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- Apr 6, 2002
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- Brampton, Ontario, Canada
All right, here's the deal. I've had this P3 500 for 2 years now; bought it and put it together RIGHT on December 31, 1999.
Today, I decide, I should probably check the CPU temperature, so I do. I was astonished to see that my CPU was running at 53°C! I mean, I hadn't overclocked it or anything. I checked up on Intel's site, and the max my CPU can take is 90°C... But still isn't that really hot?
Even the motherboard's kinda hot, being at body temperature. How could I solve this temperature problem? Could it be the number of devices I have? (Try to be economical too with the answers, if possible)
Also, I decided to see how much I could squeeze out. And I like what I'm seeing. This my system right now:
P3 500 Mhz (Just retail cooling, from Intel)
Asus P3B-F Motherboard
ATI AIW Rage 128 16 MB AGP
10 GB HD
128 MB RAM (PC100 I believe)
Yada yada yada....
I overclocked through the BIOS, and was able to squeeze out 575 Mhz, while still being able to boot XP, and get results; I did get to 600 Mhz, but XP wouldn't load once, so I got scared, and went back. Plus, I was having problems resetting, so I figured I went too far. I might try the 124 Mhz / 31 Mhz setting; I used the 120 Mhz / 40 Mhz setting for the 600 Mhz CPU.
So how's my system overclocking? Generally good?
Also, I know numbers aren't everything. Are there utilities out there to give my CPU the works, see if it can handle what I throw at it while still being STABLE?
Finally, should I go further? Remember, I plan on going with no kind of cooling, whatsoever. Thanks for your responses. I've included a text file of my results. Post if you want it in a different format. I have an Excel file too, with the graphs and stuff, but the text file is easy to convert for yourselves.
P.S. On a side note, I plan on perhaps upgrading my RAM, adding either another 128 or 256 MB. Do you guys think I should buy it now, or wait a while, save up the money, and buy a new comp?
Today, I decide, I should probably check the CPU temperature, so I do. I was astonished to see that my CPU was running at 53°C! I mean, I hadn't overclocked it or anything. I checked up on Intel's site, and the max my CPU can take is 90°C... But still isn't that really hot?
Even the motherboard's kinda hot, being at body temperature. How could I solve this temperature problem? Could it be the number of devices I have? (Try to be economical too with the answers, if possible)
Also, I decided to see how much I could squeeze out. And I like what I'm seeing. This my system right now:
P3 500 Mhz (Just retail cooling, from Intel)
Asus P3B-F Motherboard
ATI AIW Rage 128 16 MB AGP
10 GB HD
128 MB RAM (PC100 I believe)
Yada yada yada....
I overclocked through the BIOS, and was able to squeeze out 575 Mhz, while still being able to boot XP, and get results; I did get to 600 Mhz, but XP wouldn't load once, so I got scared, and went back. Plus, I was having problems resetting, so I figured I went too far. I might try the 124 Mhz / 31 Mhz setting; I used the 120 Mhz / 40 Mhz setting for the 600 Mhz CPU.
So how's my system overclocking? Generally good?
Also, I know numbers aren't everything. Are there utilities out there to give my CPU the works, see if it can handle what I throw at it while still being STABLE?
Finally, should I go further? Remember, I plan on going with no kind of cooling, whatsoever. Thanks for your responses. I've included a text file of my results. Post if you want it in a different format. I have an Excel file too, with the graphs and stuff, but the text file is easy to convert for yourselves.
P.S. On a side note, I plan on perhaps upgrading my RAM, adding either another 128 or 256 MB. Do you guys think I should buy it now, or wait a while, save up the money, and buy a new comp?