On Thursday 28 April 2005 1:12 pm, Pieter Hulshoff wrote:
Hello all,
As mentioned in the thread about my glorious cooling problems: I seem to be in a posession of a CPU that dies when it reaches 53-55C. Is it time to buy myself a new CPU, should I just get a better cooler, or should I change both while I'm at it? Any suggestions on a brand/type for the cooler?
Regards,
Pieter
53-55C is considered safe operating temps for most CPUs these days. Get both if you can afford it with an easy return policy without re-stocking fees just in case you don't need one or the other. I'd Google for CPU heatsink/fan reviews. Tons of them out there. I'd recommend going for quiet versus anything else. Also check reviews for thermal paste versus pad, etc for the critical mating of heatsink to CPU. Could be what you have is bad or not there and doesn't dissipate the heat from the CPU to the heatsink well enough. Putting fresh in there may help. Stan