chinagreenelvis
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Hello, all. I am the proud owner of a P4 Prescott 3.0GHz processor. At least, I think I'm proud. I'm not absolutely certain. You see, I'm getting mixed feedback as to whether or not my computer is running at it's best.
I downloaded Motherboard Monitor to check my CPU temperatures. Since I own an Albatron 865pe motherboard, I can also check the CPU temps in the BIOS. I thought my processor might be running a bit hot (and the fan was loud), so I bought a Zalman 7000B-Cu to try and keep it cool. I put some thermal grease on the chip, and I'm not sure if I put too much or too little, and I'm also not sure if I should have covered the whole chip or just the inner circle, but I still have some other things to figure out first.
At 3.0GHz, the BIOS says this about my temps:
System: 46 C
CPU: 64 C
Motherboard Monitor says this:
Case: 46 C
CPU 64 C
The instruction manual for the Zalman says I should keep my CPU-Case temperature lower than 69.1 C, and that most monitoring software records the CPU-Die as the CPU temperature. It also says that the CPU-Case temperature will be about 4-10 degrees less than the recorded CPU-Die temperature.
The terminology here is throwing me way off. I don't understand why the BIOS says "system" while Motherboard Monitor says "case." Is the CPU-case the same thing as the "system" or "case?" Or does "system temperature" refer to the ambient temperature in the immediate vicinity of the motherboard?
I'm also confused because there are postings all over the internet where people claim to have an idle CPU temperature of anywhere from 20 to 40 C, but I don't know if they're referring to the CPU-Die, the CPU-Case, or the "case." Depending on which one it is, my processor could be running anywhere from totally normal to ridiculously hot!
Help!
I downloaded Motherboard Monitor to check my CPU temperatures. Since I own an Albatron 865pe motherboard, I can also check the CPU temps in the BIOS. I thought my processor might be running a bit hot (and the fan was loud), so I bought a Zalman 7000B-Cu to try and keep it cool. I put some thermal grease on the chip, and I'm not sure if I put too much or too little, and I'm also not sure if I should have covered the whole chip or just the inner circle, but I still have some other things to figure out first.
At 3.0GHz, the BIOS says this about my temps:
System: 46 C
CPU: 64 C
Motherboard Monitor says this:
Case: 46 C
CPU 64 C
The instruction manual for the Zalman says I should keep my CPU-Case temperature lower than 69.1 C, and that most monitoring software records the CPU-Die as the CPU temperature. It also says that the CPU-Case temperature will be about 4-10 degrees less than the recorded CPU-Die temperature.
The terminology here is throwing me way off. I don't understand why the BIOS says "system" while Motherboard Monitor says "case." Is the CPU-case the same thing as the "system" or "case?" Or does "system temperature" refer to the ambient temperature in the immediate vicinity of the motherboard?
I'm also confused because there are postings all over the internet where people claim to have an idle CPU temperature of anywhere from 20 to 40 C, but I don't know if they're referring to the CPU-Die, the CPU-Case, or the "case." Depending on which one it is, my processor could be running anywhere from totally normal to ridiculously hot!
Help!