I just got one of these babies (sweet…) but I don’t really know much about normal operating temperature here.
What is the temperature range I can expect to see?
Depending on what I’m up to, I see it anywhere from 40-50 deg. C. That was during heavy installation of windows and other programs that rely heavily on decompressing, etc.
I haven’t checked during a game yet (tonight maybe).
At what temperature is it considered too hot?
http://www.anandtech.com for cooling and performance discussions
http://www.amd.com
Technical doc 23792.pdf will give your module 4 athlon elec mech and temp spec ranges. See section 5.
For more detailed temp and cooling info see doc 23794.pdf
23794D— March 2001 AMD Thermal, Mechanical, and Chassis Cooling Design Guide. AMD Thermal, Mechanical, and Chassis Cooling Design
Guide
This document specifies performance requirements for the
design of thermal, mechanical, and chassis cooling solutions for the AMD Athlon™ and AMD Duron™ processors. In addition to providing design targets, drawings are provided from an AMD-designed solution meeting the requirements of the AMD Athlon and AMD Duron processors.
Thank you.