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January 5th, 2008 | 
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What PSU and Case for my PC Rig?
Hey, my computer is seriously overheating at the moment. Running at 70 centigrade when it's on standby... On full blast it can go up to 100 centigrade which is scary... This is without overclocking at all - I haven't even tried overclocking it because I'm literally scared how hot it will get.
This is my rig -
Current Rig:
Processor: AMD Phenom 9950 X4 2.6Gz
Graphics Card: ATI Asus EAH4870 512mb
Ram: OCZ (Golden plated) 4gig 800mz
Motherboard: Asus M3N-HT Deluxe
Current Case: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126611
Thanks in advance.
It's GPU temp
Do you have two 120mm fans installed in that case? One in the front installed so it sucks air into the case and the 120mm fan on the back installed to exhaust air out the back? If so, you shouldn't have such an issue with temps inside the case. Just make sure neither the intake or exhause fans are blocked. Changing cases probably won't help much unless you get a case with a side mounted intake fan as well.
Also, what point is measuring 70c? Is it your system temp (Motherboard), case aimbient temp, GPU temp, or CPU temp? It could be you're looking at your CPU temp which is indeed scary! If it is your CPU temp, perhaps you do not have your CPU heatsink and fan installed appropriately? Did you use a decent heatsink with a large fan? Did you apply thermal grease (and not too much)?
Also, if this is GPU temp...then it's not as scary....although it is still not great. The 4870 can run ok at 70c+...though 100 is really pushing it. Make sure you're fan is spinning and hasn't seized!
Also, your PSU...not sure how that would be affecting your system temps, but for those components, I'd be looking at a 650W or higher powersupply. Corsair, Enermax...both good makers with effective PSU cooling.
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