Safe temp. for 1.333ghz Tbird?

dsmi · Jul 18, 2003

I just OC'ed my 1.333ghz tbird to 1.496ghz, with 1.85v, 11x136.
It's runs at 55-60c under 100% load. The system is always under full load, due to running Seti @home 24 hours a day. Is this a safe temp? I have a case fan, a turbine fan in a pci slot, and on the cpu, i have a Thermaltake Volcano 6 Cu.

Is this a safe temp?

altec · Jul 18, 2003

Man thoser T'bird's are hot. I dont think that 55C - 60C will kill it but it is definatley not the optimal operating temp for an overclocked CPU.

snvpa · Jul 18, 2003

I had a 1.33 tbird that I ran at 1500 mhz temps were in the low 60's at full load. It still runs to this day though it has a chipped core. I'd say don't worry bout it. as long as its stable thats all that matters.

dsmi · Jul 18, 2003

Yeah, it's perfectly stable. I've had it like this for two days, under 100% load, using it for normal stuff, and it's fine. I'm posting on it right now. It's just a little scary when I touch the heatsink, and it burns.

dsmi · Jul 18, 2003

Well, I just hit 62c under full load, so I reset it to normal speed. But, even at normal speed, it runs at 53c. I think theres something not right here. And this is a brand new chip. The fan is a Thermaltake 6 Cu.

Yuriman · Jul 18, 2003

dsmi said:
Well, I just hit 62c under full load, so I reset it to normal speed. But, even at normal speed, it runs at 53c. I think theres something not right here. And this is a brand new chip. The fan is a Thermaltake 6 Cu.

NO WONDER!! I had one of those, they dont work too good. In fact, I have a k6-3 that runs hot with one of those, I dont trust it on anything else.

dsmi · Jul 18, 2003

Can you suggest something better?

dsmi · Jul 18, 2003

I wonder if it's the Radio Shack thermal grease...
I'll get some better stuff and find out.

james.miller · Jul 18, 2003

if you applied it correctly - i.e didn't use huge amountes of it - then even as3 wont drop the temps by more than 2-3c.

http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm

^^electical specs for just about every cpu you can think of. scroll down to the t/bird 1.4ghz and you'll see that it puts out 72watts of heat

there are only 2 amd cpu's that put out more heat - the xp3000+ and xp3200+ bartons. clocked at 2.1 and 2.2ghz respectively - THATS how hot those t/birds run.

To give you an idea, i would put anything less than a Thermalright sk7 heatsink on a cpu that puts out that much heat. Better still, an slk-800 or 900.

dsmi · Jul 18, 2003

Wow. maybe it's time to upgrade to an athlon XP. I don't want to burn this thing up.

AKULA · Jul 18, 2003

A sk7 with a 80mm 50+ CFM fan should be a huge help. Make sure you have some fair case cooling as you want to get rid of all the hot air the HSF will be creating to keep that TBird cool. As an added bonus you can keep a room rather toasty in the winter time.

The lesser sk6+ would do the job as well if you can deal with a fairly noisy fan.

dsmi · Jul 18, 2003

I've got a case fan in the side of the case, and a turbine cooler in a pci slot as well.

repo man11 · Jul 18, 2003

You also have to remember that the T-bird temperature is read from the socket thermistor. So the accuracy of the readings can vary quite a bit from one board to another.

When it gets too hot, you'll know. It will simply lock up. If that starts happening regularly, back off your OC until it stops. Then upgrade to an XP, and use your T-bird to build a computer for a friend or relative who doesn't have one. They are dead reliable when not overclocked.

Metallistar · Jul 18, 2003

my non 0C'ed tbird runs 57* C full load, has been for 2 years now. the t-birds LOVE the heat... never had any trouble with the chip either. I did have it oc'ed to 1.5 ghz at one point in time, but since i got my 1700+ b, i leave it @ stock. so it should be fine

dsmi · Jul 24, 2003

I just re did the thermal grease, and the avg. temp under 100% load has dropped from 58-60, to 49-52c.

Mustanley · Jul 24, 2003

james.miller said:
scroll down to the t/bird 1.4ghz and you'll see that it puts out 72watts of heat

And that's completely stock; with the vcore bumped up to 1.85V and the 170MHz overclock he's got going, it's probably pushing more than 80 Watts.

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