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Hot CPU

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crelm1974

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I have heat problems with my 2.8G P4 prescott which tends to hover around 50 deg. C, but when I have any graphics intensive games it spikes up to ~58-60 C. I've got 3 case fans and an OCZ CPU fan but I know the prescott CPU runs hot. Any ideas about a better CPU fan or how I can cool thing off?

Thanks,
Crelm
 
My 2.8 prescott ran at around 60c under load as well, thats a normal temp for that CPU, and nothing to worry about. If it was at 70c then I'd be worried, thats when it will throttle.
 
I only really noticed the heat problems when playing high graphics racing games (NFS UG2, etc.). It would lock up and motherboard monitor would have it at ~55-57 C. Everything would be incredibly crippled and slow. Perhaps though it could be that I only have a Nvidia GTS pro with 32 meg Vram... I thought I read that it's best to overclock the Prescott but I don't know why.
 
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