Getting warm

sentimal

sentimal

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:eek: My god summer is here with a bang! The temperature outside my apartment in the shade is 31C! Now this obviously had quite an effect on my computer! After about 20mins of 60-80% CPU usage my CPU temp increased from 48C (norm for working) to 62.5C! The system temp also went up from 30 (norm for working) to 40C! My case is off and the computer is out of direct sun contact but still is working up quite the temperatures! Other than installing air conditioning or a new CPU cooling system is there anything I can do to keep the temp down? I dont want to over work my CPU so I'm also thinking of lowering it from the OC 2200Ghz to the stock 1800Ghz...
Let me know
 
Well nothing interesting, just a 80' CoolMaster fan sucking the hot air out the back. I have a poor case, and if I close it, then i think my computer would melt ;)
 
sentimal said:
Well nothing interesting, just a 80' CoolMaster fan sucking the hot air out the back. I have a poor case, and if I close it, then i think my computer would melt ;)
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I'm not sure what the max temps for the XP2500 are, but I wouldn't worry about it too much. You should probably add a fan in the front of your case blowing into it....on one of my old cases I have 3 front intake, 1 exhaust, 2 blowing on the OCI/AGP buses, and a cpu fan.....it runs better with the case closed up, and the airflow is perfect. I say that you should get another fan (if your mobo supports it) and put it in the front....try it with the side on and off.
 
Set up one of those big fans blowing into the side of the case. You know the ones people use :) That should make it happy.
 
Case fans will only do so much, a better HSF is prolly what is needed
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Yeah, but a case to ambient temperature delta of 10 C isn't that great. I'd invest in a few properly placed case fans first, and then go with a better HSF is that isn't enough.
 
Yeah, but a case to ambient temperature delta of 10 C isn't that great
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10C is common ... now people with 20C deltas should be concerned but 10C is definitely common
 
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