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Athlon 64 temp question

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Dahz

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after re-reading the hardocp article on the new swiftech athlon 64 heatsinks http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjAx , i was curious as to why temperatures the hard reported and what im expericing were so different.

the article stated room temps were 76 degrees F

im reading an internal case temp of 75 degrees F(cheiftech dragon with 4 antec blue led fans)

and using the stock reference heatsink(its the same ajigo unit the hard ocp used)

now im runing an asus K8V Deluxe instead of the MSI KT8-NEO used in the swiftech comparison test.

anyway, here where im curious.

the article showed the athlon 64 3000+ running at 105 degrees at idle, and 165 degrees under 100% load.

im using the same reference heatsink(stock thermal pad) and getting idle tempertures of 87 degrees F and load temps of about 105 degrees F.(according to motherboard monitor 5.3.6.0)

the temps im seeing are closer to what the swiftechs in the article were showing.




now would this difference be caused simply due to the case and the airflow i have running through it?
or is there soemthing else? such as asus and msi boards reading the amd thermal sensor differently? the differences seem a bit much for simply airflow....
 
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