Case Temperature

[Lanther]

What is the "ideal" temperature inside of a case and what would a damaging temp be?

 

[Praetor]

Anything less than 65ºC shouldnt be a problem. Only start worrying if it goes above 70°C

 

[Lanther]

how much above 70?

 

[Praetor]

Anything. I worry after my temps go over 55º but you really dont have to worry until it's over 69.9º

 

[Lanther]

mine is holding steady around 71 guess i better go get me another case fan

 

[Praetor]

Case fan only does so much -- id look into a better HSF

 

[Lanther]

any suggestions?

 

[Praetor]

THermaltake Polo 735

 

[Lanther]

got a thermaltake volcano on there right now

 

[Praetor]

Which volcano? THe older ones suck ass and are highly dependent on the ambient temp too

 

[Lanther]

not sure is only about 6 mths old

 

[72montecarlo]

Lanther , you were asking at the beginning of this thread what the ideal temperature in a case would be. Surely its not 70 degrees celsius. If a amd cpu reaches those temperatures for extended periods of time damage to the chip will most likely result. If anything your referring to the cpu and if so thats very hot. If the ambient temp was that hot in the case surely the cpu would be nearing 90 degrees celsius which is just rediculous.

 

[Praetor]

If the ambient temp was that hot in the case surely the cpu would be nearing 90 degrees celsius which is just rediculous.

LOL yeah i forgot about that Indeed there's definitely a problem if your case temp is 70°