My Athlon 1300 (t-Bird?) is running a little hot, touching 81degC
under load.

I was wondering about buying a better cooler, but thought for around
the same money I could get an XP 1700+

So:
- will it be much cooler? It seems early ones were rated around 50
watts@1.5v, but I gather the current model has a t-bird 'b' core
@1.6V, and I don't know the power usage for this.
- can I use it with 133Mhz SDRAM, not DDR. I guess i'll have to dig
out more details about my motherboard aswell.

ta,

rob

"robc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My Athlon 1300 (t-Bird?) is running a little hot, touching 81degC
> under load.
>
> I was wondering about buying a better cooler, but thought for around
> the same money I could get an XP 1700+
>
> So:
> - will it be much cooler? It seems early ones were rated around 50
> watts@1.5v, but I gather the current model has a t-bird 'b' core
> @1.6V, and I don't know the power usage for this.
> - can I use it with 133Mhz SDRAM, not DDR. I guess i'll have to dig
> out more details about my motherboard aswell.
>

Thunderbird 1300: 68.3W max
Thoroughbred A 1700+: 49.4W max
Thoroughbred B 1700+: 59.8W max

On 8 Jul 2003 06:45:07 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (robc) wrote:

>My Athlon 1300 (t-Bird?) is running a little hot, touching 81degC
>under load.
>
>I was wondering about buying a better cooler, but thought for around
>the same money I could get an XP 1700+
>
>So:
>- will it be much cooler? It seems early ones were rated around 50
>watts@1.5v, but I gather the current model has a t-bird 'b' core
>@1.6V, and I don't know the power usage for this.
>- can I use it with 133Mhz SDRAM, not DDR. I guess i'll have to dig
>out more details about my motherboard aswell.
>
>ta,
>
>rob

What cooler are you using? I'm going to assume it's a pretty poor
cooler, or very hot ambient temps, else the CPU temp would be lower.
Is it copper or aluminum on the bottom? I suspect aluminum, which is
sub-optimal for current generations of Thoroughbred Athlon XP.

Your T-Bird has a larger core interface to the heatsink. Swapping in
a CPU that produces a little less heat but significantly smaller core
to heatsink interface isn't a good solution, it might even run HOTTER.

Whether you replace the CPU or not, you probably need a new heatsink
and/or more case airflow.


Dave

it's a Molex radial fin cooler, it was supposed to be adequate but was
a few degrees hotter than the supplied cheapo cooler from new, and the
temperature has crept up since as dust has blocked the fins, I guess.
It's got a copper core with alumnium fins. I bought it for quietness,
my PC sounded like a helicopter before.

I think my motherboard is no good for an XP (Gigabyte GA-7ZX) so looks
like i'll go for a new cooler. I gather the Zalman flower is good and
still quiet. I'll look at the case fans too.

cheers,

rob

kony <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> On 8 Jul 2003 06:45:07 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (robc) wrote:
>
> >My Athlon 1300 (t-Bird?) is running a little hot, touching 81degC
> >under load.
> >
> >I was wondering about buying a better cooler, but thought for around
> >the same money I could get an XP 1700+
> >
> >So:
> >- will it be much cooler? It seems early ones were rated around 50
> >watts@1.5v, but I gather the current model has a t-bird 'b' core
> >@1.6V, and I don't know the power usage for this.
> >- can I use it with 133Mhz SDRAM, not DDR. I guess i'll have to dig
> >out more details about my motherboard aswell.
> >
> >ta,
> >
> >rob
>
> What cooler are you using? I'm going to assume it's a pretty poor
> cooler, or very hot ambient temps, else the CPU temp would be lower.
> Is it copper or aluminum on the bottom? I suspect aluminum, which is
> sub-optimal for current generations of Thoroughbred Athlon XP.
>
> Your T-Bird has a larger core interface to the heatsink. Swapping in
> a CPU that produces a little less heat but significantly smaller core
> to heatsink interface isn't a good solution, it might even run HOTTER.
>
> Whether you replace the CPU or not, you probably need a new heatsink
> and/or more case airflow.
>
>
> Dave