Athlon 1.33 Temps

[MattLN03]

I am running an athlon t-bird 1.33 and its not overclocked yet but i was wondering what tempertatures it should be running at... I have a Dragon Orb 1 fan and heatsink on it... My current temp is about 54C, i was also wondering if this is to hot to be running my chip at would my computer automatically step down my fsb to 200mhz instead of 266? i restarted my comp after some gaming and noticed that it was at 200 and wouldnt go back to 266 until i turned my comp off for a few min and then turned it back on. Another question would be my pc probe keeps beeping at me because my+12v is at +13.1... is this bad? and is this a sign of my powersupply going out?? (its new) Thanks

[The Coolest]

ur temps seem to be a little on the hot side, is it 54C under load or idle, if it under full load then u just have to keep the benith 50C as for optimal temps, but if ur 54C at idle that could be the problem of the comp not running higher speeds untill u turn it off (it cools) then back on again. I'm not sure about the dragon orb but my ex-Super Orb did the same job as a generic HS does but w/ all the noise it put out... What is ur 5V line, ur +12 seems a bit high, not sure if its dangerous or not, but I noticed that when my comp under load and 5V dops the 12V ups... check it out.

[MattLN03]

My 5v is about 4.9... its about 54c all the time during load and idle, it might drop a little during idle but not more than 1-2 degrees. My dragon orb has an aluminum base and is made for a 1.5ghz+ athlon xp so i wouldnt think that its my heatsink. When mounting my cpu i got a tiny bit of thermal paste on the chips around the processor, i herd this can cause it to overheat so i made sure i cleaned it off completely

[demon-eater]

its your heatsink.. but you should look into getting some quiet 92mm fans for intake and exhaust... read the review on heatsinks on the home page...

[MattLN03]

What new heatsink should i buy that will be somewhat quiet but keep my cpu cool enough to stay at 266fsb

[MattLN03]

i have an intake airflow at the front of my comp and then exhaust in the back... should i add another mod fan on the case side?

[demon-eater]

a glaciar i think their still on clearance for $20 quiet and keeps my duron at 37C full load with case side off but its soo quiet you dont' have to worry about noise.. now on my other rig i have a sk6 with a 80mm fan slapped on their that isn't loud either.. but cost alittle more

[The Coolest]

My ducts:
1. T-Bird: 2 80mm fans sticked together w/ a adapter to 80mm and the 80mm duct get narrowed to 65mm & goes straight to the CPU HSF. keeps 5 C° off my T-Bird.

2. Duron: 1 80mm fan w/ a duct that gets narrowed to about 62mm and blows on the CPUs HSF keeps extra 4C° off my Duron.

If u keep ur case side closed then u will have to mod the side , make a hole in it.

[The Coolest]

Originally posted by demon-eater
a glaciar i think their still on clearance for $20 quiet and keeps my duron at 37C full load with case side off but its soo quiet you dont' have to worry about noise.. now on my other rig i have a sk6 with a 80mm fan slapped on their that isn't loud either.. but cost alittle more

Do u mean Millenium Glaciator by glaciar?
If so u now can get the Glaciator II or its light brother G-Lite that has almost same performance is same desizn but its all aluminum, and about 3 times lighter in wheight than the Glaciator II.

[steve_scott89]

From personal experiences, thermaltakes *orbs are pathetic at cooling.

The hsf's they produce are more showy then useful.

[Thelemac]

*Moved to "Cooling"*