Removing casing while playing..?

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Waff

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Should I remove the casing of my CPU while gaming cause after playing some hrs I found out that my graphic card is rather heated up when I touched it...

So is it advisable to open the casing while I game/surf whatever as long as cpu is on , so it can prevent my graphic card from being burnt overtime?

Will a lot dust accumulate in the com? Any other way out?

Off-topic : What should my paging file size be with 1.5gb of ram? Or should I just use the system managed size?

Why do my CPU usage go to 30-40% with just a firefox opened?! Or do a website that has a lot of flash player-operated things in it result in a higher usage cause when I browse forums it's 0-3%
 
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Waff said:
Should I remove the casing of my CPU while gaming cause after playing some hrs I found out that my graphic card is rather heated up when I touched it...

So is it advisable to open the casing while I game/surf whatever as long as cpu is on , so it can prevent my graphic card from being burnt overtime?

Will a lot dust accumulate in the com? Any other way out?

Off-topic : What should my paging file size be with 1.5gb of ram? Or should I just use the system managed size?

Why do my CPU usage go to 30-40% with just a firefox opened?! Or do a website that has a lot of flash player-operated things in it result in a higher usage cause when I browse forums it's 0-3%
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there should be no problem at all... just keep it open and clean it often... but the best choice is to buy some coolers... spending some money on coolers won't kill anybody

if you have no problems with virtual ram, then don't change it... the best value depens on the kind of tasks you run with your machine... for gaming keep it at the default value (no more fps with changing...)

that cpu usage value is normal... IMO
 
err default value = ?

Er will I be able to clean it if I leave it open , cause I'm afraid the dust accumulate at areas I can't reach with my current knowledge of com .I'm a novice when it comes to com stuff...so don't expect me to dismantle it and clean it . Where do I have to clean mainly?eg fans?
 
only take the case off to clean or change something in the computer. When the computer is on and is running a game make sure the case is on. The case takes the heat away from the cpu and video card. If you remove it you will allow more heat to stay there.
 
I believe if you open the case, you are disrupting the air flow in the case unless you put a normal fan to blow into the case. :P As for cleaning the dust, get a can of air duster to blow the dust build up in your case. The fans are usually the main targets for cleaning. If you have an IDE cable in there, that is also one of the thing you might want to wipe off.

Hope that helps. :)
 
Nvidia Geforce mx 4000

Just turn on the com , cpu temp is 37 and system 38 ...I'll update when I play the games for some while

edit : system temp 41 , cpu 37 after gaming ...even when the graphic card is freaking freaking dam hot the temp stays at 41/37 ... so what should I do cause it's really hot that I'm afraid it might burn itself overtime...

er what causes graphic card to work more? more RAM?

recently I had this problem I left the game open for 10min and return to com , shockingly found my monitor to be black so I tried alt+tab nothing happen ..then I press sleep button it auto restarted why???!

Maybe my motherboard couldn't take the ram or something? or something wrong somewhere???!
anyone knows the reason
 
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That's not hot at all. My graphics card reaches 80ºC all the time during gaming. Graphics cards are designed to get hotter than CPU's. You shouldn't worry at all.
 
It's only overheating if your comp is freezing , crashing, or rebooting on it's own. All heatsinks will feel hot to the touch don't worry about it and lower Mhz processors can cope with heat better than higher Mhz processors. A fan at the front and one at the back of the case is all you need.

Taking the side panel can cool it more if you have no case fans but it can also disrupt the air flow so the front fan air is not getting to the hardware it's going out of the side and hot air out the back is being allowed to come through the side.
 
i got 1 fan in the cpu and 1 at the side blowing in ... and 2 at the back blowing out

should be enough ...there's only once it rebooted on its own ...the monitor turned black suddenly in game and i press sleep button it rebooted

anyway does motherboard and rams colllect a lot of dust?
 
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edit : system temp 41 , cpu 37 after gaming ...even when the graphic card is freaking freaking dam hot the temp stays at 41/37 ... so what should I do cause it's really hot that I'm afraid it might burn itself overtime...
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Graphics cards are made to reach very high temperatures, your temp is not hot at all, so don't worry about it.
 
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