QwertyManiac said:*img130.imagevenue.com/loc91/th_25415_80_122_91lo.jpg
That's my usual 'dusty-cab' temp. And the usual 'clean-cab' temp for my Prescott 3.0 GHz HT Pentium is 67
It doesn't burn but yes, your temperature is very high for a PD. Add some fans!
where you live??utsav said:my oced P4 HT 3.06 @ 3.45GHz never crosses 62 degrees that too without AC and the normal temperature in my city is around 30 degrees and 48 degrees maximum in summers
how much boost in performace does it make as compared to stock speeds??utsav said:no dudes. the temp readings r not wrong.once the temp of the proccy reached 74 degrees as the heatsink was not fitted nicely and the pc started to slow down.this proves that the temperature readings r correct
i changed the thermal paste over the proccy and added two 80mm exhaust fans at the rear of the cabby.
my cabby has several vents like the one for proccy and a net like vent over the pci slots so i didn't used any fans to draw air into the cabby.
and i recently OCed it to 3.657GHz and the max temperature was 65 degrees.
i think the psu is a bottleneck for any further OC as the 12V rail voltage has dropped to around 11.3V .I hav a 450W Intex PSU.