CPU Overheating

SYNSlyMan

SYNSlyMan

SYNSlyMan

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Hi Everyone,

I have an old system that I built a few years ago.

AMD Phenom X4 9950 2.6GHz Black Edition Socket AM2+
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G Socket AM2+
Crucial 8GB (4X4GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory
Enermax 650W PSU

I have the stock CPU cooler installed and despite cleaning it and sticking some Arctic Silver 5 on it, the CPU keeps getting too hot and the PC shuts down.

Can anyone recommend a cheapish cooler I can use that will also be suitable.

I am also toying with the idea of sticking a bigger PSU in it and a new graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce 770GTX) at some point to use it as a gaming PC but I am a bit concerned that it is not up to spec to play modern games (FPS/third person platform games).

Should I get a better CPU cooler or just cut my losses and replace the board, RAM, CPU and PSU all at once?

Ideally I want this PC to survive for 6 months before I consider an upgrade/graphics card purchase.

Appreciate your comments and suggestions.
 
SYNSlyMan said:
Hi Everyone,

I have an old system that I built a few years ago.

AMD Phenom X4 9950 2.6GHz Black Edition Socket AM2+
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G Socket AM2+
Crucial 8GB (4X4GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory
Enermax 650W PSU

I have the stock CPU cooler installed and despite cleaning it and sticking some Arctic Silver 5 on it, the CPU keeps getting too hot and the PC shuts down.

Can anyone recommend a cheapish cooler I can use that will also be suitable.

I am also toying with the idea of sticking a bigger PSU in it and a new graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce 770GTX) at some point to use it as a gaming PC but I am a bit concerned that it is not up to spec to play modern games (FPS/third person platform games).

Should I get a better CPU cooler or just cut my losses and replace the board, RAM, CPU and PSU all at once?

Ideally I want this PC to survive for 6 months before I consider an upgrade/graphics card purchase.

Appreciate your comments and suggestions.
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Upgrade everything, that 770 will be bottlenecked.
 
random_matt said:
Upgrade everything, that 770 will be bottlenecked.
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random_matt: Are you able to elaborate on what the bottleneck will be?

Thanks ANDARIAL I will check but this out again, just in case. :)

Are you able to recommend a HSF combo that would work with the current setup as well as a future one. I will probably spend around £850 on mobo, CPU, RAM, PSU, Case. Possibly an SSD (If I don't reuse one I already have) and mouse.
 
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