CPU Temp

TheRealThing · 6 Oct 2011 at 17:14

Hi yall,

So now I have got my shiney new gfx card installed, I was looking at overclocking my cpu.

The problem I have is that it idles at ~55C, which I know isn't the best but its a stock cooler, but as soon as I run any kind of stress test the temps sky rocket and within seconds the comp either shuts down or the program that I'm running will abort the test.

The cpu will run BF3 and pretty much any other game I have at around 70-80c as far as I can tell and never shuts down even after several hours gaming.

Any clues as to what I should do?

TheRealThing · 8 Oct 2011 at 18:59

Hey,

So I have reseated my cooler and teh temps have dropped to about 38C at idle, but still after about 2mins of the OCCT test, it aborts.

Is this still just a case of my stock cooler not being good enough?

TheRealThing · 9 Oct 2011 at 13:04

I have 3 other fans in my case:

120mm in the bottom front pushing air in.
80mm on the back near the CPU pulling out.
80mm on the side just above the gfx card pulling out.

Cable management could be better but as far as I can tell its out of the way the air would flow. Pictures below.

Outside of case.

Inside Case. Big fans airflow comes in from roughly where the HDD is at the bottom right hand side.

TheRealThing · 9 Oct 2011 at 15:16

Yes cable management isn't exactly one of my strong points! It has been tidied up a lil now though

If I wasn't watching the F1 on my comp I would post a SS.