. If I were you (and didn't use a laptop) I'd set up water cooling. Then you could overclock too. tomshardware , amdzone , overclockers , etc. On Thursday, 11 April 2002 17:52, you wrote:
Yes, I've seen systems range from about 34 up to 48... I believe AMD claims that they can run up to 70 (not that I would ever let mine go that high. I have an NFS server running a Tyan 2462 with Dual 1700MPs and they run right about 38-40. the box has been very stable and very fast.
- Herman
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Alex Daniloff wrote:
->Hello SuSE folkz, ->Recently I've assembled Web, DB and file Linux server on Tyan Tiger ->SMP2460 MB with two AMD Athlon 1500 MP CPUs. -> ->The BIOS has a nice feature to measure CPU core temperatures in C. ->Initially I used Thermaltake 6cu+ aluminum heatsinks with the copper ->inserts. I used Dough Corning white silicone heat sink paste. ->Idling CPU temperatures measured through the BIOS were at 35 and 36 C ->on CPU0 and CPU1. It's good but heat sink fans sounded like a jet on ->take off. ->I changed these heatsinks on Millennium Glaciator I (not II) pure ->copper heatsinks with built in fans. ->They came with Cooling Flow heatsink compound. ->The server became very quiet but the idling CPU temperatures raised to ->40 C on the both CPUs. ->I can't take measurements directly from from CPUs only through the ->BIOS and onboard sensors. ->Could somebody tell me please if this temperature at 40 C is normal on ->idling AMD Athlon 1500 MP CPUs, or it's a little bit to much? ->Shold I change heat sink paste, fans or just live it like it is? -> ->Thank you in advance for any thoughts or suggestions. ->Alex ->_____________________________________________ -> ->