[Ca$h68]

I've come accross a cool little tester to see if your chip is copper or aluminum based.... apparently aluminum sucks.. and mine is aluminum. That would explain my chip runs at 130-145 degrees F. Here is the website to get it at:
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/softwa..._Checker21.sit

Just post what kind your chip is, and what the average temp is. I'll go first.

Ca$h

[Ca$h68]

Mines aluminum. 333mhz G3, it runs at about 131-147 degrees F. It sucks.

Ca$h

[exa]

Aluminum G3/266mhz (overclocked to 300mhz), 87F, don't know why you are complaining

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[Feathers]

Mines aluminium too, and we all know how cool my machine is.

[sine -''-..-]

Mine's copper, runs at a sizzling 95°

[wlonh]

i have an aluminum in my tower and a copper in my iBook

aluminum 466MHz: 109-118 deg F
copper 300MHz: 86-98 deg F

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[Ca$h68]

Im complaining cuz I wish mine was copper. Copper is better, cooler, faster. Look at Wlonh's chips. Copper is cooler. And considering I want to overclock my chip, its gonna be hella hot. Need cooling.

Ca$h

[MacOS761]

33 whole Mhz, I think it's made of wood, or maybe plastic.

I found this, by the way http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdhpnews01
New AMD chips this summer. Note the last paragraph - Intel is the only major player still using aluminum. Comes as no surprise...

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[keyser_soze]

aluminum 233
138 F

[fletch521]

Copper, 123F, and that's the coolest I've seen for awile. Most times I'm at 135-145.

Fletch

[Feathers]

Originally posted by Feathers:
Mines aluminium too, and we all know how cool my machine is.

It runs as cool as 66F but generally around 88F - 92F

(I think the difference is atmospheric!)

[btober]

COPPER ALL THE WAY!!!

[jeffreyloaf]

Aluminum, 95 deg when idle 105 deg when reading here. btw G3 350 overclocked to 400 and maybe I'll try 450 tommorrow.

Is a replacement for the hockey puck mouse considered a modification for this formun?

I'm glad the G3s have adb so I could use my kensington turbo mouse; I did have a kensington turbo ball but gave it away because it caused pain/ to small for my hand.
Jeff

[jaisun]

Aluminum 300/300 OC'd to 333/222...runs at a near constant 95 degrees. It does however tend to heat up by about 5 degrees during the warmer weather (obviously). BTW it's been installed in a 9600 and has a fan mounted on the heatsink...probably part of the reason it stays as cool as it does.

[Misha]

All of my chips are copper, and that's a lot of Macs (and upgrades). The winner is the XLR8 400 MHz G3 Carrier, which comes in at 66 degrees consistantly. I think I'll try overclocking it to 450 or 500 MHz tomorrow.

Must be a Copper. The test doesn't recognize it, 400mhz, 80 degrees F after running all day.

DonL

G3 300 (Yosemite)
Aluminum, 31°C (in real units), or 87°F (for the uninitiated)

I agree copper would be better (much better electrical conduction @ much cooler temperatures).

If the utility doesn't recognize your processor, email the specs to the developer (see the readme) so they can add it to the DB.

I'm using a different utility.... so the results may be somewhat different. I got my spec. checker over at http://www.newertech.com/software/gauges/ and it tells what your processor is made of, how fast it is, how much RAM you have, your L1 and L2 Cache (and the ratio of your L2 Cache), the temp. of your computer, etc.

Anyway, my PowerBook G3 400MHz Lombard is currently running at 163°F--(Copper).... I've seen it reach 181°F.
My PowerBook G3 333MHz Lombard runs at about 70-95°F--(Copper).
My B&W G3 400MHz has yet to be tested... but I know for a fact that it is a Lonestar Copper PPC750.

I'm not too concerned w/ the temp. of my Lombard 400 'cause the fan will not kick on till ~195+°F and it is very comfortable sitting on my lap... feels ~75°F.

I'm using a different utility.... so the results may be somewhat different. I got my spec. checker over at http://www.newertech.com/software/gauges/ and it tells what your processor is made of, how fast it is, how much RAM you have, your L1 and L2 Cache (and the ratio of your L2 Cache), the temp. of your computer, etc.

Anyway, my PowerBook G3 400MHz Lombard is currently running at 163°F--(Copper).... I've seen it reach 181°F.
My PowerBook G3 333MHz Lombard runs at about 70-95°F--(Copper).
My B&W G3 400MHz has yet to be tested... but I know for a fact that it is a Lonestar Copper PPC750.

I'm not too concerned w/ the temp. of my Lombard 400 'cause the fan will not kick on till ~195+°F and it is very comfortable sitting on my lap... feels ~75°F.

