AMD 3200+ XP running hot?

[Codeman1]

I wanted to try and overclock my pc... but i got this program called motherboard monitor 5 and it says my cpu is running at 73 degrees celsisus!! that seems very high to me, and its running like that with 2 fans, one at 4500 rpm and one at 2500 rpm, its always been running like this i guess, since it hasnt changed much for 2 weeks, i don't get any lockups or freezing like alot of overheating cpus do...any suggestions???

"Codeman1" <Codeman1.2s8x78@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
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> I wanted to try and overclock my pc... but i got this program called
> motherboard monitor 5 and it says my cpu is running at 73 degrees
> celsisus!! that seems very high to me, and its running like that with 2
> fans, one at 4500 rpm and one at 2500 rpm, its always been running like
> this i guess, since it hasnt changed much for 2 weeks, i don't get any
> lockups or freezing like alot of overheating cpus do...any
> suggestions???

Ambient room temp? Case fans, flow and ventilation? Stock hs/f on the
XP3200+ ?
My wife's XP2500+ clocked at XP3200+ speeds(2250Mhz) with a Vantec Aeroflow
and 2 case fans never goes over 50-52C. And that's max for her CPU with
modest overvolting and a decent cooler. It's kind of pointless to o/c an
actual XP3200+ since they are close to max already. Gains will be small
(100Mhz or so at best), and seat of the pants feel will be zero.

Codeman1 wrote:
> I wanted to try and overclock my pc... but i got this program called
> motherboard monitor 5 and it says my cpu is running at 73 degrees
> celsisus!! that seems very high to me, and its running like that with 2
> fans, one at 4500 rpm and one at 2500 rpm, its always been running like
> this i guess, since it hasnt changed much for 2 weeks, i don't get any
> lockups or freezing like alot of overheating cpus do...any
> suggestions???
>
>

I would be tempted to change temp monitor programs. Or
verify the setting that MBM5 is currently using.

If you cannot find the livewiredev.com site anymore, there is an
archived copy of it here. Chances are, someone may be hosting
what remains of the site, but for my purposes, this page is
good enough for now.

http://web.archive.org/web/200605191...vewiredev.com/

Paul

"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message news:f502ri$b9v$1@aioe.org...
> Codeman1 wrote:
>> I wanted to try and overclock my pc... but i got this program called
>> motherboard monitor 5 and it says my cpu is running at 73 degrees
>> celsisus!! that seems very high to me, and its running like that with 2
>> fans, one at 4500 rpm and one at 2500 rpm, its always been running like
>> this i guess, since it hasnt changed much for 2 weeks, i don't get any
>> lockups or freezing like alot of overheating cpus do...any
>> suggestions???
>>
>>
>
> I would be tempted to change temp monitor programs. Or
> verify the setting that MBM5 is currently using.
>
> If you cannot find the livewiredev.com site anymore, there is an
> archived copy of it here. Chances are, someone may be hosting
> what remains of the site, but for my purposes, this page is
> good enough for now.
>
> http://web.archive.org/web/200605191...vewiredev.com/
>
> Paul

Or try SpeedFan http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

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> "Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message news:f502ri$b9v$1
@aioe.org...
>> Codeman1 wrote:
>>> I wanted to try and overclock my pc... but i got this program called
>>> motherboard monitor 5 and it says my cpu is running at 73 degrees
>>> celsisus!! that seems very high to me, and its running like that with
2
>>> fans, one at 4500 rpm and one at 2500 rpm, its always been running
like
>>> this i guess, since it hasnt changed much for 2 weeks, i don't get
any
>>> lockups or freezing like alot of overheating cpus do...any
>>> suggestions???
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I would be tempted to change temp monitor programs. Or
>> verify the setting that MBM5 is currently using.
>>
>> If you cannot find the livewiredev.com site anymore, there is an
>> archived copy of it here. Chances are, someone may be hosting
>> what remains of the site, but for my purposes, this page is
>> good enough for now.
>>
>> http://web.archive.org/web/200605191...vewiredev.com/
>>
>> Paul
>
> Or try SpeedFan http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
>
>
>

We have AMD Athlon 3000+ running at 61 deg C, which I thought was ****ed
hot. We would fit a better cooling fan to the CPU, but it's difficult to
see how it would fit with the current layout in the case. 61 freaks me
out - 73 would really freak me out!

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