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- Nov 29, 2003
i live in florida, and as of now we have the AC off and the windows open...so the avg temp in the house is 80 degrees or so. my idle temps are 41-42C, and load is 46-47C (ive seen it go as high as 49 once. with the AC on, its about 38C idle (low as 36 once) and the low/mid 40s load. my PC is virtually silent, i can only hear a very faint whisper from 3 feet away if i listen for it. now, this is all at 3200+ speeds. the reason why ask this is in a couple months i may consider upgrading my cooling to the new heatpipe heatsink, the sp-97 w/a tornado and 2 high powered case fans, with a fan controller to control the noise level. would this be necessary? i want to push the cpu a little more, possibly to 210x11, but i dont know what the max "acceptable" temp for such an OC would be. right now, my cpu is at 42c (2% load), and the case is 28c. when i open the side panal, the airflow from the 2 case fans feels pretty low, but then again i dont know what to expect. is 28c high or low? with overdrive on with the 9600xt, its always at its highest clock rate, so im assuming the temps are fine on the video card. would it be safe, considering my current temps, to push it beyond overdrive?