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My CPU temperature is currently at 49 degrees celcius...is that OK or what? The motherboard is slightly cooler at 39 degrees...just wanted to know if these figures are not too high...See my sig for the rig...

No problemo, Ash... ;D...!

My AMD 2600 is ticking over nicely at 69*C (154*F)...

(Remember that the temperature has to be 100*C to reach boiling point)...;)...!

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Thanks Paul! Looked the same like Everest Home that I currently use...but I liked this one better...so I think I'm good right? Maybe Cameron or someone more experienced can further advise?

I'm assuming this is idle. For a P4 that's not too bad, but check what it's getting to under 100% load.

Newer processors (AMD 64s, X2s Conroes and the like) tend to run cooler than the older AMDs Prescotts, Northwoods etc.

My AMD 64 3700+ idles at 35C and hits 48C full load. I'd suggest running Prime95 for an hour to see how warm it gets.

Jon

I'm assuming this is idle. For a P4 that's not too bad, but check what it's getting to under 100% load.

Newer processors (AMD 64s, X2s Conroes and the like) tend to run cooler than the older AMDs Prescotts, Northwoods etc.

My AMD 64 3700+ idles at 35C and hits 48C full load. I'd suggest running Prime95 for an hour to see how warm it gets.

Jon

Indeed it is idle...I guess it goes to around 55 or so but I don't think any higher...also...when I play games, run antivirus, or anything else, my rear fan starts spinning really fast...is there any particular cause for alarm here? When the PC is idle, it runs normally...Could it be because my HDD is almost full (I have 13GB remaining on the drive that has Windows installed)...I was planning of removing FS9 which was hogging up around 35-40GB...can un-installing FS9 get rid of this annoying fan problem?

The fan spins up because a sensor detects heat and the fan is switched up to a higher speed to cool it, otherwise the fan would need to run fast all the time to assure nothing overheated.

The cpu will be generally running hotter with the fan speed on low.

Removing FS9 will get rid of FS9, I doubt it will have any effect on your fan speed.

I guess it goes to around 55 or so but I don't think any higher

Seriously, I would advise checking that. You don't want your CPU toasting itself.

As for the fan, it is better that it only runs full speed when it needs to rather than all the time.

Jon

The fan spins up because a sensor detects heat and the fan is switched up to a higher speed to cool it, otherwise the fan would need to run fast all the time to assure nothing overheated.

The cpu will be generally running hotter with the fan speed on low.

Removing FS9 will get rid of FS9, I doubt it will have any effect on your fan speed.

Contacted HP support and they said that removing unwanted applications will decrease the amount of processing power needed...and I think they were right...when I had 30GB of free space left, the fan never spun faster than normal...now I don't think it should...

Contacted HP support and they said that removing unwanted applications will decrease the amount of processing power needed...and I think they were right...when I had 30GB of free space left, the fan never spun faster than normal...now I don't think it should...

ROFL @ Dell


Deleting or uninstalling programs will not reduce CPU loads. If after you removed something the system changed they way it operated with CPU temps it was because there was a driver, service or something connected to the uninstalled software that was placing an ABNORMAL load on the system at boot.

You can have 1000GB of installed software and it is not going to change the CPU load. The only thing that will do that are programs which install running services or drivers/code which is activated/accessed at boot.

The CPU will not toast itself at 55 degress. My old Northwood has been running between 52 and 56 for the past 3 years.

Nick is right, it is not the amount of programs installed on the computer, it is the amount of programs that are running at the same time.

Lets say you have a ton of programs running in your memory raising the CPU load. I doubt those programs raise the CPU load to anything around 100%. However, you should check just to make sure.

Playing FS9 will have a bigger effect since it raises the CPU load to 100% for an extended period of time.

49 idle/55 load is a little warm but you shouldn't have a problem because of it. If you absolutely can't live with the temperature the only solution is to get better cooling.

Can you even expect good temperatures from an HP case?

Get a Zalman Personally I never let my CPU temp go above 40*C and with my clock that can be hard sometimes.

Anyway, those are fine for stock cooling, but monitor it with speedfan and if you notice that the temps are rising above 65*C on load its probibly time to change coolers. You dont want to pull a gunny on this.

Cheers
Cameron

46*C after computer running for around 2 hours (playing games for approx 1 hour and defragging for the other)

I work on the assumption that provided I have correctly applied the thermal paste to the processor as per instructions (after scrupulously cleaning both surfaces first and never touching the surfaces with the fingers)...
...and using a well recommended Cooler fan and heat sink...
..and ensuring that the case is well ventilated by its fans...

Then providing that the processor fan keeps spinning at its correct speed, there is little chance of the processor being damaged by overheating... ...!

Note: Variable speed fans run quieter under low processor load......!

Paul...in a cool mood... ...!

If I remember a Pentium 4 has a thermal diode which throttles the processor after a certain temperature..also check for dust.