What should the cpu temp be at

[ledzephippy]

Hi, I was wondering what the average cpu temp is on a 3.4 ghz 1mb cache pentium 4, or a web site I could look at with that information.
Thanks

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Have a look over here. Yours might be at the bottom.

 

[ElementalDragon]

uuh.... i doubt it's the one at the bottom. that says only up to 1.8Ghz.

Led, i'm not sure about yours, but i have my P4 2.4C overclocked to 3.0, and my temp still hasn't gone much over like 42-43 during idle, and about 52 during gaming, like CS: Source and UT2004. but that could also be my fan too, since i'm not using stock. i think it should probably be around that temp. don't entirely take my word for it though, since mine is probably a different model P4 than yours, which might run either hotter or cooler. maybe someone else has the same one and could give you some insight.

 

[LeeJend]

What your CPU temp will be depends on your room temperature, your internal case temperature and how good your cooling solution is (CPU Fan).

40-55 deg C at normal load, 5 deg higher with heavy use (gaming, folding, etc).

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Further down......next one.

Try this>> Chris Hare's Processor Electrical Specifications .

That's a link just below again.

My temps are much the same as yours ElementalDragon. I had to back mine off to just over 3.0ghz. Must have some dogdy ram.

 

[ElementalDragon]

wait........ there's 2 different P4 2.4C's that run at a slightly different core voltage? so..... does that mean that maybe upping my voltage a hair might NOT affect the heat from other stuff too much?

 

[Steevo]

With stock cooling?

113 deg to 120 deg idle
140 deg to 158 deg full

This was from a 3.4 Prescott core LGA 775 with the stock Intel cooling.

 

[ledzephippy]

Ya with stock cooling. My temps match up with Steevos reply, I believe that I am in the right ballpark. Thanks!

 

[Mainframeguy]

wait........ there's 2 different P4 2.4C's that run at a slightly different core voltage? so..... does that mean that maybe upping my voltage a hair might NOT affect the heat from other stuff too much?

I would seriously doubt that - probably different size build in the chip (90 nM versus 130 micron or whatever)

 

[ElementalDragon]

well... what i meant by that is some people say that upping your core voltage even just a hair can sometimes greatly increase heat produced even by stuff AROUND the processor.

 

[ledzephippy]

Voltage times Current = Watts. Watts = Heat so yes your temp would rise elementaldragon.