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what are the normal running temperatures for; motherboard, CPU?
I'm interested in overclocking, how do i check the temps of my graphics card?

Thanks
 
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collisster said:
what are the normal running temperatures for; motherboard, CPU?
I'm interested in overclocking, how do i check the temps of my graphics card?

Thanks
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Thats a very open question tbh. What CPU, what motherboard, what graphics card?!
 
amd 64 3700+ 939
asus sli premium n force 4
1gb geil ram
120 Gb HDD (maxtor )
hyper 580 psu
geforce 6800

I have found out the temps of the CPU and Mobo using the AI probe thing that came with my mobo, they are 36 degrees for CPU and 34 for Mobo.
As I said I would like to overclock it (therfore its all running stock)
 
Your CPU and motherboard are fine in terms of temperature, you might want to read up on the sticky in the Overclocking sub-forum if you haven't done it before.

As for your graphics card I'd suggest Coolbits to check the temperature and for overclocking :)
 
ok i've now found out the temp of my graphics card is 46 degrees, should i get a new cooler for it before overclocking it but the cooler on it already looks quite substantial :confused:



 
46C is fine, the 6800series as standard won't throttle until ~120C so you have no worries there. Graphics cards are fine at much higher temperatures than CPUs but I'd suggest maybe ~90C as the upper limit before improved cooling is necessary :)
 
Mikey1280 said:
Errr thats a bit high for me, I'd say more like 60-65
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What graphics card do you have? If you don't mind me asking. My 6800gt has touched 90C after heavy gaming on a few occasions without any issues, ideally I'd like it to be lower than that but it doesn't cause any problems. Also if the manufacturer(who are always notoriously shy of allowing their products to go near their design threshholds) doesn't think it worthy of throttling until 120C I'd say it was ok.
 
Its a winfast px6800 (geforce 6800) how do i remove that stock cooler and then put on a new Arctic Cooling nVidia 5 (6800 Series) VGA Silencer (HS-009-AR) .
or dont I need to for the moment? I found out that its normally around 41 degrees, it was 46 degrees after playing CS:S, the ambient temperature is 29 degrees if that means anything :confused:
thanks
 
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My bad I must be going blind! I'm sure we were talking about cpu temps for a moment.
I have a 6800GS, it gets to about 55 degrees under load, however the noise is terrible. I think the 6800gts ran quite hot so 65 would be fine, mine throttles at 125 but I dont think you could ever get it to that temp.
 
after Overclocking and voltmodding, my 6800GT hit 80'C load.

however it fried soon after that, I'd suggest keeping temps below 70'C and you should be fine.

for the CPU anything under 60'C is passable, though watch the temps of the northbridge (normaly has a heatsink/fan on it) as these can get rather toasty being Nforce4.

It sounds like you'll be fine for Overclocking, i'd recomend using speedfan to monitor temps.

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i've just seen from your pic you have a A8N-Sli premium. Fantastic Mobo, though the clocking options arn't as good as on the DFI's.

if you want to keep the northbridge cool (a real problem on those motherboards) you can do two things...

Jam another heatsink on top of the one already there (this works well, but there's often a problem with clearance from the Graphics card)

jam a fan over the MOSFET heatsink.... if you follow the heatpipe up from the northbridge the little heatsink it ends at is where you'll need to jam a fan, because the heatpipe transports all the heat up that way.
 
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collisster said:
whats a northbrige and a mosfet?
My motherboard better be good it was pricey :P
how do you take the origonal heatsink off the graphics card?
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The Northbridge is one of the chipsets on your motherboard, you have a Northbridge and a Southbridge. On your motherboard they are passively cooled so you may wish to check how hot they get in PC Probe but 34C is fine, I'd just check it periodically.

I'm not sure about the mosfet mention, as far as I'm aware a mosfet is simply an electrical component like a capacitor is, I didn't know they had heatsinks as such.

Your motherboard is good, Asus motherboards don't tend to make the best overclockers but they are usually very solid and stable.

Most graphics cards that I have used have a sort of push-pin arrangement and you just have to push them back through the mounting holes. Some however use screws to a bracing plate although from the picture you have given that doesn't appear to apply to yours :)
 
Thanks,
I know this is a stupid question at this stage but, will I notice an Increase in graphics quality or performance?
Also how do I ground myself before touching anything inside my case?

Thanks
 
You ought to notice a difference in performance although it may be fairly minor and will depend on how far you can overclock your graphics card. This has a knock-on effect about the quality settings you can use possibly but overclocking your graphics card will not improve the quality without you changing the settings. I should also point out that overclocking does still come with some risks, it is a lot safer than it used to be but there is a fairly slim chance that you will damage your card if you go too far although this most frequently comes if you up the voltage significantly :)

Grounding or earthing yourself can be done by touching anything that has an earth connection, I normally just touch a radiator before doing anything in the computer but others plug in the PSU and then touch the case because that also has a ground line.
 
Shouldn't do, paint doesn't have much of an insulating property as far as I am aware, if it was coated in rubber however that would be different :) If you want to be sure though just touch one of the bare pipes that go into the radiator. In all honesty static electricity isn't much of a problem that I've ever found, to the best of my knowledge I have never killed anything with static electricity and I've built quite a few PCs by now.
 
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