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High cpu temperatures
Big Classy
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Yet another problem. *sigh*
I installed the new GFX card two days ago and when I checked the temperatures, Iswa the GPU temp peaking at 74C during a game and the cpu hitting a whopping 65C. Weirdly, core0 was down as 42C and core1 was at 65C. SUre;y they'd both be running at the same temp?
It's an athlon x2 64 4200 running at stock 2.2ghz. OS is windows 7. Also know that just this morning I opened up the cpu shroud and removed the fan, cleaning all dust from it and the heatsink. I removed the cpu and removed the thermal paste from it and the heatsink, reapplying some more on the cpu only.
Full specs
Dell dimension c521
athlon 64 x2 4200 2.2ghz
win 7 ultimate
sapphire 5570hd 1gb
3gb ram ddr2
280W stock psu.
One last thing, the fan at the front is blowing out cold air, like if I put my hand there it's noticeably cool. That can't be right? (its the cpu fan)
edit: fffffff it just hit 47C and all I have running is firefox and steam.
I installed the new GFX card two days ago and when I checked the temperatures, Iswa the GPU temp peaking at 74C during a game and the cpu hitting a whopping 65C. Weirdly, core0 was down as 42C and core1 was at 65C. SUre;y they'd both be running at the same temp?
It's an athlon x2 64 4200 running at stock 2.2ghz. OS is windows 7. Also know that just this morning I opened up the cpu shroud and removed the fan, cleaning all dust from it and the heatsink. I removed the cpu and removed the thermal paste from it and the heatsink, reapplying some more on the cpu only.
Full specs
Dell dimension c521
athlon 64 x2 4200 2.2ghz
win 7 ultimate
sapphire 5570hd 1gb
3gb ram ddr2
280W stock psu.
One last thing, the fan at the front is blowing out cold air, like if I put my hand there it's noticeably cool. That can't be right? (its the cpu fan)
edit: fffffff it just hit 47C and all I have running is firefox and steam.
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and the fan
Core0:57C
core1:52C
GPU:57C
That seems reasonable right? I have coretemp set up to put the computer to sleep mode should the Core temps hit 70 which is the max I'm willing to risk.
1. How much thermal compound did you use?
2. Are you certain the fan on the heatsink is operating properly?
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As for the thermal compound, I squeezed out a small pea sized amount and used the plastic card that came with it to smooth it out of the proocessor evenly.
Also I'm assuming you added the 5770 to replace the default. If you did, and if my guess about the cpu fan is correct, then this might be the issue. Your graphics card, if running much hotter than what your setup was designed for, could actually be sending hot air from the video card to the heatsink which certainly wouldn't be ideal.
Alternatively, I could drill holes into the case but that's likely to make things a lot worse. If only DELL weren't such whores I could buy an aftermarket fan and use that instead. GAH!!!!!!!
Have you thought about reversing the fan's airflow so it sucks air from out of the case though the front and blows onto the cpu? If you could rig up another in the rear to expel the air it might work. Then again, it might not help a bit.
My Core 2 Duo runs at a steady 41C when idle.
is it the kind that takes time to cure
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Hehe, yeah, crazy school project like.
Post a pic of your open case, it would help.
Really at this point it's going to be a trial & error guessing game, but some more pics of the case setup might help with the guessing.
As far as the cpu goes, I'm sure you haven't hurt it, and I'm a fan of using a rice sized amount of paste in the middle of the cpu and letting the pressure of the heatsink spread it out. As far as the thermal paste you use, it really doesn't matter.
I'll post pictures tomorrow. Would do it right now but I've been relegated to sleeping on a settee in the living room tonight. I just love having people stay over. Ugh.
Also, reapplied thermal paste, again. And swicthed the fan back the right way round.
Ths is the top end, with the HDD behind the DVD and PSU behind it.
Here's the entire layout, black box is HSF for CPU. GFX card is on the right of that.
GFX card, you acn just see the HSF for the CPU on the left edge.
This here is the front end where the fan is drawing the air out of the case.
A better look at what I'm assuming is the cause of all this nonsense
Another full layout picture just because
I have a couple that use the IDE type power connections. And as far as that goes, you can make your own connector if you're inclined to do that type of thing. Hell, I've been known to just strip an unused wire and splice into it with the fan's wire when I didn't have anything else laying around to use, but I wouldn't recommend that to someone else, especially on their main pc.
I'll look into getting a fan that uses that USB port.
edit: Just to point out that the connector for the front HSF is completely different to that one in the link. It's got four wires, yeah but it's a much smaller black clip. I'm guessing DELL proprietary crap?
Ok... As I said in my other thread, I recovered a socket 478 Prescott core 3.4GHz HT processor the other day. I dropped it into my machine last night and it's up and running well... EXCEPT the fucker is BLAZING hot! I remember this being a complaint about Prescott core P4's, but sheesh!
At the moment, I have one case fan mounted at the rear of the case just behind the processor. It's pushing air out of the case, hopefully drawing more air in through the case along with the power supply's fan. I originally had another fan in the lower front of the case, but pulled it out to use it in another machine. I REALLY doubt the one I have in there now will be enough, so the question is this:
Should I put another fan in the front of the case, to draw more outside air into the case or should I use it as an exhaust fan, pushing hot air out of the case and turn the rear one around to push cool air in over the processor's HSF?
I'm not so sure.
just play JC2 and don't worry about the pc.
meanwhile you save money for a better machine.
Then when the CPU melts, you're good to go!
But seriously, seems to be peaking at 57 and sticking there which is good.... I guess. 'Sides, I need a hobby so why not building a PC?
considering that you have to make a new pc every time you want to start a game, that might be a good idea
I just did the math and by the end of July, I'll have enough to make a new PC and still have some left over for bills and shit. Question is; can I make it the nextt 2 months?
I don't think those things fit his case though, that's the whole crux of his problem. I have a TX2, does a pretty decent job for its price.