Is this strange for temps to drop?

[Propilot]

A couple of days ago I installed an Alpha P3125s w/A.S. II thermal. I also had just joined Seti and starting run the cpu 24/7. (by the way will this shorten life?)
My idle temps have always been about 30c degrees. (motherboard avg. 29c) After I installed my new heat sink and running Seti, they were bouncing from 35-38c. This is my second day to run it 24/7 and I woke up this morning with my temps bouncing from 33-35c. I am using M/B monitor, found it off this sight.
Is this normal for temps to lower after you run at a certain speed and voltage for awhile? I have also heard that Artic Silver II takes a while to become 100% thermal.
Thoughts or comments?
Thanks

[Placid]

Yes I have experienced the same thing.
Not sure where you live but a drop in room temps can also cause the same effect.

[Propilot]

Originally posted by Placid
Yes I have experienced the same thing.
Not sure where you live but a drop in room temps can also cause the same effect.

Houston "hot &humid" Texas. Where the humidity is as high as the temps!

[Sohryu Asuka Langley]

i idle at a max of 31C wheather its 18C-30C air temp :)

[deez]

SETI will not shorten life of the CPU...besides by the time that CPU dies it will be outdated. I've found SETI keeps temps fairly level and helps maintain system stability. You may notice temps drop a bit more ofter running SETI a few more days...makes a good burn in

I'm in New Orleans waging a war with heat too, and temps in the comp room are never less than 78F...but thats why my system has 7 fans.

[TUK101]

Originally posted by Propilot
A couple of days ago I installed an Alpha P3125s w/A.S. II thermal. I also had just joined Seti and starting run the cpu 24/7. (by the way will this shorten life?)
My idle temps have always been about 30c degrees. (motherboard avg. 29c) After I installed my new heat sink and running Seti, they were bouncing from 35-38c. This is my second day to run it 24/7 and I woke up this morning with my temps bouncing from 33-35c. I am using M/B monitor, found it off this sight.
Is this normal for temps to lower after you run at a certain speed and voltage for awhile? I have also heard that Artic Silver II takes a while to become 100% thermal.
Thoughts or comments?
Thanks He said that he "woke up this morning" and the thing was running cooler. Well that makes sense. My comp always runs cooler in the morning during the summer, cause its about 20 degrees cooler in my bedroom lol.

[It_The_Cow]

Originally posted by deez
SETI will not shorten life of the CPU...besides by the time that CPU dies it will be outdated. I've found SETI keeps temps fairly level and helps maintain system stability. You may notice temps drop a bit more ofter running SETI a few more days...makes a good burn in

I'm in New Orleans waging a war with heat too, and temps in the comp room are never less than 78F...but thats why my system has 7 fans. Technically, it will. Heat shortens the life of all components, and running SETI or F@H will keep it toasty. I wouldn't worry about it much, though. It's only taking off about a year or two of of what, ten? By then, you'll probably have upgraded again

[Propilot]

Originally posted by TUK101
He said that he "woke up this morning" and the thing was running cooler. Well that makes sense. My comp always runs cooler in the morning during the summer, cause its about 20 degrees cooler in my bedroom lol.

That is because you live up north :o
Down south here we go to bed at 99f and wake up at 90f. Besides don't you have A/C? My house always stays at 78f.

A funny thing, I raised the voltage back up to 2.0 and am running both Seti and Prime 95 and my temps are the same or 1c cooler than running one program alone at 1.95v
Can you heat up a processor by overrunning it at not high enough voltage?

[TUK101]

Originally posted by Propilot


That is because you live up north :o
Down south here we go to bed at 99f and wake up at 90f. Besides don't you have A/C? My house always stays at 78f.

A funny thing, I raised the voltage back up to 2.0 and am running both Seti and Prime 95 and my temps are the same or 1c cooler than running one program alone at 1.95v
Can you heat up a processor by overrunning it at not high enough voltage? Good point, but that is still a 10F difference in temps. And yes, I do have A/C in my house, but we are having this thing called an energy crisis up in the Northwest and I dont keep the bedroom as cool as the rest of the house. Gotta keep that electric bill down you know:mad: .

[deez]

From what I understand more voltage=more heat given off by CPU....although voltage affects CPU stability. What are you using to monitor temps?

[Propilot]

Originally posted by deez
From what I understand more voltage=more heat given off by CPU....although voltage affects CPU stability. What are you using to monitor temps?

Motherboard Monitor 5 (MBM5)

[Propilot]

Originally posted by TUK101
Good point, but that is still a 10F difference in temps. And yes, I do have A/C in my house, but we are having this thing called an energy crisis up in the Northwest and I dont keep the bedroom as cool as the rest of the house. Gotta keep that electric bill down you know:mad: .

My bill is killing me too! I just have to bear it as I can't stand the heat.
(don't ask me why I live here then :) )

[deez]

MBM5 is not always accurate...can sometimes be off by 10C depending on board. Temp in bios is generally the most accurate.

[Propilot]

Is there anyway to read the temps in the bios when your in windows?

[deez]

no...you have to reboot

[Propilot]

Originally posted by deez
no...you have to reboot

Problem is then you have already cooled down to near idle.
How would you then compare to MBM5?

[deez]

Your CPU will not dissipate heat that fast...after several hours of stress on the CPU it only takes a few seconds to hit start--shutdown---restart then hit delete and check temp to compare with MBM

from there you can tell approximately how accurate MBM is for your board. The most accurate method is a thermal diode with external temp reading and placing directly in contact with CPU