HELP Board Temp too high

[Falcon2k]

Today, i used the program Sandra for the first time and i checked my temps. My board temp was 63 degrees Celcius and my CPU temp was 42 degrees celcius and my room is roughly around 21 degrees celcius, PSU was also about that temp. My comp is running at stock speeds.

I opened it up today and found out, there were ZERO case fans.

Sandra was telling me that my board temp was way too hot and i should lower it. But how? My case only has a fan mount in front, but in the back, there is only alot of holes for air to pass through but with no place to mount a fan (this case is a steel case, and yes, i know it's a crappy case, but i didnt know anything about comps when i got the case).

What i do now, is i removed the side panel and moved a fan from outside to blow into the comp (not a comp fan, but one of those things that u can sit in front of when ur hot). Board temps have dropped back down to around 49 degrees celcius, CPU temp has dropped to 26 degrees and the PSU temp has dropped back down to 27 degrees in this situation, but this is only short term and i dont think having a fan at my feet, taking up my leg room is going to be a long term solution. After i get my new comp, this comp will be used for office work in an office, so it wont be possible for a fan to be there blowing into the case.

I tested it again without the fan blowing into the case and the board temp went back up to 59 degrees. With the cpu temperature back up at 40 degrees.

Ive been using this comp for about a year with the cover on and there dosnt seem to be any hardware damage just yet, but sandra tells me the board temp is too hot.

Is a board temp of 63 degrees celcius worrying? Is a 120mm frontal case fan sufficient for cooling, or should i really be getting a new case with more fans for this rig?

 

[Maddscientist]

First of all I have "never" seen a board run hotter than the processer ever. Secondly if you have ran it fine for a year why worry about what a 3rd party piece of software tells you to do? My advice dont worry about it just be smarter in the future and get a case with a minimum of 2 fans sucking fresh air into the case and at least a top mounted blowhole for blowing that hot air out of your case and keeping the cool air circulating. Hell my Lan Li 60 has 3 blowholes on top [Dremel] 2 120mm fans in the window [Router] 2 80mm exuast fans below the psu,4 more 80mm fans , 2 in my 3.25 area that I turned into a fanbus two more in the pre built area infront of my hardrives. Total I have 180 CFM going out of my computer and 244 CFM of nice cool air going in. Dumb? yes! Loud? yes! Overclocked to hell and back at low temps? yes! My computer kinda sounds like a swamp boat but I lub it....You wonder what my point is? Well I seemed to have lost it sometime ago wondering through explaining my air setup so good day!

 

[anandfan]

My board temp was 63 degrees Celcius and my CPU temp was 42 degrees

These temps are probably switched, the board would be 42 and the CPU 63. Even at that, pretty high. You probably have at least one exhaust fan in your power supply. Make sure it is running. Then I would just add fans one at a time, unless fan noise doesn't bother you. Sounds like you could easily stick one in front (blowing into the chassis). I have one case I really like that has the fan mounted in the side cover blowing down onto the video card and motherboard. So you could cut a hole in a side panel and mount the fan there. If so, go big: 92mm or larger (larger fans move more air with less noise than a smaller fan).

Also, you should double check these temps in the bios. After the system has warmed up, just reboot the computer and get into the BIOS. Under PC Health or similar, you should find the temps.