Overheating CPU core temp


Recommended Posts

I recently had the idea that my hard drives may be getting a bit too much wear from torrents and occasional reformats. I asked on the forums here for some decent HD test utilities and gave them a spin. I decided to check out a few utilities; Ashampoo HDD Control, SpeedFan, etc.

All tests came back that my hard drives are healthy enough, but getting past that and on to the problem:

In SpeedFan I noticed a core CPU temp of 64C, I knew immediately that this was bad. Normally chassis is at around 31C and CPU core at 42-50C. So I decided to check with Intel Desktop Utilities as well. Again, way too hot. I even spiked up to 75C while running mp3/chat/browser! I opened by PC and cleaned out as much dust as I could with no compressed air. Now, I'm idling at 55-62C. I don't use stock heatsink/fans EVER - Thermaltek Typhoon here. Oh and it would help if I mentioned what type of CPU: dinosaur Pentium 4 550. I had it clocked from 3.4 to 3.56 but I downclocked it for now to 3.3. PLEASE DON'T LAUGH AT ME. ;_;

So, I'm obviously going to change the paste tomorrow or next, but until then do you think it is okay to use my PC? Even more so, do you agree that it is a paste issue (I believe my build is around 3 yrs old)? Thoughts and opinions please!

Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/805852-overheating-cpu-core-temp/
Share on other sites

75C while running mild apps is pretty bad so if you computer comes under heavy use during operation (for whatever reason) it could really be a mess. I wouldn't run it until you are able to change the thermal paste again and make sure the heatsink is seated properly. Inspect the heatsink closely and give it a very thorough cleaning.

75C while running mild apps is pretty bad so if you computer comes under heavy use during operation (for whatever reason) it could really be a mess. I wouldn't run it until you are able to change the thermal paste again and make sure the heatsink is seated properly. Inspect the heatsink closely and give it a very thorough cleaning.

I added arctic silver5, cleaned the dust bunnies out and now i'm averaging 55C

Play with your voltages until you figure out a better solution. Back in the day, when I had a P4, I was able to undervolt it and run it stable with no problems. Put the fsb/multi to stock, lower voltage slowly, test, rinse and repeat. Temps should be going down slowly.

I have reason to believe I just need to add more case fans again. Slowly my cheap case fans have died, I never thought they really did much to cool the case considering the fact my heatsink is a monster(Thermaltek Typhoon) and my GPU has a beastly built-on fan as well. I suppose they actually did cool more than I thought. I did average 40ish C? before, this P4 runs hot as it is. I will first try to add three most case fans before I learn towards down-volting it. Besides 55? isn't that hot considering, right?

Its not THAT bad. Personally i would undervolt it first, cuase then there might be a chance i dont need to add more fans/noise. But its your call...

How much of a performance hit do you think I would take? I'm personally using an Intel motherboard and I'm not quite sure it allows me to change the voltages anyway...

I have reason to believe I just need to add more case fans again. Slowly my cheap case fans have died, I never thought they really did much to cool the case considering the fact my heatsink is a monster(Thermaltek Typhoon) and my GPU has a beastly built-on fan as well. I suppose they actually did cool more than I thought. I did average 40ish C? before, this P4 runs hot as it is. I will first try to add three more case fans before I lean towards down-volting it. Besides 55? isn't that hot considering, right?

I had "most" instead of more and "learn" instead of lean, might have been difficult to read. I apologize.

I totally agree with you about case fans, if they are not working then by all means replace them! My system case (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146047) has 5 case fans and my CPU (Phenom II OC'd to 3.5) is running 46C at idle!

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • Anthropic pulls Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after US export control order by Pradeep Viswanathan In April this year, Anthropic launched the Claude Mythos Preview frontier model with state-of-the-art cyber and coding capabilities for a select set of companies around the world. After preparing appropriate guardrails, early this week, Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, its most capable AI models. Claude Fable 5 is for general users and comes with strict safeguards, while Mythos 5 is designed with fewer safeguards for cybersecurity and biology use cases. Today, Anthropic abruptly suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all customers after receiving an export control directive from the US government. The company received the directive from the government today at 5:21 p.m. ET, and the received letter did not provide any details regarding the national security concern. Anthropic understands that the government became aware of a method to bypass, or “jailbreak,” Fable 5, which might be the reason behind the directive. The order was issued under national security authorities and requires the company to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether they are inside or outside the United States. The restriction also applies to foreign national employees working at Anthropic. As a result, the company has disabled both models for all customers to ensure compliance. Access to previous Anthropic models like Opus and Sonnet is not affected by this government order. The company highlighted that it had developed strong safeguards to reduce the possibility that Fable is misused for tasks related to cybersecurity. In fact, many developers are complaining that the safeguards are going overboard. Additionally, the company worked with the US government, the UK AISI, multiple private third-party organizations, and internal teams to red-team Fable’s safeguards for thousands of hours. Finally, Anthropic noted that no testers have yet been able to find a universal jailbreak on Fable 5. As expected, Anthropic disagrees that a narrow potential jailbreak should lead to the recall of a commercial model used by hundreds of millions of people. It warned that applying this standard across the AI industry could effectively halt new frontier model deployments. Anthropic concluded by mentioning that it is working to restore access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 as soon as possible and plans to share more details within the next 24 hours.
    • Brave Browser 1.91.172 is out.
    • Any Video Converter Free 9.2.3 by Razvan Serea Any Video Converter is an All-in-One video converting tool with an easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed and excellent video quality. Any Video Converter supports all popular video formats and converts your videos to different video formats including MP4, MOV, MKV, M2TS, M4V, MPEG, AVI, WMV, ASF, OGV, WEBM, and more. It supports converting videos to customized percent (50%, 100%, 200%, and more) or resolution (480p, 720p, 1080p, 4K, and more); It supports encoding videos into x264, x265, h263p, xvid, mpeg, wmv, and more. Any Video Converter Free key features: Compatible with Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 (32-64bit) User interface are available in 14 languages Convert all kinds of video formats including high-definition videos Extract audio from any videos and save as MP3/WMA for your mp3 player Take snapshot from any videos and build your own picture collection Support high-definition for both input and output Batch add videos from hard drive and batch convert Customize output parameters completely as you like Manage your output videos files by group or output profile Merge several video files into a single and long one Clip a video into segments Free Audio Filter: Adjust audio volume and add audio effects Crop frame size to remove black bars and retain what you want only Adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation Rotate or flip or add noise/sharpen effects Produce output video with subtitles of your own dialogue and much, much more... Any Video Converter Free 9.2.3 changelog: Fixed video download engine auto-update failures. Added custom speed control support in the speed change tool. Added support for downloading YouTube AI-generated subtitles. Added support for preserving original audio stream in the format convert tool (e.g., Dolby Atmos, DTS:X). Fixed other bugs and improved overall performance. Download: Any Video Converter Free 9.2.3 | 7.6 MB (Freeware) View: Any Video Converter Free Home Page | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Not sure what country you’re in but in many countries you can absolutely jail the sellers behind businesses… in fact I’d say in most countries you can do that
    • I guess we are done since you refuse to read my comment you replied to or my other comment in another thread you were also a part of here.
  • Recent Achievements

    • Contributor
      MarkHughes4096 went up a rank
      Contributor
    • Dedicated
      jordanspringer earned a badge
      Dedicated
    • Rookie
      Rimplesnort went up a rank
      Rookie
    • One Year In
      Markus94287 earned a badge
      One Year In
    • One Month Later
      Markus94287 earned a badge
      One Month Later
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      506
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      175
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      148
    4. 4
      ATLien_0
      92
    5. 5
      Steven P.
      79
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!