I think my computer is burning up...

[Barbarossa]

There's a certain irony to the fact that overheating can cause a pc to freeze up...


@RIP - Try positioning your big fan so it sucks air away from the PC...?

You need to establish an air-flow.. blowing cold air in isn't going to to any good if there's nowhere for the hot air to get out.

[suprafreak6]

thats mine^ so just posting if it helps

[lynx]

mines not too well either

Your hdd temps are just about at the limit for operation.

Thermal paste is NOT your problem, you need to reduce your general case temp by about 10C.

One of the main problems people have is allowing the hot air pumped out of the back of the case to recirculate back round to the front and be drawn back into the case again. Make sure your exhaust air has somewhere to go.

[suprafreak6]

i think mine is okay right?

[lynx]

i think mine is okay right?

Work it out for yourself.
I said that maebach needed to reduce his case temps by 10C. Assuming that reduces all his other temps by 10C (which it wont) that would give him:

Mobo 28C
CPU 47C
HDD1 41C
HDD2 44C

Apart from the mobo, your temps are already lower than that. You should check your 12V output though, it is a little low at 11.00V

Of course, no-one has said whether these temps are at idle or at full load. If maebach's temps are at idle then he's got even bigger problems than his figures suggest.

[Snee]

Kewl, a temperature thread.

If someone puts a list of recommended temps at the top, we could refer people who worry about their temps to this thread.

That could actually be useful.

[clocker]

Interesting idea Snny, but difficult to do.
Temp sensors are notoriously innaccurate and the results are best used to compare/contrast changes on the same machine, not from my PC to yours.

Furthermore, different platforms produce wildly different profiles that do not lend themselves to direct comparison.
For instance, here is my sock939 aircooled performance...

Notice that the CPU is waaay cooler than the "motherboard ambient" and my two hottest components are the northbridge ( which I can do nothing about) and the video card ( which is actually running quite cool, almost to my watercooled results).
Plus, I can't access the SMART info from my RAID array at all so I have no clue as to their temp.

There are too many variables in play to make a recommendation covering everybody's PC.
"Cooler is better" is as specific as I would be willing to get.

[Snee]

Darnation

It's too bad, 'cos it could have been useful.


Btw, I notice your mobo shows up as hotter than your hd, mine does the same, only the difference is bigger. For some reason I find that odd.

[clocker]

Darnation

Btw, I notice your mobo shows up as hotter than your hd, mine does the same, only the difference is bigger. For some reason I find that odd.

It does beg the question "Where and what is the motherboard temp sensor reading?"

[maebach]

I think your right about the circulation. I have 2 fans, one in the power supply, and one on my Intel Chip. This means that the fan is blowing the air against the side of the case and it's coming back.