Ambient Case Temp

mattpc · 18 Jan 2008 at 17:10

I have a Q6600 with the latest Zalman cooler. I also have a Geforce 8600GTS. Wanted the system as quiet as possible so I have not switched any of the case fans on. CPU generally sits at 47-49 which i think is fine but after a few hours the ambient temp gets up to 40 which seems quite high since intel seem to reccomend it not being above 38. Question is do you think it matters? Graphics card is clearly not getting hot since its fan is very quiet most of the time, cpu temp is ok but are the rest of the components going to cope ok with that temp?

Thanks

shauncr91 · 18 Jan 2008 at 17:34

What speed is your CPU at? Thats warm for idle 0o

Pneumonic · 18 Jan 2008 at 18:02

wouldnt worry about "idle" temps my PC runs folding 24/7 with all 4 cores @ 100% load and core temps of around 57c

mattpc · 18 Jan 2008 at 19:04

It's a standard (2.4) but the fan is right down on the cooler. It will cool right down as soon as I tell the fan to kick in and maintain a lower temp. I reckon keep the CPU under 50 and it will be sweet. I am more worried about the high case temps frying the mobo or the hard disks?