OEM boxes have been running 'em around 60C for years- and
they still work.
OK, then you don't want to run them above 60C.
I fried a K6-II at 60C. I know that was the temp because the BIOS
alarm was set for 60C and when I heard the alarm I shut down
immediately. That happened a couple of time which forced me to replace
the chip. I put a much better cooler on it than that crap AMD (and
Intel) pawn off as "approved" in their retail box setups. I even got
to upgrade from 450MHz to 500MHz. Luckily Directron had them for a
cheap price.
Once bitten, twice shy. I have my alarms set for 60C on my new box.
But even with the Prime 95 Torture Test I can't get much above 50C -
and that's running a retail box cooler on my Celeron D. But then I
have four 80mm fans so it is getting plenty of air inside.
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