If I can do math right still....(After calculus, I vowed to forget it).
 
40C * 1.8 + 32 = ~104F. Not bad.

not bad huh...what would be hot? At which temp should i worry? 110? 115?

Hm....I turned the fan around to blow into the heatsink, and now it runs at 36/96 at full load. nice...i like
 
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I don't think 40C is too hot, 50C I would worry. Mine's about 40C under load [500E @ 700]. I think 130F is too hot, but under that, it's just how cold you want it, obviously, cooler is better [to a point].
 
-bZj

im oc'ed the same way (slot 1 piii)
 
i got the monster alpha hsf
it idles at 27.7/82
full load it only tops out at 35/95
 
played quake for hours and did cpu benchmarks forever
these temps are in line with what the alpha boasts

110 F was standard on my motherboard with 3 fans on my AMD system....
so it also depends on your CPU. Anyone can tell you that AMD chips run hotter than Intel. A delta of 10F for similar speed CPUs wouldn't surprise me at all.
 
My PIII 800eb@954, with LOTS of cooling and an alpha, peak at 33C/90F under full load. at Idle, it's 29C/84F
 
100--doing good
110--a bit hot, not dangerous
120--maybe add a few fans, but still not too bad
if it gets up to 130, you've got some cooling problems
 
 
Also, you must take into account ambient temperature. Unfortunately, my PC is by the heater, so when the register is open, my CPU's idle was at about 88 degrees, and peaking at 94. Without it open, it peaks at 88
 
 
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My PC is warm. I think our fire wall is acting up.

Cool. Thanks for all the replies...I have a copper hedgehog with sunon fan...It seems to cool like crazy now that i've turn the fan around so it blows onto the heatsink, rather than sucks out....8c idle, and 35 full load..
But thanks
 
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