wifes pc... 72 degrees ?

[Draconia2]

hey guys

i recently replaced the wifes pc with a lga 775 board and a 3.4 pentium D ... temperature when running cod4 is 72 degrees on the cpu ?:wtf:

her pc use to be amd 4400+ / ddr 400 / pcie 7600gs but the socket 939 mobo blew up (past its expiry date)

i read that 56 or 60 was acceptable for these chips. I havent checked the thermal paste as of yet because it was a bundle, everything was put together already and 2nd hand but i just could not resist to start it up to check how it handles games


what thermals do you guys recommend ? also the case is a bit tiny for my liking, the psu hangs over the cpu :erm: gonna replace that carp tomorrow morning.... gotta love a 2 year old pc grave yard ey

 

[Captain Beer]

Get a Cooler Master Hyper TX3. Comes with thermal paste and should cost less than R200. Probably wont fit in that case though.

 

[Venomous]

clean the paste,
reapply new paste,

what fans does the PC have?

If the case is too small it could affect the temps if not sufficient airflow.

 

[SouthBit]

Those CPUs run very hot at the best of times, so with a standard heat sink setup don't expect it to run cool.

 

[Dan C]

Cooler the better, but most chips can handle up to ... well 90c. My current HTPC is in the same boat, running very hot, but I'm not too concerned as I stressed it over 100c before it rebooted..
Crazy you may think, but CPUs have protection built in. As for thermal paste, well I recommend any, as there is very little difference in temps. The seating and heatsink/fan is more important. Just make sure you clean the surface
properly and apply a tiny bit only. And most importantly the heat needs to sucked out somewhere in your case

 

[Draconia2]

Those CPUs run very hot at the best of times, so with a standard heat sink setup don't expect it to run cool.

believe it or not , its the first time theres a intel in this house (blasphemy) apart from the 200mhz pentium i owned while staying with my dad 12 years ago hahaha so this is all very new to me.
(i had to turn the sound off in diablo 2 for it to play without cpu lag, oh yeah good old days )


Yes it is a standard heatsink, uhhh those very flat ones that are round ? anyways the thing has been replaced into a bigger case and it seems to have helped a bit.

will have to start cleaning the paste off today and report on whats cooking or not

you always learn something new everyday.....

 

[snail]

Got my E8400 up to 126 degrees at one stage, it just shut down my machine and I booted up like normal. Nothing ever happened to it.

 

[shovenose]

Those CPUs run very hot at the best of times, so with a standard heat sink setup don't expect it to run cool.

This.
And something tells me that cpu is bottlenecking like hell