Last Monday 26 July 2004 00:08, Rick B was like: > 50 degrees C is not very hot, from my experience. Especially if you did > not turn up the voltage on your CPU. Most processors have thermal > cuttoffs that kick in around 80C. Under high load (~95% CPU utilization) > my Athlon 2500 that is OCed will run at about 50C and that is with the > default voltage, and that is about the norm from what I have read. > Without a load it runs ~40C. Raising your CPU voltage is what will get > you into trouble, as part of the extra power is turned into heat. Last Monday 26 July 2004 03:44, Ryan Underwood was like: > ust for another data point, I have a 533MHz Coppermine Celeron which > has been running at 800Mhz (100MHz * 8) for over 3 years now. ?Never > given me a lick of trouble at that speed. ?I did bump up Vcc by > 1/10 of a volt to ward off any potential marginal behavior. ?Perhaps you > could try the same. ?I would not recommend more than a .2V increment, > because it starts to be a rather large percentage increase. OK, the voltage is automatically set by my motherboard, so I don't think I could touch it even if I wanted to. From what I've read so far, it's possible that these processors will run stably at this speed, it's just not a guarantee, so they've been rated very conservatively. I'll keep watching for signs to the contrary. cheers tim hall
