Athlon Ambient Temps

[lennytiger]

I have an athlon 1.2@1.2 (for now) and was wondering what is a reasonable temp when idle on an Athlon? Currently (as I type this I am at 43 C is this ok??

The cooler is a Super Orb but i'll be getting a CAk38 soon with delta!!

does anyone know if you can mod an orb to take a delta??!!


I am not sure about completely idle temps i will post some soon.


here's a pic to keep you happy...

[Thelemac]

Idle temps aren't going to really tell you much about how well your cooling works...you'll want to find the load temps.

[Mr.Lansing]

what a neat case!
i would get more fans...

[portorock]

If possible, swap the PSU and exhaust fan, that way the exhaust fan you have can take the hot air out from the case as opposed to the air from just above the PSU.

[lennytiger]

True the psu is useless at airflow I can cut holes in the bottom and let the hot air rise into the PSU and then the PSU fan can grab the hot air and push it out of the case this will work well and I have done a few posts on this and my case looks neat but doesn't do anything for the temps!!

[ve6jhc]

I did the PSU mod on my system. I cut the bottom of the PSU case open and mounted a 4" case fan sucking into the PSU. This fan is right over the CPU so it pulls a lot of hot air out of the case. I did notice an increase in the air temp (just by feeling it) coming out of the PSU.