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I have a system with an Athlon XP 2400+ T-Bred-B Core (2x133Mhz FSB, 256KB L2 Cache). I use a low end Mascool HSF (alluminum with copper core).
Typical running temperature for the CPU according to the DigiDoc program that came wtih my Chaintech 7NIF4 motherboard tells me that it runs anywhere from 50-54C while idle. I think the temperature of the room has something to do with the fluctuation. I was wondering if that it a normal temperature for an idle CPU. I get these temperatures after I have cleaned dust from the Heatsink and the Fan, and added some white thermal gel to the copper base. Before I did this the idle temp was running around 57-60C, which I believe to be kind of high. I would like to get my idel temp down to at arount 43-47C if possible. Which socket A heatsink/fan combo should I get for the task?

Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 261 Location: WisConSin

The proper operating temp (if your sensor is accurate) should be 50C at full load, you can get away with a little higher but normally get lockups and buggy behavior above that point. I can't really recommend a cpu cooler as many of mine have sucked big time but I can say the solid copper unit I got a while back has done very well. Bigger isn't alway better I guess.

If your not experiencing lockups or problems you should be OK even with your sensor saying 55C as they are not very accurate.

Good Luck

Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:10 pm

You may be able to improve your CPU's cooling by drawing more air in to the computer with additional fans.

I put a hard drive cooler on one hard drive of mine (7200 rpm and it runs HOT!) and it made a big difference.

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The case is rather smal. Its about 5.5" Wide x 14" Tall. It has a 60mm case fan on the side which draws air in and there is a 60mm case fan that draws air out on the back, right below the very little 350W atx power supply. Right now using the system for typing this message am getting a temp of 55C. Thanks for the advice.

BTW

In the original post I was about to post "am-bi-ent temperature" and the spam filter refused to post the message saying I was a spammer, as ambi*n (reffering to the sle-ep dr*g) is not allowed to be posted. But I wasn't posting anything of the sort. I was posting am-bi-ent. and now I get a private message saying not to use that word again or else. Stupid spam filter. Sad

Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:37 pm

I'll look in to it. If we need to we'll take "ambi*n" out. Thanks for letting us know about the problem.

Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:36 pm

Last summer my puter with an 2600XP clocked as a 3200 were running above 50 so I did a rat mod, a duct straight to the cpu fan and added a n intake and a outtake fan it now runs around 40 but never above 45
a relly hot day at full load.

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http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/AMD-Athlon%20XP%202400+%20-%20AXDA2400DKV3C.html

Min/Max Opearting Temperature (degrees Celsius) : 0-85

Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 22 Location: near myself

I have the same CPU and temperature in summer reachs 58-60 C with medium load. I tried to change case and cpu cooler loosing 3-4 C before it reached 62. Probably a full copper cooler could do better but it's quite expensive for this kind of CPU (60$ two years ago).

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:48 am

Time for water cooling, then. (Or perhaps liquid metal cooling, but that's new yet.)

Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 377 Location: Stuttgart, Germany

You're lucky that you have that cpu in a regular computer. I have the Mobile edition of the Athlon-XP 2400+ in my laptop and it runs at about 83°C and there is nothing I can do about it. I can't add fans to the laptop. However, my room's very hot too, and in wintertime, the temp usually doesn't rise above 69°C. Now, the display started turning green due to the heat. But as long as the laptop producer replaces all the parts that break on that laptop, I'm not too worried. I will have to sell this thing though, because the warranty will run out eventually.
Wink

They not only changed the display but also the mainboard I believe. I hope now it will last a little longer.

Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 261 Location: WisConSin

Laptop cpus are setup WAY underclocked so if they overheat they still don't crash, that sucks that the company wasn't smart enough to put in a large enough heat plate for your laptop cpu.

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Diky wrote:

I have the same CPU and temperature in summer reachs 58-60 C with medium load. I tried to change case and cpu cooler loosing 3-4 C before it reached 62. Probably a full copper cooler could do better but it's quite expensive for this kind of CPU (60$ two years ago).

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=925065&CatId=0

$20 - Two Years Later.

I purchased this heatsink and some OCZ 99.9% silver thermal gel. This should take care of my temp problems for good.