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35904	2002-02-16 11:04:00	After reading the 50+ posts over the PC Company's quality - glue, temps, etc. I would like to find a way to measure the temp of my 1 month old PC Company P4 1.6ghz. Can some one link me to an accurate temp programme. Also what would be a good temp for my machine to be running at? Cheers	Guest (0)
35905	2002-02-16 11:37:00	Hi Matt, Running a PC Co Amd 1.2, 256mb ram, with no glue or strings attached. Try www.vcool.de for a sys and cpu temp measuring tool. It appears to be accurate. According to vcool, my cpu is normally 28 - 40, up to 60 on some games. Sys is normally 25 - 35 deg. I dont know if thats what it should be, but it gives you something to benchmark against. I think I remember reading in the book that came with the mobo, that about 70 deg was desired max. Cheers.	Guest (0)
35906	2002-02-16 12:08:00	Hi, Motherboard Monitor 5 is definately the best program for keeping an eye on your hardware... you can measure everything from fan speeds, to CPU temp, and it can shut down your PC if anything exceeds your limits As for what is a healthy temp, I'd not let a P4 over 60... But yours is likely more like 65-70... Take a look. If it is high, get a bigger fan, put in an intake fan, and get a HUGE PSU (like a 400W), your P4 needs to catch up on what it has missed out on with it's 230W job... :) Erin By the way Matt, I don't think I've helped you before, so just remember I'm a male... No-one ever gets it right :(	Guest (0)
35907	2002-02-16 14:49:00	Lol, Erin..... how many times have you had to tell ppl you are a guy, I wouldn't bother. You never know, some hunk might send you some chocolates for helping him!!!	Guest (0)
35908	2002-02-16 22:52:00	vcool is also a cpu cooling prog. i suggest you uninstall it then use MBM to do some temp readings. useing a cooling prog will give you inaccurate temp readings ie to cold. vcool should be ok for normal use, but for testing purposes it pays to have any cpu cooler progs uninstalled.	Guest (0)
35909	2002-02-16 23:01:00	Ok im a rookie at this whole comp thing but have had my Pc Company comp since march,it has a AMD Athlon 900 Processor???, Ram 64mb, now the temp that mine is running at is CPU-86 degrees Farenheit or 30 degrees celcuis and System-80 degrees Farenheit or 27 degrees celcuis is this an acceptible temp???	Guest (0)
35910	2002-02-16 23:11:00	Ok its me again it occassionally runs at CPU-98 degrees Farenheit System-83 degrees Farenheit is this an acceptible temp???	Guest (0)
35911	2002-02-16 23:36:00	Hi, 98 Farenheit is very low, totally OK... The original Athlons didn't run very hot, so tis isn't too surprising, if you had an Athlon XP running at that temp, I'd say you had a jug of Liquid Nitrogen handy... :) Erin	Guest (0)
35912	2002-02-17 09:51:00	A pentium 4 should not go over 30 degrees C Unlike AMD Intel has put some thought into thermal dynamics. There cooling fans are a wonder to behold and there thermal throttling ensures that the chip cannot be cooked. Should the temp go critical a Pentium 4 will step down its clock cycles. It will not crash and burn. If your machine suddenly starts going very slow then its probably gone over temp. Your motherboard should have a temp monitoring programme on the motherboard CD. Use it. As for AMD hopefully soon they will take a leaf out of Intels book. ==Orac==	Guest (0)
35913	2002-02-17 23:34:00	30 degrees is nothing....my room temp has been that not to mention a mate in oz who's had 37-40 degrees. clock cycles don't step down in desktop cpu's only notebook cpu's(intel speedstep). however intel does have an internal temp diode which will turn off the cpu at 135 degrees (according to intel). very handy if the fan should die. AMD has leant from intel and put an internal thermal diode in the XP, however it requires hardware on the mobo to use it. not many mobo's have the support for it.	Guest (0)
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