CPU TOO HOT

[MaDHaVoK]

Hey i got up to college and have no AC my CPU temps are around 50 C now. I bought a retail 1.2 GHZ Athlon, just left the retail fan on. Is there a good fan for me to get the temps down? I want to keep this under 30 bucks if possible. Any good stores??

Abit KT7A
Enlight 300 Watt Ps
1.2 GHZ Athlon
512 MB RAM
30 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM
SB Live + MP3 5.1
Currently Voodo 3 2000 but upgrading.

 

[BeauJangles]

it all depends. If you want something quiet (which won't work as well) or something that screams (which will do the job very well). Also what heatsink do you have? Some can take bigger fans (80 mm), which push more air but are quieter.

If you don't mind a lot of noise go the the Delta Black Label, otherwise look into either upgrading your heatsink, or buying a different fan (sorry I'm not too sure which are good, quiet, fans for HSFs).

There are a couple of guys on these forums that can sell you fans for a pretty fair price. Just look around.

 

[Wind]

Cheap one...Volcano II, GlobalWin WBK38, Taisol seems to be a decent HSF...definately better than the stock HSF u r using. Price...not sure thou.

 

[heffe734]

i think the svc golden gate is like 20 bucks...not bad...good HSF.

 

[Operandi]

50c is relatively cool temp for a 1.2ghz Athlon, certainly well within operational ranges. Why try to fix something that isn?t broken? Unless you plan on doing overclocking that is?

 

[MoFunk]

My 1.2 ran around that temps and I never had any issues. Sometimes got up to 53c. Have you tried any thermal goop, like ASII?

 

[SemperFi]

I have volcano II and was having temps around 52C at idle. I just bought artic silver saturday and I haven't went over 49c since. WOW!

forgot to mention that is under load.