Turned on my first self-built rig, IT LIVES, but curious about temps.

MillsyOC

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Turned on my first completely self-built rig, and it didn't explode so I'm already ecstatic.

Just wondering about the temps I was getting in the BIOS.

Antec Kuhler H2O 920 with stock fans and paste.

CPU was idling in BIOS at 32 degrees, which over the course of 15 minutes rose to 36. Also the RPM for the CPU fan was a red number, ~570RPM.

The only other fans were the top 200mm exhaust and the front 120mm intake, side panel was off so I could see any smoke or fire :D

Obviously I can manipulate the CPU fan speed once I get and install Win7 and install the software that came with the cooler. Just wondering if the above temps are acceptable for idling in the BIOS.

Cheers.
 
Yes they're fine whatever processor you have.

The most important thing is the load temperature.

You can test this once you have Windows installed.
 
considering there are usually bugger all processor power saving features in the bios, those are some fantastic temps.

to test temperatures under load use a program called prime95. if you want to see if your processor is giving ok temperatures then a 15 minute test will be fine, but if you are testing to make sure an overclock is stable then your looking at a 1 hour test at the very minimum
 
Yeah I've got Prime95 and CoreTemp on a USB stick as well as the latest ASUS BIOS for my mobo. My first time building and stress-testing a new system but I've read up on it quite a bit :)

I get win7 on Friday (Amazon take ages) and assuming all is well temp and power wise I'm going to try my hand at OCing the CPU in a few weeks. After all that's what I got the Antec Kuhler for ;)

Cheers for the reassurance over the temps.

Just as an aside, all my RAM is being detected, but it's stated in the BIOS as running at 1066Mhz or something close to that. The kit is Corsair Vengeance 12GB (3 x 4GB) CAS9 1600Mhz.

I've read that I won't get 1600Mhz and will have to make do with 1333Mhz, but I'm not sure how to set the RAM higher that its current 1066Mhz. Any ideas?

Cheers guys.
 
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