CPU Overheating?

Zyx,
I say those temps are way in the high range. It's not just a matter of what temp will cause absolute failure--you need to be aware that high temps in that range are stressing your components.

I have a athlon XP 2100 with a Radeon 8500 with 128Meg of memory. It's in the same league as your Gforce in that it has it's own onboard fan. Anyway I'm looking at CPU temps in the 49° to 52° range and core temps in the 25° ot 30° range--- and that's about as high as I'm comfortable with.

Edited to add:
Make that a Radeon 8500 with 64 Meg.

My CPU fan is nothing extraordinary and spins in at 5400 rmp.

I'd be concerned that your CPU fan running at 6100 isn't doing a better job. Generally only the best extra heavy duty CPU fans run at that speed. I wouldn't expect to see your XP 2000 reach above 40° with that kind of fan.

What to do?
What are you using to get your readings? Are you sure it's accurate?

Did you get a good connection between your heatsink and your CPU with a good thermal compound?

Are you getting enough air flow through your case? You should have a minimum of 2 case fans NOT counting the power supply fan--And I've seen as many as 4 used.


Also,
With those tiny fans used to cool the CPU, MO core, and graphics cards--when the blades build up with dust it cuts their airflow down a lot. Get a "dust remover" air spray and clean them periodically --I use Qtips to clean my fan blades every few months.

i think one problem lies between the hs and the cpu for my setup

compound might be too little or something...

and if it werent chipped off in 1 corner of the die, my CAK-38 with delta fan could bring the temp down to 42c

Yes that's correct! >50 deg. celsius...I've encountered dozens of reports & complains from my friends. Try removing the Heatsink, Clean the surface (both the CPU & HS) and put some (as little as possible) thermal grease (Silicon compound), It works!

> The coolest solution? Water Cooling!

CB-Byte
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Pentium 4, 1.6A @ 2.24 Mhz OCe'd (Very Stable : 38 deg. Celsius Idle, Room Temp : 32-35 deg. Celsius)
Asus P4B533 (Very Stable : 32min-40max deg Celsius)
256 MB PC2100
Asus V3800 32MB
with all the trimmings...

Unfortunately I don't have a digital cam...Not yet! Hehehehe i'l get one soon.

i have a Via KT 266 motherboard. is that good? and i overclocked my cpu to a 1.6 and i stilkl have temp from about 52 on full load. Should i get a better cooler. i have the stock one on cept w/ a 6500 rpm fan.

I have a
t-bird 1.3 runnin at 1.6
gforce4 4600 128 ddr
7 "quite" fans(one squeks and is drivin me crazy.fell like i m in combat :/ )
Via KT 266 ddr
55 inch RCA bigscreen w/ vga port(hd tv)
and some glow

Yeah got my little 1.6GHZ (1900XP) running at 2.0Vcore and pressing 1.86GHZ. I am very happy with it, and it's temps hang around 40-45C idle, 50C load. Sounds like high temps but consider it's a 1.75 VCORE stock and running 2.0V thats not too shabby, thanks to www.dangerden.com H20 Cooling HEHEH