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VK4PKT > CPU 28.05.03 10:04l 70 Lines 3232 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Athlon CPU temp ?
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Sent: 030529/0414Z @:VK4WIE.#BNE.QLD.AUS.OC #:51563 [Brisbane] FBB7.00g
From: VK4PKT@VK4WIE.#BNE.QLD.AUS.OC
To : CPU@WW
Hi All
4 Athlon based machines here, first let me specify I run seti@home on all
machines 24 hours a day 7 days a week on a quite serious level being in
the top .05% of seti processors world wide. So suffice it to say all my
quoted temperatures are at 100% CPU load as are the machines here all the
time. You could drop another 6 to 8 degrees off these temperatures were
the machines to ever sit idle. I live in Brisbane Australia where summer
temperatures range from 30 to 40 deg C plus during summer
Machine 1 XP 2000+ in an Asus A7V333 motherboard, Corsair XMS Ram, GForce
4Ti Video blah blah (won't go into the case lighting etc lol). CPU Cooler
is a Solid Copper Volcano 7+ constantly on mid speed. Working Temp 52§ C.
Machine clocks happily to the level of an XP 2400+ with full stability and
an increase of 4 deg.
Machine 2 is a clone of Machine 2 but with a Volcano 9 thermo sensitive
alloy cooler with copper insert. Working temperature 52§ C
Machine 3 XP 1600+ in an Jetway JV-266B motherboard standard AMD cooler
working temperature 49§ C
Machine 4 Thunderbird 1200 in an Asus A7V 133 Motherboard with Volcano 9
Cooler set to 3750rpm, working temperature 54§ C
All machines are built in large "Eagle LONG mid tower cases" Each case is
fitted with one single Thermaltake A1214 exhaust fan mounted at the rear
blowing out. These fans are temperature sensitive and flow up to 70cfm of
air. All wiring in each case is loomed in automotive split looming and all
CPU coolers are attached to the CPU's with Artic Silver II heatsink
compound contaning 98% Wet weight of silver and which will in fact due to
it's conductive qualities actually void your CPU warrenty from Intel or
AMD so needless to say extreme care is the order of the day when
applying!! The performance is however simply not to be matched by any
other thermal compound and may make as much as 5§ difference in
temperatures over the standard "thermal tab" that comes standard on most
coolers.
So final sum up says. Cool high performance and fully reliable AMD based
PC's have been well possible for me given a little thought, research and
care in construction. Yes it takes a little time but then excuse me but
aren't we radio amateurs? It's worth the effort as while the AMD no longer
enjoys a performance edge on the latest PIV 800Mhz FSB machines they can
still just about match them at a great price advantage if you "roll your
own" and don't buy a store bought item. Provided you actually NEED that
sort of horse power in the first place of course :))
P.S. MAchine 1 was for a time liquid cooled and did indeed run several
degrees cooler and much quieter. However problems with electolysis from
dissimilar metals even running an inhibitor in the cooling components
caused constant blockages on the water galleries in the water block (what
passes for a CPU cooler in water cooling) and in the end I found it easier
to change back to high quality air cooling and cop the hit in the form of
extra ambient fan noise.
OK that my experiences.
Interesting thread
73 - Ari, VK4PKT @ VK4WIE-1
ax25 :- vk4pkt@vk4wie.#bne.qld.aus.oc
email :- vk4pkt@optusnet.com.au
Message timed: 18:00 on 2003-May-28
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