Don Burnette wrote:
I just completed upgrading to an Athlon 3500 90nm winchester core,
with an
MSI Neo2 Platinum mb this past weekend.

I got the oem processor, along with a Thermalrite XP90 heatsink, with
a 80mm
( i think) fan.
I used Arctic Silver 3.

My cpu temp as reported by corecenter, and in the bios, idles around
46-48C,
and gets into low 50's under load. System temp is 25C.
This is the first time in my many system upgrades that I have had a
heat
problem. My Athlon XP 2800+, overclocked to 3200+, idled around 36c
and
only got to app 42c under load. I have also noticed even at idle, the
temp
can vary 3-5 degrees C very quickly, which I find unusual.

I am concerned about these temps. I am not overclocking the system
yet,
running all at stock ( 11x200). My case cooling is good, I have it
in a
Lian Li pc-75 full tower case, which came equipped with 2 cooling
fans in
front, and two in back. At this time, I do not have Cool N Quite
enabled.
My cpu fan is turning at 3800 rpm.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,


--
Don Burnette

"When you decide something is impossible to do, try to stay out of
the way
of the man that's doing it."

Core Center except for the latest version is not accurate. The lastest
version on the MSI website also will read high CPU temps but will give
a better reading after a warm reboot. If your system temp is 25 I would
suspect that your load CPU temp is in the high 30's or lower 40's. At
this time my temps are 35-39 with stock cooling with both Core Center
and MBM.