Best Way To Cool???

[drunkmonkey]

What is the best way to cool a system on a limited budget?
No water cooling or things like that, way too complicated. I'm goin to overclock my athlon hopefully. I don't mind hacking holes in my case. Also, what is a good CPU temp, mine is 171 degrees F without puttin to much work on it or overclocking...
:beer: :confused: :eh?:
thanx a lot...

[_Will_]

171?!?!?!??! that is NOT a safe temp...are u positive this is what it is?

that = about 77C.....too high for even AMD specs

a good stable temp is at least in the 50s....(122F)


what sort of heatsink/fan are u using? and are you sure you secured it properly?

[drunkmonkey]

I'm using the manufacturer's heatsink&fan. One dy I rebooted, went into my bios, and got that temp readout.

[]-[itman]

what mb do you have? Do you have the latest BIOS? Those temps are extremely high. It's possible to run off of but i wouldn't recommend it. Did you put the hs/f on? To answer your question, get a good hs/f and get good airflow. Have a little more exhaust airflow than intake in your case. That way the ambient temp is cooler so the air the hs/f is blowing is cooler. Try getting motherboard monitor and seeing if you get the same temp read.

[Oni]

Also, you'll want to use a good quality thermal paste, like ASII, and scrape the thermal pad off.

[drunkmonkey]

Thanks a lot...:D