charliemack

I have an overclocked AMD 3100+ I just recently installed a water cooling kit from Cool Master, the same People who made my Case, I'm just curious the safe temps and what they should be regularly... at this moment my Processor Temp is 32 degrees C..is this normal?? it's usually at about 28.5... The reason i ask this is I live in my dorm room and i've hidden my computer away in my closet. I'm just looking to see if these temps are ok

hanwinting

32 is a really good temp
i oc mine 4400+ 2.2-2.7 and my idel is around 35 and load 40

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charliemack

I just moved it out of the closet kinda haning on the drawers with a side off and it's going down to 26

DrDeville

Yeah, that sounds excellent to me, though I'm not an expert. As I recall, stock cooling can get as high as 60C, expecially with Intel, and around there is where processor throttling for thermal control can start.

So I believe 40C or less is nice and safe--someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

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fstfrddy

A good rule of thumb is: if you can hold your average load temps to around 15degrees over the ambient you have a good working system, I can!

charliemack

what is above ambient, I'm still reletively new to computers. I can build em. I can fix....I can even write some code. But water cooling is brand new to me.. I saw your thread on the cooling system you put together that was awesome. i learned alot from it

DrDeville

Hi Charlie,

I think I can help you with this one.

Ambient is the temperature of the air going into your case and radiator. Generally it is room temperature.

For some reason Celcius is the convention.

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charliemack

hahaa.. well in our dorm we keep the thermos at 60 F, but i don't think it'll make it that low. It stays in my closet due to space constraints, I'll take some pictures of the dorm so ya'll can see the fun and exciting living enviroment of my computer, poor little devil

fstfrddy

Thanks Charlie, Water cooling is something I have just taken to, kind of like a fish to water. Glad to help any way I can.

Burn

I load around 45C, I haven't seen idle in a long time because this is folding 24-7. In a 21C room...

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