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Temperature of GeForce Ti500 causing CPU to over-heat?

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SuprSi

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Hello,

I've got a T-Bird 1.4 with a Zalman 'flower' cooler and a Creative GeForce Ti500 in a Lian-Li case with plenty of ventilation. I've had constant over-heating problems with my system and have now managed to replace every part of my system except for the video card.

My CPU generally reaches 70 Celcius, with an idle temp of around 55. Even if I turn all the fans in the system to full, I can still only manage 50 Celcius. I'm completely frustrated here and can't figure out what's going on.

The heat that comes off the top of the GeForce card is huge - I can't touch it for more than a second or two. Does this sound right? The heatsink fan on the card is running, but the thing still heats up incredibly. This heat seems to be rising to the CPU and causing the over-heating because last night I left the computer run for about 30 minutes without the video card (couldn't see the temperature) and when I put the card back in I could see the temperature rising really quickly again.

Has anybody else had similar experiences?

Cheers,

Simon.
 
I'd spend about $50 for the Alpha 8045U, with moderate-noise Delta fan supplied with that model.

If 'system' temp is more than a few degrees above ambient room air temp, I'd work on better case air flow-through or replace case.

Hope this helps!
 
Well, every review I've seen has said that the Zalman is good for cooling (and noise) if you're not over-clocking, which I'm not. Even with a dual Titan fan I was getting very hot as well though. I'll be trying an old 4Mb video card out tonight so I'll see how that runs.

Cheers,

Simon.
 
I would recommend the speeze super rock found here for $16 shipped. The fan is not the quietest in the world but sounds much better then a delta. If you decide you want it make sure you have some room on your mobo, because it has one huge heatsink. Put my GlobalWin WBK38 to shame. I had a 5000rpm fan on my GlobalWin and this cooler cools about 8 to 10 degrees cels. cooler. A very good bang for the buck cooler.


Jason
 
if the Ti500 is causing your CPU to overheat, tehn your case ventilation isn't good enough... How about a few more details about your system?

What is your system temp?
What is your room temp?
What is your CPU "temp and motherboard?



Mike
 
I've taken a look at that Alpha cooler, though I'd have to mail order it from somewhere. As for some more details - keep in mind that I've had the computer on for about 2 hours and been playing some games....

System Temp 32;
Processor Temp 69
Room Temp - can't be sure. It's mild enough, but I'm wearing more than a t-shirt!

These temperatures are in Celcius. I'm using an Abit KR7A-Raid with 512 Mb RAM. I've got an Enermax 431Watt 'Whisper' power supply and two hard disks - IBM GXP 30Gb and Western Digital 120Gb.

Thanks for your help,

Si.
 
It really sounds like the zalman is either not making good contact with the CPU or isn't cutting it.... Is the system stable at such high temps?

keep in mind, with Zalman heatsink reviews, it is a design that inherently throws off most socket-thermsitor readings, so reviews aren't all that accurate in painting a picture of how well this heatsink works.



mike
 
32 is too great for a system temp. I try to figure out if the cpu temp is being reported correctly. If it is, I'd ditch the hsf you have now. Then, I'd throw in a few more/more powerful case fans and maybe slap a hdd cooler in there too. Seemed to work for me.
 
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