From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 25 3:24:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9176E37B799 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 03:21:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dialup-209.246.210.55.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net ([209.246.210.55] helo=sparky) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17MnRP-0006cF-00; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 03:20:55 -0700 From: Jud To: "FreeBSD.org - Questions" , gauthamg123list@myrealbox.com Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 06:21:18 -0400 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <2WYU5YEDSOS63OKYSZXKIOJ1VXRSPUQ.3d18441e@sparky> Subject: RE: [OFF] Pentium vs Athlon which is better MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Opera 6.04 build 1133 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 6/25/2002 12:10:21 AM, "Gautham Ganapathy" wrote: [snip] >I have an Athlon (tbird 850) running on an A7V333. AMD approved >heatsink/fan. The CPU temp often goes to around 85C and the fan is >genarally at around 6000rpm (smashed my finger on it once). is this >normal ? motherboard temp is somewhere at 50C. the temp hike is >generally when i am in freebsd or playing games in win2k. running normal >apps (ie, editors, etc) is generally not a problem. is this a problem >b/w the cpu and the mb Not between your mb and your CPU. Your heatsink, fan and case cooling. (BTW, what is the ambient temperature in the computer room?) Have a case with some room in it for air circulation. Have both intake (in front, low) and exhaust (in back, high) fans in it. PC Power and Cooling sells very quiet but effective "Silencer" fans that work well for this. Also, make sure your power supply has an adequate exhaust fan. Re your CPU heatsink and fan, there are sites, reviews and resellers all over the Web about this. While any AMD approved heatsink and fan ought to keep your CPU from overheating if the case ventilation is adequate, just below 90-95C is not where you want to be. The CPU won't die immediately, but cooler conditions may cause it to live longer and will leave more of a margin for "error" (dust accumulation, warm days, etc.). Read about how to prepare and install a heatsink and fan with thermal compound to promote heat transfer between the CPU core and heatsink. Then select a heatsink/fan that gives you good cooling at an acceptable noise level, AND IS EASY TO ATTACH OR REMOVE WITHOUT THE DANGER OF STICKING A SCREWDRIVER THROUGH YOUR MOTHERBOARD. (This latter will depend on your own aptitude with tools to some extent.;) After trying several heatsink/fans I've personally settled on the Thermal Integration TI77N, but there are likely almost as many opinions in this regard as there are custom built computers with AMD CPUs. The maximum temperature I see is around 55-56C. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message