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irseg · 01-18-2006, 04:17 AM

I know 62 Celsius is OK-ish by AMD's specs, but IMO that's primarily so they can cheap out on the stock cooling and turn people away who complain by saying it's supposed to run that hot.

My Athlon XP 2700+ used to run from 55-70C with the stock heatsink/fan, and even if I barely overclocked it, it'd crash all the time. I installed a good aftermarket copper heatsink with a much larger fan. I was able to OC it far more, and I have yet to see it exceed 48C.

So my advice would be to get a better cooler, crank up the voltage by an extra tenth in the BIOS, and call it a day.

I've done lots of soldering on various smallish electronic parts, but I'd be hesitant to mess with a motherboard. I did once to bridge a trace that had been broken by a protruding tab on a cheap case, and it was not easy at all.

01-18-2006, 04:17 AM	#10 (permalink)
irseg Junkie Location: Florida	I know 62 Celsius is OK-ish by AMD's specs, but IMO that's primarily so they can cheap out on the stock cooling and turn people away who complain by saying it's supposed to run that hot. My Athlon XP 2700+ used to run from 55-70C with the stock heatsink/fan, and even if I barely overclocked it, it'd crash all the time. I installed a good aftermarket copper heatsink with a much larger fan. I was able to OC it far more, and I have yet to see it exceed 48C. So my advice would be to get a better cooler, crank up the voltage by an extra tenth in the BIOS, and call it a day. I've done lots of soldering on various smallish electronic parts, but I'd be hesitant to mess with a motherboard. I did once to bridge a trace that had been broken by a protruding tab on a cheap case, and it was not easy at all. Last edited by irseg; 01-18-2006 at 04:19 AM..