AMD Athlon 1500 XP

[rizla]

Guys,

A bit of advise for a hardware newbie, I recently bought the above chip and am keen to know what the normal operating temperature of this chip should be, I know the official AMD statement states that it will run at upto 75 deg C, I doubt very much if any chip would be stable at this temperature, anyone know a rough guide. I have heard that the Athlon XP does run quite a bit hotter than the bog standard Athlon does, my m8 has the 1.2 and his system runs at about 49 deg C. What should I expect from the 1500 XP?

Any help, advise or newbie slagging is very much appreciated :p

Rizla

[azhari]

Welcome to the forums.

Actually the XP's run a bit cooler than the older Athlons and TBirds. But the temp is really affected by your heat sink and fan (HSF). Your XP should not hit above 40 with a good HSF, and 49 is considered borderline hot, especially since you're not ocing.

So my advice is to get a good HSF.

[rizla]

I have the asus a7a266 and I have heard that the temperature readings in this are incorrect, I am hoping this is true because no matter what HSF I put in (tried Volcano and thermalite super orb) the orb helped keep cooler by a few deg C, with the Orb my CPU temp is being reported as 52 deg C while just browsing and having ICQ open, with the Volcano I weas sitting at about 56. This is obviously to hot but if my board is reporting it wrong then it might be safe, anyone any ideas on this.

Cheers guys

Rizla