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Originally Posted by Alanmelon
In the words of (Max Bygraves?), "I wanna tell you a story"...
A couple of years ago I bought a crud PC from Time/Tiny, and subsequently tore it apart (as you do). With the original motherboard my processor temps were fairly high, if I remember correctly.
Shortly afterwards, due to a crummy power supply, and even crummier mini ATX case and motherboard, I upgraded. With the new motherboard and existing fan I was getting temps in the mid to high 60s.
Fine, got a new heatsink and fan, some nice new thermal paste, and yet still temps were in the low to mid 60s. There were, however, no side effects or symptoms, so I left it.
Two weeks ago, the upgrading obsession got the better of me again, and I thought it was time for some nice new RAM and a new motherboard, and (for the hell of it) a more expensive heatsink and fan. I put it all together meticulously, and, yep, you guessed it temperatures are in the mid to high 60s, often knocking 70.
The processor is the common factor in all of this and is an Athlon XP 2200+. Could the problem be a dodgy processor, dodgy temperature sensor, or a continued inability to fit a heatsink properly?
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