Too Hot or not Cold enough?

[slayer69]

The guys in my company are always on about the current temp of thier pc's. I have a P4 prescot 2.8 Ghz which runs under full load at about 62 Degrees C.

Is this a reasonable temp? What would be the ideal temp for a P4 to run at under full load ( like playing HL2 )?

[MCT]

my 3Ghz runs on about 50c full load, thats with a 92mm Zalman CPU Fan

62 is ok , but ideally u want the best cooling u can get

[Doggie]

hmm its a lil hot for me, i run about 46c, i do suggest some more coolage

[SiMoNsAyS]

i agree with @doggie is a bit hotter but that's because is a p4.

a normal temperature can be between 45º and 55º.

[Tarun]

Just was wondering about this...

From EVEREST Home Edition.

Field	Value
Sensor Properties	
Sensor Type	Unknown  (SMBus 2Eh)

Temperatures	
Motherboard	30 °C  (86 °F)
CPU	56 °C  (133 °F)
Aux	46 °C  (115 °F)

Cooling Fans	
CPU	709 RPM
System	833 RPM

Voltage Values	
CPU Core	1.32 V
+2.5 V	1.46 V
+3.3 V	3.25 V
+5 V	5.05 V
+12 V	12.06 V

Here's a link to the case and information about it. BTX Technology

About the PC...

Field	Value
Computer	
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack	Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer	6.0.2900.2180 (IE 6.0 SP2)
DirectX	4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name	MAIN
User Name	Owner

Motherboard	
CPU Type	Intel Pentium 4E, 3400 MHz (17 x 200)
Motherboard Name	Intel Corporation D915GSE
Motherboard Chipset	Intel Grantsdale-G i915G
System Memory	2048 MB  (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type	Insyde (11/16/04)
Communication Port	Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port	ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display	
Video Adapter	RADEON X600 Series Secondary  (128 MB)
Video Adapter	RADEON X600 Series  (128 MB)
3D Accelerator	ATI Radeon X600 (RV380)
Monitor	Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]  (1448595)

Multimedia	
Audio Adapter	Creative Audigy / Audigy 2 Audio Processor

Storage	
IDE Controller	Intel(R) 82801FB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2651
IDE Controller	Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 266F
Floppy Drive	Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive	WDC WD1600JD-22HBB0  (149 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive	eM Bay Reader USB Device
Disk Drive	eM Bay Reader USB Device
Disk Drive	eM Bay Reader USB Device
Disk Drive	eM Bay Reader USB Device
Optical Drive	TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552B
SMART Hard Disks Status	Unknown

Partitions	
C: (NTFS)	147103 MB (137911 MB free)
D: (FAT32)	5503 MB (562 MB free)

Input	
Keyboard	Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse	Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

Network	
Network Adapter	Marvell Yukon 88E8050 PCI-E ASF Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Modem	SoftV92 Data Fax Modem with SmartCP

Peripherals	
USB1 Controller	Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller	Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller	Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller	Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB2 Controller	Intel 82801FB ICH6 - Enhanced USB2 Controller [B-1]
USB Device	USB Mass Storage Device

It has run between 130 - 145 degrees. Any time it gets around 140-145 the fans kick on and cool it quickly.

Get this, you have to burn your own recovery cds (Yet they give you six blank cds. HOW LAZY CAN THEY GET MAN!). It comes on a pre-existing partition. When I tried to burn it kept having an error writing a file. Turns out, 16kb of this new comp's hard drive is bad sectors.