P4 Overheating · DIGIT-ARC

Hey guys one of thes days i checked my mums PC as it was making too much noise, opend and i saw dat d CPU was.I checked on HW monitor d temp and it was 52 C i suppose it is high PLZ suggest wat 2 do if i need to change d fan which company should i go for. I AM not lookin to spend more than a few hundred buck bcos d PC is just used sometimes. :neutral:

if possible post a screenshot of CPUID HWMonitor after using PC for sometime. if 52 is max then its ok. else get a P4 cooler locally. i guess all stock coolers for P4 & Core2 series are compatible. you can get one locally for 200-250.

i checked out in the market there r coolers of chinese make only one dat appealed to me was a cooler master one which was 150 rupees and also do i need to change d thermal paste as shopkeeper told me not wen installin d cooler mastr one. :???:

P.S i will upload d screenshot i some time

This d pic wen comp was idle was not doin nthin usually it wen i listen to music nd all while browsing it shoots to 52 C nd d PC bcoms slow at times but never hangs

irrespective of what brand it is, its better to get thermal paste. else after using for a few days overheating problem may return. you may try cleaning your present cooler & reapplying TIM after cleaning the old hardened one.

@OP- I also have a P4 (prescott), and I must say heating is its natural property

. The normal temps are around 45°C. Also the fan is noisy. I am also thinking to change its cooler.
@Sam- Any good options fro CM (under 500 including TIM)?

Why didn't you guys purchase AMD Athlon 64? :/ Pentium 4 was one overheating, underperforming and power gulping piece of junk.

reTIM the processor.

dashing.sujay said:
@Sam- Any good options fro CM (under 500 including TIM)?

there are a few from CM that look like stock cooler. seen one cooling a Pentium Dual Core inside a branded HCL. now its surely discontinued or maybe OEM only.

Well ico my old one was bought wen i was 4th grade, my father made d decisions den my new pc is a AMD X4 955 BE nyways my processor is d northwood model and i read on some sites dat d nowrthwood one is cooler than the prescott i hope der r no othr reasons for d PC gettin slow !!

My p4 temp varies from 42 to 52 degree is it normal

ico said:
Why didn't you guys purchase AMD Athlon 64? :/ Pentium 4 was one overheating, underperforming and power gulping piece of junk.

reTIM the processor.

Because I didn't know about computers then. And I'm sure that the comp dealers (whole city) would be unaware of "Athlon" (they don't keep AMD). Also I too didn't know about any "AMD" then

Sam said:
there are a few from CM that look like stock cooler. seen one cooling a Pentium Dual Core inside a branded HCL. now its surely discontinued or maybe OEM only.

Yeah I saw some stock looking like CM coolers in shop. Will Arctic Silver will be overkill for my P4?

ranjitsd said:
My p4 temp varies from 42 to 52 degree is it normal

Pretty ok if the room is non-A/C.

you can apply arctic silver but with a stock cooler it'll have minimum effect. may bring down temperature by a few degrees.

I guess this would be fine ?

yup. go ahead :smile: