So I was wondering why my cpu was so hot...

[xSkyDrAx]

Well for about the past month, my cpu was getting roughly 40C idle. Now I know that is pretty cool already and you're probably all wondering why I'm complaining about 40C but on average my cpu idles at 36 and when it was reaching 40C, I decided to open up my case and check to see if anything was wrong. All looked fine, no heavy dust build up or anything. Airflow was good and I cleaned out the filter in the front of the case. Still it was idling at 40C. So today I decided to check again, and decided to clean the fans too. I took off the fan over the heatsink and what do I find?? A layer of dust covering around 60% of the top of the heatsink. I was like holy sh!t...no wonder its been so hot. So I cleaned it all off and now I'm idling (surfind, d/l ing) at 32C! Amazing!

Moral of the story? Don't be like me and check your heatsink for dust

Cliffnotes - Comp get hot, look inside, dont know why, check later on, finds layer of dust on heatsink, cleans it off, all good.

 

[InlineFive]

The reason I clean my case out every other month...

-Por

 

[Coquito]

Yeah, this is worse for those of us that don't even use cases. It keeps them a couple degrees cooler, but every couple weeks, I find myself shutting them down & fingering out all the dust coating the hs fans. I really need to find a more frequent part-time job so that I can afford some cases.

 

[jodhas]

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx
Well for about the past month, my cpu was getting roughly 40C idle. Now I know that is pretty cool already and you're probably all wondering why I'm complaining about 40C but on average my cpu idles at 36 and when it was reaching 40C, I decided to open up my case and check to see if anything was wrong. All looked fine, no heavy dust build up or anything. Airflow was good and I cleaned out the filter in the front of the case. Still it was idling at 40C. So today I decided to check again, and decided to clean the fans too. I took off the fan over the heatsink and what do I find?? A layer of dust covering around 60% of the top of the heatsink. I was like holy sh!t...no wonder its been so hot. So I cleaned it all off and now I'm idling (surfind, d/l ing) at 32C! Amazing!

Moral of the story? Don't be like me and check your heatsink for dust

Cliffnotes - Comp get hot, look inside, dont know why, check later on, finds layer of dust on heatsink, cleans it off, all good.

I see that you have the same video card as me... how is your video card working out for you? Did you OC it yet?
BTW, I have the samsung chips.

 

[jodhas]

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx
Well for about the past month, my cpu was getting roughly 40C idle. Now I know that is pretty cool already and you're probably all wondering why I'm complaining about 40C but on average my cpu idles at 36 and when it was reaching 40C, I decided to open up my case and check to see if anything was wrong. All looked fine, no heavy dust build up or anything. Airflow was good and I cleaned out the filter in the front of the case. Still it was idling at 40C. So today I decided to check again, and decided to clean the fans too. I took off the fan over the heatsink and what do I find?? A layer of dust covering around 60% of the top of the heatsink. I was like holy sh!t...no wonder its been so hot. So I cleaned it all off and now I'm idling (surfind, d/l ing) at 32C! Amazing!

Moral of the story? Don't be like me and check your heatsink for dust

Cliffnotes - Comp get hot, look inside, dont know why, check later on, finds layer of dust on heatsink, cleans it off, all good.

I see that you have the same video card as me... how is your video card working out for you? Did you OC it yet?
BTW, I have the samsung chips.