According to AMD, the material in the Athlon is irreparably destroyed by temperatures between 94 and 97 degrees Celsius. Of course the Athlon64 could be better when it comes to this, but then it contains more transistors to heat it.
Then there's the question of what temperature dust in the air or layered on top of the processor or cooling system may start a fire at...
No, the heatspreader should not possibly allow the CPU to get that hot. a 246F CPU is not possible. So maybe its running at 119F, not 119C.
Anyways, even 119F is preaty damn hot. What heatsink do you ahve on it? What thermal grease? Are you sure it was put on right? Have you moved your computer recently. Sometimes slightly dropping your computer will make the Heatsink lose direct contact.
I personaly would never use a OEM heatsink on my CPU. I have a CPS6000 on mine. But then again, its a $800 CPU, dont mess with the warenty.
Originally posted by Ultragames No, the heatspreader should not possibly allow the CPU to get that hot. a 246F CPU is not possible. So maybe its running at 119F, not 119C.
I think your right... 119C seemed off to me as well.
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