Aaron Kulkis wrote:
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. The warning levels in the BIOS are 60/70/80. Also, I would have thought the heatsink supplied by AMD for the Phenom would be sufficient for 4 cores - but maybe not.
You would think, but I'm not wild about the fan-speeds neeed on the manufacturer-supplied heatsink with its dinky little fan.
I started using after-market fans several years ago for both better cooling and lower (quieter) fan-speeds that result from using larger-diameter fans.
The bigger diameter of the fan the bigger diameter is the spindle, the bigger is the 'dead spot' where no air is being blown -- and this is also the where the heat-dissipating part of the cpu under the heatsink is located. Ciao. -- I was very heavily into pornography. Then my pornograph broke. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org