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My P4 3.0 also runs around 50 c. According to intel's documents it's fine. My CPU can go up to 75 before it becomes a problem. Check out the technical docs for your CPU on Intel's site! The thing you should worry about is the ambient case temp, this should not go over 55. The bridges can go up to 90...

DDR has a few specs few people take note of. Besides the frequency, you have to look at the following three properties as well. SDRAM CAS# Latency Selects the number of clock cycles required to address a column in memory. SDRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay Selects the number of clock cycles between addressing...

Here's the link to intel's D865PERL Technical Product Specification. http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/rl/rl_prdoc.htm

Look on page 42 for the location of the sensors.

I've been watching my own p4 3.0GHz for a while now. It usually runs around 49/42/45. Now I would like to get it down. The plan is to simply replace the two standard fans with better ones. Does anyone know where to get 80mm fans with +3000rpm and +40CFM? And no, the Coolermaster Aero blower does not...