Per Jessen wrote:
Dave Plater wrote:
It seems the cpus are outpacing heatsinks 60c is a very unstable temperature, think about it, you almost have 4 cpus in one chip carrier, except for the interface with the outside world. All this in a package smaller than a P4. The heatsink supplied is most probably made for a single or dual core anyway. Heat is the enemy of electronic reliability. Dave
I've tried to find some recommendations on the CPU-temperature, but I'm not having much luck.
If you go to the AMD site you will find the specs for the various CPUs they make and the (max) temperature at which they are designed to operate.
The warning levels in the BIOS are 60/70/80.
These warning levels are ones that *YOU* set, manually, at which you either get a warning signal or the systems shuts down.
Also, I would have thought the heatsink supplied by AMD for the Phenom would be sufficient for 4 cores - but maybe not.
Nope. They provide the minimum required but it is really up to you to ensure that the correct heatsink is installed to suit your local conditions. Cooling/ heatsinks/thermal pastes is a science of its own. Go to Overclockers.com (and similar) to find out all about heatsinks/temperatures, lapping the heatsink, using the right compound, and so on :-) . It's a new world! :-) . Ciao. -- If you want to know what a man is like, take a look at how he treats his inferiors not his equals. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org