Need some help with a new build.

[SilthDraeth]

I just built a new system. I have listed all the parts I bought from Newegg below. Basically, when I first put it all together, I had a bit of trouble getting the heatsink on tight due to the shitty way it clips on.

I followed Arctic Silver's guidlines for thermal compound, I put a single little bead of thermal compound, twisted the heatsink a bit, and got the locking mechanism snapped on.

Booted system and noticed that wow, it was hot, cpu temp jumped to like 80 celcius during just the BIOS.

Shut it all down, got the heatsink snapped on tighter.

Everything works now, except my cpu temps as reported by BIOS and this Utility Asus included, have my CPU sitting around 50 Celcius idle, and high 50s after playing World of Warcraft for a few hours.

My motherboard (presuming chipset) is constantly reporting temperature as 61 celcius.

All these temps seem rather hot. I know the Vid Card I got runs hot, but with the heatsink I have on my processor I was expecting temperatures about 15 degrees cooler. And same for the motherboard.



ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T - Retail
Item #: N82E16827135156

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - OEM
Item #: N82E16832116488

Scythe SCNJ-2000 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler - Retail
Item #: N82E16835185074

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822152102

Scythe S-FLEX SFF21D 120mm Case Fan - Retail
Item #: N82E16835185004

VisionTek 900244 Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814129113


ASUS M3A78-T AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813131331


COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP Black Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811119106

CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5 - Retail
Item #: N82E16820145184

AMD Phenom 9950 BLACK EDITION 2.6GHz Socket AM2+ 140W Quad-Core Processor Model HD995ZFAGHBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103273

COOLMAX CUG-700B 700W ATX 12V( V.2.2) SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

 

[mpilchfamily]

My only problem with it is the PSU. Though other s will tell you to get an Intel system.

Coolmax isn't known for there great PSUs. Not to mention you don't need 700W. Get yourself a nice Antec or Corsair with about 500W or better.

 

[SilthDraeth]

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
My only problem with it is the PSU. Though other s will tell you to get an Intel system.

Coolmax isn't known for there great PSUs. Not to mention you don't need 700W. Get yourself a nice Antec or Corsair with about 500W or better.

Well, I did a bit more digging, and it seems that my motherboard temps are because of the location of the sensor in relation to the video card.

2nd, I can probably redo the heat sink and perhaps get better cooling.

The PSU hasn't had any bad marks on the egg, but you are more than likely write, that its just a medium quality psu, vs top quality.

 

[mpilchfamily]

Newegg reviews are worth nothing unless there is a common problem with a pruduct. As far as PSUs go people give them a good rating if they turned on and ran there system for more then a month.