Originally posted by d3c1pH3r
dear me, from all your temperatures it seems that mine might be too hot!
i got an Athlon 1200 running at idle temp of 55 deg and system temp - 25 deg
what do u reckon?
d3c
dear you.. my 1ghz t-bird used to run 50c at idle or full load. So I would say you might be alittle hot but not overboard. I am currently experimenting (3 days) with some software that takes power away from the cpu during the idle state, therefore lowers the temp. This is why mine is so low at 35c. The software seems to be working well, i havent had any performance gain or loss from it. I started using it because at 50c I felt it too hot (personally).
There have been some discussions of whether this software is good for the cpu or bad. I have emailed AMD to ask that question and I have yet to hear back from them on a firm answer (been 2 days). They are probably laughing at me...hehehe Anyways, when I hear an answer, I am going to post there email.
If you want the free software, goto
www.vcool.de and download it. This website has pretty good documentation of their software and their own forum to ask questions and things about their software. I recommend you read through the website and try to make your best educational guess on whether to use it or not. I can only say it has dropped me 15c for what I use my computer for (internet/office - no games).
Hope this helps!
