temperatures

[dino]

what temps are people running?
specs:
A7N8X-Deluxe Ver2 bios 1006
XP2500 Barton (200x9.5)
OCZ PC3200EL-CL2 2x256
Thermaltake Volcano 11 @ 3200 RPM
3 Com Lan
6 USB
Ti4200 VTD8X-128 meg
20,30 gig Max 7200RPM
LG 52x
Daewoo 40/16/48
Enermax 465
Chenming Tower
2-rear exhaust
2-front intake

34 degrees idle
44 after benchmarking or gaming
no cooling software

 

[Ed]

what temps are people running?
specs:
A7N8X-Deluxe Ver2 bios 1006
XP2500 Barton (200x9.5)
OCZ PC3200EL-CL2 2x256
Thermaltake Volcano 11 @ 3200 RPM
3 Com Lan
6 USB
Ti4200 VTD8X-128 meg
20,30 gig Max 7200RPM
LG 52x
Daewoo 40/16/48
Enermax 465
Chenming Tower
2-rear exhaust
2-front intake

34 degrees idle
44 after benchmarking or gaming
no cooling software

Are those temps taken from MBM5 (W83L785T-S Diode)or Asus probe? If Asus
Probe then those CPU temps are from the diode under the CPU (in the
socket) and not the thermal diode that is built into the Athlon CPU.

The socket temp (at full loads) will be anywhere from 10C to 15C lower
then the actual CPU die temp, either way your temps are fine you're well
under the 85C max.

Cheers,
Ed

 

[Kenny]

"no cooling software"

Keep clear of cooling software, I tried CPU Idle on a similar setup and PC
wouldn't start! Luckily I could get into Safe Mode and remove it.

 

[Ed]

"no cooling software"

Keep clear of cooling software, I tried CPU Idle on a similar setup and PC
wouldn't start! Luckily I could get into Safe Mode and remove it.

I enable the S2K Bus Disconnect on my A7N8X with WPCREDIT,
(Offset 6F = 1F) no problems at all, the PSU runs a lot cooler too, room
is cooler, fans spin slower (thermals), less dust sucked into case,
etc,etc....

I think I'm going to like an AMD 64 with that quite and cool power
stuff! ;p

Cheers,
Ed

 

[dino]

Aida32 shows diode and socket temp as being within 1 degree of each other

 

[Harry Muscle]

Aida32 shows diode and socket temp as being within 1 degree of each other

I've got almost an identical config to yours, and my diode and socket temp
are about 10 degrees apart. Run Motherboard Monitor and see what it says.
It's what most people run to check temps, so it's like the standard accepted
way. For config info, etc. check the forums at nforcershq.com

Harry

 

[dino]

MBM5 says the same...am also using Arctic Silver 3..

 

[Ken Maltby]

what temps are people running?
specs:
A7N8X-Deluxe Ver2 bios 1006
XP2500 Barton (200x9.5)
OCZ PC3200EL-CL2 2x256
Thermaltake Volcano 11 @ 3200 RPM
3 Com Lan
6 USB
Ti4200 VTD8X-128 meg
20,30 gig Max 7200RPM
LG 52x
Daewoo 40/16/48
Enermax 465
Chenming Tower
2-rear exhaust
2-front intake

34 degrees idle
44 after benchmarking or gaming
no cooling software

There are a number of factors that effect your temperatures.

Not the least of which is the air temperature in your "computer
room". Trying to make comparisons without taking room
temperature into account, well not give you an accurate measure
of your system's relative cooling performance.

As an example; two days ago it was ~80F (27C) inside here
in San Antonio, TX and my water-cooled temp (ASUS probe)
CPU 32C idle 34C after hrs of gaming. Today it has turned
cold ~20C and my CPU is reading 26C.

The point being; just posting CPU temps has little meaning.

If your concern is if you have adequate cooling for your current
settings then the answer is yes you do. If you are trying to
establish if you have enough cooling to overclock/raise the
volts to your system ; any answer would be a guess. The
cooling requirements for out of spec operation can vary greatly.

Luck;
Ken

 

[Sand57]

I've got almost an identical config to yours, and my diode and socket temp
are about 10 degrees apart. Run Motherboard Monitor and see what it says.
It's what most people run to check temps, so it's like the standard accepted
way. For config info, etc. check the forums at nforcershq.com

Harry

My A7V8X XP-2500 is running 40 to 44 (no oc) and Probe displays the
exact same CPU temps as the BIOS.
What's up? Why doesn't the BIOS show both the on-chip and
under-the-socket temps?

How can we be sure which (CPU) sensors are being used?

 

[Harry Muscle]

My A7V8X XP-2500 is running 40 to 44 (no oc) and Probe displays the
exact same CPU temps as the BIOS.
What's up? Why doesn't the BIOS show both the on-chip and
under-the-socket temps?

How can we be sure which (CPU) sensors are being used?

There's a nice tutorial on nforcershq.com on using Motherboard Monitor and
how to tell which sensor you're measuring. Basically the internal sensor
jumps in temp very rapidly in response to the load on the chip. For example
it will jump in one second from 40C to 55C when I start Prime95. The socket
temp will rise way way slower, taking maybe a minute to jump 15C.

Hope that helps,
Harry