Hardware heat

[YoshiSato]

First my PC Specs

Athlon 64 3500+ 939 90nm witha Thermaltake Venus 12 cooler
Asus A8N-Deluxe Mobo
EVGA Geforce 6800GT PCIe 256MB
2 GB of pc3200 ram with heatspreaders

I've been noticing that my Video card will idel at 70 degrees C and when under load(playing BF2) will getup to 80+(I'm not sure exactly how high during game but as soon as I exit the game and check via the driver tool it's 80 degrees)


My CPU while under load(playing BF2) will get up to about 55 degrees and the mobo temp will get up to 45 +

I'm currnetly running 4 case fans 2 intakes in the front, 1 exhast in the back and 1 side exhast(right above the CPU fan) I also have a PCI slot fan below the video card.

I usally run the fans about min speed(case fans run min at 2800 RPM max is 4200) and the CPU ran runs at 2300 min with a max of 5400.

I can manually turn up the speeds however it gets a little loud(OK little is a major under statement. with the fans at max you can hear this rig in the next freaking room)

With these current temps do I run the risk of cooking anything? Should I consider liquid cooling? Noise will be come a major issue if I need the fans on max all the time.

 

[Atheus]

Thats kinda hot. Did you say you have a fan pointing 'down' onto the cpu and another pointing the other way right next to it? If so they are cancelling eachother, turn the outside fan around and make it into an intake. Also get some rubber washers or something like that and put them between case metal and fan on all four corners of the fans. Then they will be quieter and you can turn the speed up.

 

[YoshiSato]

The side fan blows out. So in theory the CPU fan blows right into the side case fan and then the heat is out of the case.

 

[MrDudeMan]

there is absolutely no reason to need watercooling in that rig. your airflow must really suck if its getting hot, so you need to rethink your design. take pictures of the case and post them so we can help.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Ouch, those are pretty high temps for your video card. I had a 6600GT that was ~65C idle, ~88C load. I RMA'd it, and my new one is ~50C idle, ~60C load.

 

[Cook1]

Ok...

On Load

CPU- 55C
Mobo- 45C
GPU- 80+C

Temps are fine, nothing to worry about. Course they could be improved with better airflow, but nothing to stress over.

Have you tried some wire management in your case?

 

[tyborg]

IDK about the NF4 boards, but on average, I see about 35-38C for mobo temps. I'd say 45 is a bit hot. Also, yeah, the GPU is a bit toasty. For your airflow, I'd have any fans on the roof/ceiling of the case blowing out, fans on the front sucking air in, fans on the back blowing out, I'd also have the side fan blowing air into the CPU. The CPU fan also needs to be blowing "in" or onto the heatsink. I'd consider adding a funnel or something on the side duct. Other than that, that should move the air around nicely. Just make sure you're getting good airflow from the front and out the back.

 

[YoshiSato]

Thoes smoke things they use to show the airflow on car hulls, are they safe to use to test computer case airflow?

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: YoshiSato
Thoes smoke things they use to show the airflow on car hulls, are they safe to use to test computer case airflow?

yes. why wouldnt it be? just make sure it isnt humid.

 

[YoshiSato]

Originally posted by: Cook1
Ok...

On Load

CPU- 55C
Mobo- 45C
GPU- 80+C

Temps are fine, nothing to worry about. Course they could be improved with better airflow, but nothing to stress over.

Have you tried some wire management in your case?

After making a few minor tweaks I managed to get my CPU temp down to about 47C while under load + enabling cool and quiet helps cool the cpu down after when idle. I'm still abit woried about the GPU getting 80C though. My CPU core would melt at that temp.