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| Thread ID: 52982 | 2005-01-04 07:11:00 | CPU Too Hot??? | jus.need.help (6704) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 310576 | 2005-03-28 02:06:00 | rounded IDE cables are one of the best things i have brought recently for my pc, way better air flow. | Prescott (11) | ||
| 310577 | 2005-03-28 03:57:00 | I checked to see if I had all the latest updates for my giga-byte board GA-8IKXW and i;m good just done know what to do about the high cpu temp. It is now spiking between 56 to 70*c. Running P4 3.2E 800mhz 1mb L2 1024 PC3200 centon Nvidia 6600 256 AGP Some specs to work with if anyone can help me figure this thing out. Been messing with this configuration for a month now. :yuck: |
Hibikisan (6778) | ||
| 310578 | 2005-03-28 05:26:00 | i think my CPU is running too hot i have an AMD Athlon Xp 3200+ wat is the basic temp mine is running around 54 - 56 degrees celcius i use EasyTune4 to check the temp I have a P4 3.2Ghz and it runs at around 40 dgrees at idle but when it is stonking along playing games and the CPU is really working it gets up to around 72 degrees. It has a Zalman heatsink which reduce the temp by about 6 degrees. However that is probably not the real temp as all the CPU's tend to get the temp wrong and overstate anyway. Have a look at some reviews about it and you find it could be up to 15 degrees out on some boards. Only way to be 100% sure is to put a proper heat sensor in it and check it that way but I wouldn't worry about your temps. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 310579 | 2005-03-28 10:39:00 | I have a AMD barton 2800+, when I first got this it was consistently getting up to 70 degrees celcius, but there was no stability issues. Still, being concerned about the high temperatures I took the system back to the store, they replaced the fan on the heatsink which dropped it a few degrees, however I've found the biggest difference made was just with time; the other day I had a system temperature of 48 and cpu temperature of 59. It makes me wonder if maybe there is some sort of run in effect with cpu's. If you are looking for good cooling I would recomend a case with large fans at the front and rear; i've found that the fan at the top and side do nothing but expel cool air, whereas the back gets some real heat pumped out. |
SaAB (1292) | ||
| 310580 | 2005-03-28 10:43:00 | however I've found the biggest difference made was just with time; the other day I had a system temperature of 48 and cpu temperature of 59. It makes me wonder if maybe there is some sort of run in effect with cpu's. Ambient air temperature is the biggest factor. If the air going in is warm and humid then the cooling effect will be very small. You should notice quite a difference between summer and winter temperatures. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 310581 | 2005-03-28 12:36:00 | There can be some burn in effect, but as BJ says, ambient temp is a big facto,r plus load and the basic output of the CPU . Prescotts for eg are known to run on the warm side . If you want to assist CPU cooling and you have the standard case confuration, a fan low down (usually front) and one high up (towards the rear) give the best airflow . Front to back will do mor for the video card, but if thats pumping out plenty which ends out at towards the top of the case where the CPU is, it's not a bad idea . If your sucking in cooler air and blowing it straight out again, you ned to clear a route for your air to flow past the heat generating components then out the exhaust fan . It's also likely the fans are not postitioned correctly . If the fans are too close together the air will take a direct route between them and do little if anything towards cooling . A decent exhaust fan is more important than intake fans, air will always get in (unless you seal the case), most cases are provided with pasive intakes at the bottom or front of the case . Seal up unused fan holes, particularly those in the rear pane (but not the ones at the front below the drive bays), you want to control as much as possible where the cooler air comes in and where heated air exits . A decent PSU and CPU HSF combo is usually enough for most systems and average use, if you have one of the hotter video cards some extra cooling on it will help especially if you play a few games . |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 310582 | 2005-03-28 19:04:00 | Just as a point of interest. I have been useing my comp for about two hours this morning. Air temp at the moment is 17 degrees. My CPU temp is 39 and m/b temp is 31. That gives some idea of how external temp affects CPU temp. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 310583 | 2005-03-28 22:40:00 | Air temp at the moment is 17 degrees. My CPU temp is 39 and m/b temp is 31. theres something seriously wrong with your case airflow or the sensors are not reading correctly. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 310584 | 2005-03-29 02:05:00 | Well I guess that is the best I can hope for it for now. The case temp stays around 20/25*c which seems pretty good but I am serching for a much larger case to allow for more air flow guess the six fans running isn't enough to do anything. Just seems I have had nothing but problems with this cpu on everything from weird windows behavior to the video errors with direct3d so I figured i just have too much of the wrong things trying to work together. Or I just lost my touch building these things and I have been at it for 5 years with awesome success. | Hibikisan (6778) | ||
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