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• Aug 23, 2005

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quick temp question..

Specs:
abit is7 mobo
p4 2.8 ghz
oced to 3010 mhz
got an xp-120 heatsync
2 mushkin 512 meg, but they are different timing i think..

temps: 41c idle and 53c high load..

any advice? i may not have been doin things right..

 

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• Aug 23, 2005

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Hi and to the forums!

What sort of cooling setup do you have? Any case fans? Intake or Exhaust?

Also make sure your heatsink is seated properly - what material did you use between the CPU and heatsink?

 

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Which 2.8 do you have? Northwood or Prescott? 53C load isn't that high if it's a Prescott.

What is the max cfm rating of the fan on your xp-120 & is it operating at full speed?

 

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Case setup i have:
lian li pc-60
- 2 front intake fans blowing directly onto 4 160 gig western digi 8mb hd's, which then goes through the case
- 1 exaust fan on the back, and 1 exaust fan on top
- all fans 80mm

PSU
-enermax with 3 fans

heatsync
-i believe the heatsync is seated just fine, i used arctic silver for the material. the heatsync is locked in properly..
I also bought the most powerful panaflo fan i could buy, (Panaflo 120mm U1A - FBA12G12U1A), the fan is running at full power, but doesnt have a sensor to sense the rpm of it.

-again im pretty sure the heatsync is locked in properly (it did take me some time to get it to lock in due to the enormous size of it), but i guess i could try it again.., also should i be using the material for the heatsync cpu that came with the heatsync or use the arcitic silver?

 

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• Aug 27, 2005

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Dude, it must be Abit man... look at my rig, we have identical temps. I'm on the stock heatsink... I just think abit reports high.

 

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im using motherboard monitor 5 to list the temps.. any difference?

also im atm my cpu usage is between 60-70% 66 processes, commit charge: 882/2461 and im at 53 c right now with all that running

 

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yuck dude... less processes the better. I have 26 atm. I use mbm also.

 

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yeah i run a lot of stuff, have too, but i guess i can fine tune them down to necessary ones, but i should still be able to run all this crap without it overheating like this..

 

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really thats not overheating at all... but just for good measure, do this word for word... then report back.

 

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Here is something I was sold from a member of the Abit forum maybe even one of thier mods. Abit=Appears Below Indicated Temps in other words temps you see are higher then they really are. I know with my AS8 with BIOS 17 the temps were 40 idle now they have redone the temp sensor with BIOS 18 my idle is 30 with a 40C load temp.

 

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I have 3 IS7s and they all report temps too high. 2 of the boards report temps about 4-6C degrees higher than expected. The one in my workstation with a 3.0C running stock reports temps similar to yours. I've had 3 different heatsinks(stock, Zalman, and Pal), and the temps seem to report 8-10C higher than expected.

 

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well i did a reboot on my system i guess something was eating up the power.. cuz now im about 47-48c max.. and idle im like 40c.. so if im 5 or 6 degrees over.. thatd put me at about 34, 35 idle and 41,42,43 tops.. does that mean i got more room to overclock? I have a northwood, and my cfm is 114.7

 

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• Aug 30, 2005

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Sure, you have a little overhead, so go ahead and O/C a bit. I would not let CPU load temps get much above low 50's though. I would think 3.2 gig is within reach.

 

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awesome thanks for the info, im gunna post the results when i get a chance to work at it.. whats the highest voltage i can allow safely on my processor and ram? i want it to be stable (obviously), also i posted here in the past my ram chipsets are two different 1/2 gig chips:

991455 Enhanced 512MB EM3200 3-3-3-8
991432 High Performance 512MB HP3200 2-3-3

running dual channel, any ideas or tips to get the most out of my ocing and computer?