1.33 Athalon - Safe Operating Temperature?

#11

"whozix" <whozix (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

I rebuilt a system on a new FIC AU-13 motherboard, reusing my older Athalon
1.33 CPU. I purchased this OEM chip 3 years ago along with an AMD -
recommended Coolermaster heat-sink & fan. When I did the rebuild, I lapped
the large aluminum heat-sink to a fine finish, using 2000-grit sandpaper
and
cleaned the CPU die with isopropyl alcohol. I finished by applying a fine
coat of Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste, per the instructions on their
website. I installed in an ATX mid-tower case with a single 80 mm case fan
(blowing in).

Despite this effort, CPU temps range from 47 Celsius at ambient room
temperatures in the low 70's (Fahrenheit) to 55 Celsius at room
temperatures
in the low 80's (Fahrenheit). These temps occur after 15 or 20 minutes of
light operation (web surfing). I fear these temps are too high for
sustained
system health. I had hoped to achieve a modest overclock with this CPU but
with these temperatures, I won't even try.

Questions:

1. Am I correct in assuming that these temps are too high?
2. Can someone recommend an affordable heat-sink/fan combo that will
significantly reduce the CPU temperature? My budget is tight ($20 - $25
US).

Thanks for any wisdom or input.

Well I have an AMD Thunderbird 1333 (I think it's the same as you have) and
you might wanna know that it's nickname at that time was: firehead (or in
dutch "Heethoofd"). Thunderbird CPU's were well known for there extreme
temperatures.

I have my CPU running for 3,5 years now @ temperatures of:

Winter: idle 55 celsisus Stressed @ 65 celsius

and during the summer days it get's worse

Summer: idle 67 celsius Stressed @ 72/73 celsius

If you don't believe me I can send you pictures of the temperatures that I
get.

So in your case I'd say you have some nice temperatures there man

.
Although you might always want to try and get the CPU better cooled.

Regards,

Rubbie

#12

"whozix" <whozix (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

I rebuilt a system on a new FIC AU-13 motherboard, reusing my older Athalon
1.33 CPU. I purchased this OEM chip 3 years ago along with an AMD -
recommended Coolermaster heat-sink & fan. When I did the rebuild, I lapped
the large aluminum heat-sink to a fine finish, using 2000-grit sandpaper
and
cleaned the CPU die with isopropyl alcohol. I finished by applying a fine
coat of Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste, per the instructions on their
website. I installed in an ATX mid-tower case with a single 80 mm case fan
(blowing in).

Despite this effort, CPU temps range from 47 Celsius at ambient room
temperatures in the low 70's (Fahrenheit) to 55 Celsius at room
temperatures
in the low 80's (Fahrenheit). These temps occur after 15 or 20 minutes of
light operation (web surfing). I fear these temps are too high for
sustained
system health. I had hoped to achieve a modest overclock with this CPU but
with these temperatures, I won't even try.

Questions:

1. Am I correct in assuming that these temps are too high?
2. Can someone recommend an affordable heat-sink/fan combo that will
significantly reduce the CPU temperature? My budget is tight ($20 - $25
US).

Thanks for any wisdom or input.

My 1333 t-bird has been around 55 deg C for months with no problems.

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