Cooling the AMD AthlonXP CPU.

[kinko]

I was just wondering, I have a AMD Athlon XP +2200 (not overclocked) running with a temperature of about 50 C (with the standard heatsink and fan it came with). I wanted to know if that temp for the CPU was to high and would damage it over time.

If so, do any of you know of a good fan/heatsink that would bring my temperature down. One company I've been looking at is CoolerMaster.

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MSI K7N2 Delta nVidia nForce 2 chipset
AMD Athlon XP +2200
512 mb Kingston Dual RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 SE

 

[Gl\l0m!$h]

that temp is ok but it kinda high try newegg for heatsinks they usually have good ones

 

[Raekwon]

well, no, it wont damage your CPU, but it would be a good idea to get better than stock cooling, because most stock cooling sucks

 

[ICS]

3DMark01 - 4104

how is that possilbe?

 

[overclocker1]

i agree with raekwon, most stock coolers suck so try to get a cooler that doesnt die on you so quickly, cause i had a heatsink that cooled up an amd3000+ and it died on my with my 2400+. lol

 

[bobojuice]

Go check out newegg, you can get some pretty good coolers for under 20 bucks.

 

[ICS]

but dont cheap out

 

[OIDanTheManIO]

speaking of which, i have an AMD Athlon XP 3000+ w/ Barton Core. at idle. the temp is 60-70 degrees Celcius. sumhow i get the feeling that my mobo is giving me false readings. is it?

 

[ICS]

use motherboard monitor, or use a therm, to read the temps right at the base.

 

[OIDanTheManIO]

I just replaced my CPU Thermal Compund and I am currently using CPU CooL to measure the temps of my computer.