Sorry 'bout the double post... no idea how I pulled that one off. Anyway... my Lombard 400 is running at 140°F right now. Now all I have to do is pick up a new set of rubber feet for my PowerBook... because the originals melted away (I've only had the fan kick on 1 time since I've owned the marvelous laptop).

[zac4mac]

PPC 750 or 750p (Arthur or Conan)
Aluminum Motorola (8X), ZIF card made by Daystar
400 MHz clokked up to 454.6 MHz
currently @ 47°C (116°F), ranges from 46°C to 55°C.
saw it hit 60°C once and XLR8 control panel still said "Normal"
I will be checking the top of the processor this week with a calibrated thermocouple as I am getting some low profile fans (~3/16") to put on this ridiculous excuse for a heatsink that came with the ZIF. Very little room in an 8500 above the processor.

350mhz copper G3 overclocked to 400mhz.

68°F

I put a 486 fan on my heatsink for a while but I took it off cause it was a little noisy and the chip was cool to begin with.

[OoklaTheMok]

My iMac 333 had a copper, but when my iMac DV came I found the chip was aluminum and was slightly annoyed. Haven't checked the temp though.

wlonh: word on the street is that the slowest copper g3s made are 333s, and that the iBook 300 g3s are actually clocked down. This leads to the iBook being stable at 400 MHz, at least in the one test reported on the one website I saw.

[wlonh]

which makes me wonder if copper lends itself to higher overclocked speeds than aluminum, in a general sense...

overclocking the iBook to 400MHz sounds tempting eh... got an URL to that one website you mentioned?

[iPad]

Aluminum for me.

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People aren't as dumb as you think. Wait, what was I thinking, 90% of the world uses WINDOWS!
You don't like Macs? Good, more for me.

NewerTech 266mHz G3 L2 upgrade card overclocked to 300mHz. Aluminum. 47ºC-52ºC.

try here for the ibook o/c: http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~t-imai/ibooke1.html

my Beige G3 MT is running an Al G3/366 @ 400MHz. Stable at 116F (is on 24/7).

NewerTech 266mHz G3 L2 upgrade card overclocked to 300mHz. Aluminum. 47ºC-52ºC.

iMac DV SE.

Copper, 95°F it's been running for about 72 hours.

Not bad for a 'puter with no fan.

my DV/SE is aluminum, and right now is running at 138 degrees. but it has gotten as hot as 151 degrees.

dabradda

I have a Rev. B with the iMaxPower card (copper G3 466 MHz) and it runs around 100-102 degrees. When I'm encoding MP3's it will go up to 109 degrees but that is the hottest it will go.

kreschurb

Powerbook FW 500: copper: 135 degrees or so
iBook, 300: copper, 80 degrees or so...

I have an iMac rev b 233 it is an alluminum 705 or 705p it runs between 110? and 120?

[Josh Reid]

iBook SE/366
Copper
109 F

-Josh

iBook w/ 750L revision 3.1
130*-150* F
(It's probably that hot because I live in a tropical place. aka=Hellhole)


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[Blakhawkg3]

Beige G3/266-Aluminum
87 degrees

[tioga]

iMac 350
Copper G3, currently at 95F (35C) in a room that's usually about 75F.

Copper Powerlogix PowerForce 400 overclocked to 466. Runs at a brisk 73°F

Rev.B 233 Mhz/aluminum

It gets up to 116 F after one hour of UT on the Game Wizard.

333 51º

Purple iMac Yeah!!

Er, sorry. Thats 51º C or 123º F.
Its Aluminum and still purple.

[Ca$h68]

cool! THis is my moms iMac (rev D, grape) and it has a COPPER chip! Runs a lot cooler than my aluminum POS. Hrm. Me thinks these chips are getting switched TODAY, as she isnt around. hehehehe.

Ca$h

[iPad]

A copper chip in an iMac Rev. D? How rare...

Copper G3 PowerBook Pismo. 50-60Cs I think or around there...



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Did you have your Mac today?

[SpeedRacer]

233mHz Wallstreet Powerbook
Aluminum, 127º F

Thanks for the heads up on Guage Pro Carbonized!

[blue]

b/w g3 oc from 300 to 400

copper chip 27 degrees C (80 F)

though i do have a pci fan.

[deedar]

Mine's copper (DVSE) - 40 deg C

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copper G4 400
80º i should overclock with that temp!

Just put an aluminum G3 400 on a formac carrier into an old 7500. Always running near 70C/150F or higher and has me worried. Anyone have suggestions for cooling this sucker down? Or reassuring words that running this hot won't kill the chip in a few short months?

[blue]

i'd recomend a pci cooler fan - cheap + easy to install. if you have a free pci slot....

b.

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