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From: dripton@netcom.com (David Ripton)
Subject: Re: what is the proper tempature of a cpu?
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In article <70bs35$u51$1@svr2.iei.net>, Vampyr <vampyr@iei.net> wrote:
>No... It can't be 70'C... that is WAY too hot.  Anything hitting near 50'C

Don't wonder -- go read the spec sheets at www.intel.com.  My P2-333 is 
rated for 65C.  It varies by S-spec (write down every single thing 
written on a new processor when you buy it, so you don't have to open up 
the machine later when you need the info), but 70C is in the right range.

>will cause some serious problems with your computer.  I have an overclocked
>300a running at 450MHz and it's usually about 32'C max.  And that's without
>adding any fans except what came on my boxed cpu and in my case when I
>bought it.

I bet that 32C reading is coming from a temperature sensor somewhere on 
your motherboard, not from one actually touching your processor.  You 
can't compare that number directly to processor specs.
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