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Is my computer on fire?!

iCraig

iCraig

iCraig

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My old motherboard and AMD chip (2800+) died, so my boss gave me a new P4 mobo and a 3.06ghz Pentium 4 Prescott.

I've fitted it all in and everything, but man, it runs hot! I've tried re-seating the heatsink twice but the temperature is ~70c :eek:

I have a case fan blowing hot air out, and the CPU fan is at full throttle all the time, but it stays hot.

Is it normal? Is it safe? Or is the PC slowly cremating itself?
 
NathanE said:
Get an Artic Cooler or CM Hyper TX
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Just installed the CM Hyper TX.

The temperature is now between 25-35c :eek:

The thing is a beast, so I guess the sheer amount of copper and the size of the fan certainly gets results.

Compared to this, the stock HSF sucks ass. It sucks ass through a straw.

Money well spent, cheers. :)
 
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