Intel P4 Temperature

nheimler · Feb 18, 2003, 01:00 PM

what is considered too high of a temperature for a P4 2Ghz processor? my cpu runs i would say 46 degrees C when sitting idle, but after it is turned on for a while after playing games and what not it sits around 50-52 degrees C. it does cool back down after playing games but not for a while. would you say these are normal temps for this cpu. i built my little brother a machine using a P4 1.8Ghz and it sits around 40-42 degrees C. i went out and bought a cpu fan from compusa (the 20 dollar one) which i heard through the forums was pretty good at keeping cpus cooler, but it seems to hang around the same temp as the fan that came with the processor. i was thinking that my computer was over heating during games due to some lock ups so that was what i thought would be a solution.

Zardon · Feb 18, 2003, 01:13 PM

whats the temperatures like inside your rig? have you good airflow from front to back/top ?

nheimler · Feb 18, 2003, 01:27 PM

temp inside stays around 32-38 inside...usually it's about 10 degrees C cooler than the cpu is. i have a front fan pulling air in, slot fan below my brand new radeon 9500 pro card, back fan drawing air out, and a dual fanned power supply pulling out. i can put a fan on the one side of my case that is right in front of my cpu to either draw more air out or bring it in. haven't decided on that one yet.

No_Style · Feb 18, 2003, 10:34 PM

Here are my temps and I overclocked my P4 1.7 GHz. Approximately 32 C (Idle or Busy) for MotherBoard and 38.5 C for CPU(Idle). 60 C for CPU when Stressed hard after 3D Mark2001SE has been run 5 times. 53 C after gaming session (Return to Castle Wolfenstein). By the way I'm using stock cooling and open side panel with 1 case fan as exhaust. 1 blowing upwards from the front-bottom of the case.

nheimler · Feb 18, 2003, 10:38 PM

cool so i'm about right with the cooling and heat thing then it looks...usually i'm not too concerned with my systems as i've been doing this for quite a while, but thought i was having heating issues with some games i play due to lock ups with two different video cards. maybe bad drivers or something...the omega ati drivers for the cats 3.1 seem to work wonderfully with my 9500pro card....my nvidia card on the other hand works better for certain games, but i bought the ati thinking that would fix some issues i was having with i guess i'm not.

haha....i guess i just put more stress on my computer than most.

work it till it breaks

thanks for the response!

Feb 18, 2003, 01:00 PM	#1
nheimler DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 201 Rep Power: 0	Intel P4 Temperature what is considered too high of a temperature for a P4 2Ghz processor? my cpu runs i would say 46 degrees C when sitting idle, but after it is turned on for a while after playing games and what not it sits around 50-52 degrees C. it does cool back down after playing games but not for a while. would you say these are normal temps for this cpu. i built my little brother a machine using a P4 1.8Ghz and it sits around 40-42 degrees C. i went out and bought a cpu fan from compusa (the 20 dollar one) which i heard through the forums was pretty good at keeping cpus cooler, but it seems to hang around the same temp as the fan that came with the processor. i was thinking that my computer was over heating during games due to some lock ups so that was what i thought would be a solution.

Feb 18, 2003, 01:27 PM	Thread Starter #3
nheimler DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 201 Rep Power: 0	temp inside stays around 32-38 inside...usually it's about 10 degrees C cooler than the cpu is. i have a front fan pulling air in, slot fan below my brand new radeon 9500 pro card, back fan drawing air out, and a dual fanned power supply pulling out. i can put a fan on the one side of my case that is right in front of my cpu to either draw more air out or bring it in. haven't decided on that one yet. Last edited by nheimler; Feb 18, 2003 at 03:31 PM.

Feb 18, 2003, 10:34 PM	#4
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	My Temps for a 2.04 GHz Here are my temps and I overclocked my P4 1.7 GHz. Approximately 32 C (Idle or Busy) for MotherBoard and 38.5 C for CPU(Idle). 60 C for CPU when Stressed hard after 3D Mark2001SE has been run 5 times. 53 C after gaming session (Return to Castle Wolfenstein). By the way I'm using stock cooling and open side panel with 1 case fan as exhaust. 1 blowing upwards from the front-bottom of the case. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Feb 18, 2003, 01:13 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	whats the temperatures like inside your rig? have you good airflow from front to back/top ?

Feb 18, 2003, 10:38 PM	Thread Starter #5
nheimler DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 201 Rep Power: 0	cool so i'm about right with the cooling and heat thing then it looks...usually i'm not too concerned with my systems as i've been doing this for quite a while, but thought i was having heating issues with some games i play due to lock ups with two different video cards. maybe bad drivers or something...the omega ati drivers for the cats 3.1 seem to work wonderfully with my 9500pro card....my nvidia card on the other hand works better for certain games, but i bought the ati thinking that would fix some issues i was having with i guess i'm not. haha....i guess i just put more stress on my computer than most. work it till it breaks thanks for the response!