Decent temp for an Ahtlon XP 2000+

[Evan Joanette]

Got a 2000+ XP on an MSI board. MSI's PC Alert utility shows the CPU
getting up to 63C sometimes. Anything to worry about?

 

[Rob Stow]

Got a 2000+ XP on an MSI board. MSI's PC Alert utility shows the CPU
getting up to 63C sometimes. Anything to worry about?

Its fine at that temperature. You have nothing to
worry about unless an Athlon starts spending a lot of
time in the 80+ range.

If you are getting alerts that annoy you, the utility should
have a way to let you change the threshhold that triggers
the alert. Don't increase the threshhold too much - you
don't want to delay a critical warning or automated shutdown
if your cpu fan dies.

 

[George Macdonald]

Got a 2000+ XP on an MSI board. MSI's PC Alert utility shows the CPU
getting up to 63C sometimes. Anything to worry about?

How old is the mbrd/BIOS? I saw the same thing on MSI K7N2 mbrds with
various Athlon XPs and a BIOS upgrade then showed 34C for the CPU which was
lower than the 35C shown for system temp... which is kinda ridiculous.
Obviously people had been inundating them with queries on this and they
went too far the other way.

Bottom line: if you're sure your heatsink is well mounted, with decent case
ventilation and the system runs fine don't worry what the CPU temp shows as
as an absolute number. Make a note of it and if you have future problems
check to see if it's climbing.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

 

[Evan Joanette]

If you are getting alerts that annoy you, the utility should
have a way to let you change the threshhold that triggers
the alert. Don't increase the threshhold too much - you
don't want to delay a critical warning or automated shutdown
if your cpu fan dies.

No alerts...just curious, that's all.

Case temperature for the record shows about 32, so 30 degrees less
than CPU. I have a second exhaust fan right underneath the power
supply.