Hey Robert,
I've got a fair amount of experience with warm Athlons. Here are the two
things that worked best for me:
1. A PC Power & Cooling 400-watt Silencer power supply. It's not silent,
but it's pretty quiet. More to the point, it's solid, reliable, and keeps
the innards nice and cool. PC Power & Cooling also make some nice quiet 80
mm fans if you have room in your case for another exhaust fan.
2. If you have the room, the best Athlon CPU cooler out there has got to
be Alpha-Novatech 8045. It's HUGE, it might not fit your motherboard (see
the supported list at http://www.alphanovatech.com/mb_pal_8045e.html ) or
your case (check the clearance between your CPU and anything above or
beside it), and will require a complete disassembly of your system (it
screws to the motherboard). You can take your pick of 80 mm fans for the
top of it - I recommend the Coolermaster (~ 29db). Prior to the 8045, my
Athlon averaged about 65 degrees Celsius. Now it's 45 degrees Celsius.
And if anyone working for any of the aformentioned companies would like to
give me cash for my unsolicited testimonials, I'll happily accept.
Bill Sheehan
Postmaster
617-373-7927
"Robert C.
Paulsen Jr." To: "Robert C. Paulsen Jr."
I just replaced my motherboard/processor. Had a 300mhz Pentium II and swapped it with an AMD Athlon 2000+. I am having trouble in that the system crashes after an hour or so of use. Runs all night if left alone.
I added an extra fan to the case. BIOS reports CPU at 125 degrees F, case at about 95 degrees F. Is this too hot?
Is it possible I should be using a different kernel for Athlon?
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