Questions Re: SpeedFan temps and F.E.A.R. problems

[jwhicks727]

I just built the system below, and I'm have two (possibly related) questions:

1. I'm using SpeedFan to monitor my temperatures, and I'm not sure what the temperature settings it's displaying refer to. Here's what it displays right now:

Temp1: 36C
Temp2: 52C
Temp3: 49C
Temp: 0C
HD0: 36C
Temp1: 40C

Does anyone have any idea what these temps refer to? (ie CPU, Chipset, Graphics Card?)

2. I'm running F.E.A.R. and am having an issue with it. It is possibly related to temperature which is why I ask it here. Temp2 and Temp3 (which I'm assuming are graphics and cpu) go up to around 57-59 when I'm in game. Occasionally in the game I experience lags of around 15 seconds where the sound continues but graphics completely freeze. This usually occurs during combat or while other people are on the screen (high graphics rendering?), and after the 15 seconds or so are up it goes back to normal play perfectly (ie the lag is a complete stop and then a complete start again). Once this has caused my OS (XP Pro SP2) to go to blue screen and shut itself down. Could this be related to temperature problems? Does anyone have an idea how I might avoid it?

 

[theMan]

what kind of heatsink do you have on the cpu? its possible you installed it badly.

 

[jwhicks727]

It's the stock AMD heatsink. It has pre-applied conducting material, and it clipped on just like the instructions said. I'm not overclocking at all right now, so the stock one should be sufficient as far as I know...

 

[alimoalem]

i don't think it's the temps. high 50's is hot but it's not hot enough to cause problems