High end games freezing (BF2, HL2) with system

[wkinney]

I'm assuming some of my games are freezing because something in my computer is too hot. I have a P4 2.80 GHz w/ stock heatsink + fan,
5700 Ultra w/ stock heatsink/fan,
1gig Ram (timing is nothing special),
ASPIRE X-Dreamer II case, which has 3 good fans on it (side panel level with cpu, top of case, front of case).

Is it the ultra 5700 that is causing the freeze? should i get something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835888602
?

 

[imported_rod]

What temps are you getting? If you posted you're temps, we may be able to isolate the problem, rather than guess.

RoD

 

[ivallt]

I just had HL2 freeze on me and its been 95 degrees in my house lately. Plus my chipset always idles at 45-55 degrees at 7000rpm. I need some sort of better cooling solution. Till then i have got a pci fan that will put some air down there.

 

[Bona Fide]

Get some AS5 and put it in under the chip. It should help. I've applied AS5 to my CPU, chipset, and thinking of applying it to my GPU.