When I first got my computer, my 3200+ Winchester @ stock speeds was idling at 31C. After about 4-5 months, it's now idling at 38C, still at stock speeds. I havn't removed the HSF, reapplied TIM, or anything. The only time I touched it was to wipe some dust off. Case airflow hasn't been altered. I HAVE however installed a hard drive HSF, and zalman VF-700CU on my 6600GT. Most importantly, is this a safe temp? and just to satisfy my curiousity, does anyone know what might be causing this?
EDIT: havn't checked load temps yet. My bios fan speed controller is set to this
Low = 30C
Med = 31C
High = 32C
I looked at the fan RPM and it's defenitly running at high speed right now. It's sortof ironic because when the cpu was cooler, the bios speeds were set to default which is
Low = 40C
Med = 55C
High = 60C
obviously the default was way too hot, but for some reason it was running cooler that way. I tried resetting the bios back to normal, but it didn't do any good and the CPU temp actually jumped from 38C idle to 40C idle.
EDIT: havn't checked load temps yet. My bios fan speed controller is set to this
Low = 30C
Med = 31C
High = 32C
I looked at the fan RPM and it's defenitly running at high speed right now. It's sortof ironic because when the cpu was cooler, the bios speeds were set to default which is
Low = 40C
Med = 55C
High = 60C
obviously the default was way too hot, but for some reason it was running cooler that way. I tried resetting the bios back to normal, but it didn't do any good and the CPU temp actually jumped from 38C idle to 40C idle.
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