First post, by Darkman
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so Ive recently managed to acquire a Gigabyte GA-7ZXE along with an Athlon 1.33Ghz , which Ive used to build an early 2000s machine (added a Geforce4 4600 and an Audigy2ZS for good measure), only one thing that bothers me.
Despite applying some new thermal paste to the CPU (arctic silver 5 to be exact) , the CPU temperatures are running between 50-59C (so 120-140 Fahrenheit) , 50 when idle and closer to 59 when under load.
Is this normal for a 1.33Ghz Athlon? I used to have an Athlon XP back in the day, but I honestly can't remember what temperatures that CPU ran at.
so far this PC has been running fine for several hours (as well as some gaming and 3DMark01) , but I want to be on the safe side in case I didn't apply the paste well enough, the temps just seem a bit high in comparison to the PIII.
Thanks in advance.