seeklight opened this issue on Oct 15, 2003 ยท 17 posts
Cheers posted Thu, 16 October 2003 at 9:49 AM
Yves, Is 60C a CPU working temp or idle temp you refer to. AMD CPU's can withstand temps of around 75C, and most, if not all, modern AMD CPU motherboards now have automatic shutdown with the Temp set within the Bios settings. A far more accurate way of calculating CPU temp is to reckon that the CPU should run between 15C to 20C above the System temp (motherboard temp) for a properly ventilated system. This is because System temp gives a good basic indication of ambient temp (room temp). After all it is no good telling someone to keep theer CPU temp below 60C when they could live in a country that has a daytime temp of 40 - 50C ;-) One other thing, is to get a system monitor application that checks temps within Windows. Checking in the BIOS will give you no reading of what the CPU temp is "under load"...a time when heating issues may rear their ugly heads. Cheers
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