How hot should a P4 2.53 get?

[mr_fishbulb]

I had it up to 62oC last night after 20mins of running Prime.

Some website says the max for the chip should be 71/72oC.

It's a stock fan, but not overclocked. The case has 2 HDs in and a slow graphics card, but I've got an extractor fan on it.

Should I be worried? Had no problems before and reguarly use it for processor intensive audio/video coding and editing.

 

[Phnom_Penh]

My old willamette use to get about that, a bit high though tbh.

 

[FarFarAway]

No soujnds ok to me. They get hot them P's

 

[mr_fishbulb]

Cheers. Wouldn't have worried about it if I hadn't been bored last night and decided to check how hot it gets

 

[watertown1978]

yeah tose older p4's did indeed get hot. You might want to tink about a aftermarket HS there, those temps are fine for a P4 but to me I wanted it to stay under 55c but thats just me.

Nother thing too make sure your HS is cleaned. You dont know how many comps ( usually compaqs and dells ) ive seen that have burnt up the P4s cuz the HS was full of dust and pet hair ect. The cpu runs hot the way it is it does not need more help to stay warm. Its one of those things that most people dont do and it can cost them alot

 

[NickS]

It really depends. If it's a socket 423 based Williamette, it should be OK at those temps. If it's a socket 478 based Northwood, those are way too high. If it is a socket 478 or LGA775 based Prescott, they're fine.

Check with CPU-Z, you can get it at www.cpuid.com

Nick

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Afaik, they only did willamettes up to 2.0ghz, so it's a Northy.

 

[mr_fishbulb]

It's a 478 Northwood - but it's not overclocked as the bios won't allow anything to be changed.

What sort of temps should I be trying to get it down to?

 

[NickS]

It should be fourties load.

Nick

 

[mr_fishbulb]

Got it down to mid 50s on a full load by replacing the stock thermal mat with some silver compound.

Idles at 47. I'll be happy with that

 

[FarFarAway]

Yeah thats not too bad mate

 

[NickS]

Got it down to mid 50s on a full load by replacing the stock thermal mat with some silver compound.

Idles at 47. I'll be happy with that

Yeah, the mobo's temp sensor is prolly a bit wonky too.

Nick

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Yeah, the mobo's temp sensor is prolly a bit wonky too.

Doubt it, that would cause it to read lower rather than higher. What can be doen with northwoods, is the removal of the IHS, but its more dangerous to the chip for a northy than an amd. I did it, but I don't guarantee it.

 

[MeltedDuron]

I did a prescott IHS... I do not reccomend IHS removal unless you have an aftermarket heatsink that bolts thru the motherboard (the clips are designed for chips with spreaders, and taking the IHS off will reduce mounting pressure, which is a really bad thing)

 

[Phnom_Penh]

I did a prescott IHS... I do not reccomend IHS removal unless you have an aftermarket heatsink that bolts thru the motherboard (the clips are designed for chips with spreaders,

True, I had a Alpha Novatech on it, which was a pretty serious sink back then .

and taking the IHS off will reduce mounting pressure, which is a really bad thing)

Erm, I presume you mean that the chip will have less height? but it would also have a lot smaller surface area meaning the pressure would either be the similiar to before the ihs was removed or it would increase.

 

[FarFarAway]

No he means that the heatsink won't even make proper contact with the IHS-less processor

 

[Phnom_Penh]

No he means that the heatsink won't even make proper contact with the IHS-less processor

maybe, but pretty unlikely imo, the ihs is 1.5 +/- 0.05mm thick. The stock heatsinks provide 60+ pounds of force that added with the leeway that Intel gives for cpu height means it shouldn't be a problem.

 

[JN]

maybe, but pretty unlikely imo, the ihs is 1.5 +/- 0.05mm thick. The stock heatsinks provide 60+ pounds of force that added with the leeway that Intel gives for cpu height means it shouldn't be a problem.

Not sure if its different for Intel, but it certainly didnt work that way for my Opteron.

I popped off the IHS, and no coolers would work on it unless they were bolt-thru.

 

[NickS]

You can easily modify the retention bracket too, XMS.

If you look closely at the bracket you'll notice that the bottom has things coming out of it, like little legs or areas around the screw holes. Sand, grind, or somehow make the bottom of the retention bracket flat and any HS/F will work.

Nick

 

[FarFarAway]

Yes but the point is that I was right

And don't you forget it