Hey everyone,
Well since I'm getting a graphics card with a little more power (and also I'm a little concerned why the last one gave up!), I'm thinking more about the temperatures going on in the case in general.
I have a high-powered Gigabyte CPU cooler which I turn to max if I'm working with anything heavy (long render times mainly). However, apart from that I have no idea what temperatures my system is running at, though I've never suffered from BSODs or other system crashes *touch wood*.
The thermal paste is due a changeover soon (same paste has been on there for just under 3 years now!) and there are 3 large fans in the system including the CPU cooler - 120mm front, 120mm exhaust and the 120mm Gigabyte G-Power 2 and all seems to be running fine.
So, my question really is - is there anything I can buy (front panel temperature sensors?) or use to keep a close eye on my temperatures? How often would you check them if they were software based?
Obviously I'm new to all this cooling and system building as this has been my first build, so I decided to go a little overkill with the cooling fans just to be safe!
Any thoughts?
Cheers,
KugarWeb
Well since I'm getting a graphics card with a little more power (and also I'm a little concerned why the last one gave up!), I'm thinking more about the temperatures going on in the case in general.
I have a high-powered Gigabyte CPU cooler which I turn to max if I'm working with anything heavy (long render times mainly). However, apart from that I have no idea what temperatures my system is running at, though I've never suffered from BSODs or other system crashes *touch wood*.
The thermal paste is due a changeover soon (same paste has been on there for just under 3 years now!) and there are 3 large fans in the system including the CPU cooler - 120mm front, 120mm exhaust and the 120mm Gigabyte G-Power 2 and all seems to be running fine.
So, my question really is - is there anything I can buy (front panel temperature sensors?) or use to keep a close eye on my temperatures? How often would you check them if they were software based?
Obviously I'm new to all this cooling and system building as this has been my first build, so I decided to go a little overkill with the cooling fans just to be safe!
Any thoughts?
Cheers,
KugarWeb
