P3 800M is too hot?How can I identify?

[jackiezeng]

I bought a Pentium iii CPU at 800 MHz
last month.Usually the temperature of
CPU is about 56 Centigrades,sometime
even 60 Centigrades.Is that abnormal?
How can I identify if so?

[Bsdboy]

That is quite high,My PIII800@1155 is running 33.6c right now crunching genome (100% load).
What type of cooling do you have?Do you have thermal paste between your heatsink and core?

Bsdboy

[This message has been edited by Bsdboy (edited 07-20-2001).]

[NDC]

It appears that you may need to give closer attention to cooling. As I know, Intel P3 800's don't run that hot. My socket 800E's were running at about 30C at idle and about 37C on max load. Never have I seen it get in the 40's. My buddy also has a dual socket 800EB setup with stock heasink/fan and runs at about the same temperature.

[Cody]

My system runs at the highest of 37 degrees Centigrade... that is when it has been on for weeks and is doing heavy processing (I do distributed.net)

Otherwise normally about 30

[Eli]

My new PIII 667 just barely hits 50C under load. Hey it's a hell of a lot better than the Celeron 600 it replaced which likes to flirt with the 70C mark regularly...