athlon xp 1700+ with volcano 7+ with arctic silver 3 at 50c.

[FlipMoeJack]

ya those temps are pretty high. Do you have any sorta ventilation in your case? Other then a PSU fan? Cuase if you have no kinda ventiliation then the fan on your HSF will be doing nothing but circulating hot air. Also when you say xp/mp/4 you do relize that, that is 3 different processors right? Which one do you have? The AthlonXP 1900+ the AthlonMP 1900+ or the Athlon4 1.6GHz?

Oh right, heh, I just copied and pasted from MadOnion.com. Its the AthlonXP 1900+

I don't think the ventilation is that great. I have two intakes, one on the side of the tower and the other in the front, and an exhaust in the back. Hopefully my heatsink will arrive soon.

[Wiggo]

Another exhaust fan would help heaps there. If you can't fit another to the rear add a top blowhole and that should vent the hot air out much better instead of redrawing the hot air back thru the heatsink. ;)
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[elrado1]

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