1.4 Athlon Heat tolerance Question

[XWarChildX]

Was is the average CPU temp of a 1.4 athlon? what is too high and what is its fail point.
Also.. i MAY overclock this puppy... so i need to know what thermal tolerance it has and where to stop.
Thanx in advance.

System:
A-Bit kg7
1.4 athlon
256 crucial
2 u-160 scsi drives
Dragon Orb 3 for cooling
Eagle Alumimun case with 3 case fans
enermax PSU at 350 watts, 2 fans on PSU
Gainward GTS Pro 4.5ns

Current temps
49 degrees Celcius Unloaded
53 degrees Celcius Under stress and prolonged Use

 

[o1die]

Your temps are about right, especially if your room temp is warm. My 1.33 athlon will drop 2-3 degrees when the a/c is cycling on and off. Nothing else to recommend except arctic silver II. But it will only drop cpu temps about 2-3 degrees.

 

[Wind]

Ur temp is OK. If system is stable...no worry.

 

[KashGarinn]

hmm.. what is the room temp ?

I use a thermalright sk6 with arctic silver II and my temps went from 46 idle - 51 max to 40 idle - 46 max

I'm using a 1333 mhz athlon @ 1500+ (can't remember the latter 2 digits)

the only thing is that I'm using a delta 30cfm.. which I hate for it's loudness.. I like my system quiet.

lapping, is that when you sandpaper the bottom of the heatsink? verification appreciated.

 

[LanEvoVI]

Yes, that is what lapping is. And those temps seem fine for a regular system. If you really want to overclock, I'd suggest keeping your temperatures under 60C (which is what i have set as the shutdown temp in my bios). Some people have temps which are in the 60's but I'm just not comfortable with temps that high. I personally don't even like my temps in the 50's. I have a 1.4 Tbird @ 1.62 and it only hits 46-47 on full load.

 

[bigdoggy]

I personally saw one go out at 82C, which does in no way indicate they will all go that high.

 

[bsauerbr]

Those temps look almost the same as mine and from what I can find in the forums, low to mid 50's C is OK. I agree with LanEvoVI, somewhere in the 40's would be ideal.

I'm running an ECS K7S5A mobo, 1400 o/c to 1540, and it sits at 54C with SETI crunching. The system is very stable.