when overclocking, or mid 30s when running stock speed? Is the swiftech I'm using too much for it? Should I try using a smaller heatsink?
I ran the thing with the side case removed and the power supply out of the way of the CPU fan and it idled at 48°C. So it can't be my case airflow. It's got a nice fast well cooling fan in it. AMD Phreak uses the same cooler and fan combo on his CPU while overclocking and he idles at 43°C! I was always told that Palominos run cooler than traditional TBirds....
~C.P.
My question is, why is it that everyone I know that has a TBird has temps in the very low 40s when overclocking, or mid 30s when running stock speed? Is the swiftech I'm using too much for it? Should I try using a smaller heatsink?
I ran the thing with the side case removed and the power supply out of the way of the CPU fan and it idled at 48°C. So it can't be my case airflow. It's got a nice fast well cooling fan in it. AMD Phreak uses the same cooler and fan combo on his CPU while overclocking and he idles at 43°C! I was always told that Palominos run cooler than traditional TBirds....
~C.P.