Friends case is 140F Ambient, 170F CPU

[aphex]

According to MBM5

P4 3ghz
2 HD's
9800 Pro
1gb Ram
Antec Steel Case
Stock HSF
1 80mm intake, 2 80mm exhaust
PCI Cooler

Any idea why the temps would be so high? Suggestions on how to get it down?

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

The best solution would be a case w/two 120mm fans, an Antec SLK3000B for around $60.

Two 80mm exhausts ? Are you counting the PSU fan, or does thay make three exhaust fans ?

Tie back all cabling that disturbs air flow, clean the internals w/vacuum cleaner, canned
air and a new small paint brush. Try to scrub into the heat sink fins with the brush while
blowing with canned air.

Mod the front fan for 92mm, if there is room use a 80 to 92mm adapter=no cutting or
drilling this way. Move the HDs to one side so they don't block intake air too much.

For front intake consider http://www.silverstonetec.com/products-fm82.htm
Dang ! Link is good but on preview the page won't load. It's the Silverstone fan that mounts
to 80mm holes but has 92mm blades.
At full song this bad boy honks at 72cfm@40dBA but it does come with a controller
and can be dieled back to <20dBA.

EDIT: Forget the above, I was wrong. According to the other thread on this page air flow
does not matter. Unplug all fans and go passive

However, three three comps here seem to do well with 40cfm of intake YMMV

...Galvanized

 

[ElFenix]

is the whole thing clogged with dust? if it's not constantly crashing i'm guessing that MBM is reporting incorrect temps. P4s will thermal throttle though, and i suppose they'd do that by 76C.

my last computer had a typical antec/chieftec case with 2 80mm exhaust, plus the power supply and the arctic vga cooler, and ran just fine. i don't think the amount of air being moved is the problem here.

 

[lotus503]

Yeah my vote is incorrect temps, unless your friend is a Morloc living near the earths core

 

[nomagic]

170 degree F is only about 76 degree C. Although it's a bit toasty, it is not nearly as hot as the earth core. I suggest sorting the internal wiring if you can. This should lower the temperature a bit.

 

[duragezic]

Check out the other temps like case and video card. If they are around the same temp, and you can notice massive heat inside the case (you would easily be able to with your hand, down at 35° C its hardly even warm to touch), its probably reporting fairly accurately.

The only time I've seen such ridiculous temps is in a cluttered case with fairly hot devices, and dusty as hell. His CPU fan was just completely full of dust, same for everything else. The thing would crash and not turn on cause it was at 80° C or higher!


I use an air compressor. Much better than canned air and free if theres one at your house. Dont let the PSI get too high or theres a chance components could get ripped off by the force. I usually start it up and let it get up to 20-30 PSI (only takes 10-20 seconds) then switch it off and make sure the air I use to clean isn't too strong.I use the most powerful on the fans and heatsink then as it gets fairly weak I can bring the nozzle closer and hit some devices.

And run with that side panel off.

 

[Brock123]

pop the top and put a house fan on it and see if your temps drop alot. Will let you know if its air flow.

 

[Madwand1]

I also guess that the front intake is clogged full of dust. Not necessary to air compressor it though -- a good vaccuuming will take care of 97.123% of this stuff, and canned "air" / CO2 can take care of another 2%, and you can live with the rest.

Also, is there another intake fan slot in a drive cage? It'd probably help.

Finally, if it's still hot (after you've cleaned / checked the fans, etc.), you could consider cutting into the side and installing a side intake / fan.