Worrying temperatures

PrChaos

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Hello. I purchased a computer from the site around November or December of last year and from then until now it's been great. However, the only thing that keeps worrying me is the temperatures of the processor itself. It's never been that great and when it should be idling at around 40 degrees C... Well... On a bad day with lots of dust built up, it idles at around 55c. It's not so bad right now because I recently cleaned it, but in about a months time it will be back to the same again.

Whenever I play games online, it seems to work great, barely any lagg in anything I play (90 to 100+ fps in BFBC2). Average temperatures seem to top out at around 60-70c. It only shoots up higher than that when I'm running everything on high graphics for a long period of time.

I'm wondering if there is any way to possibly rectify this problem? Could it be the airflow? Could it be the cooler itself? (Not in installed properly, not working) or could it be that it's just a poor quality cooler?

Here is my setup

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), (OC'ed to 3.40Ghz
Cooler: Akasa Nero AK-967 CPU cooler
Memory: 6144MB Corsair XMS3 DDR3
Hard Drive: 1.5 TB Seagate Barracuda
Video Card: Palit NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1024MB
Monitor: Acer X223HQ 22"
Case: Antec 902
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.Manufacturer // EX58-UD3R
 
I recently re-seated (swivelled round) my heatsink and re-applied my thermal paste. cores dropped by about 5c-7c. Now idling at 46c - 46c - 51c -47c. i7 920 D0 @ 4ghz with Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler

it's worth noting that the room temp makes a difference. You bought in Nov/Dec and it's now summer.
 
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I'm not yet confident enough to take my computer apart and put it back together so it's unlikely that I'll take anything out and reinstall it at this stage. I'd just like some information if possible.

However, in the near future I'll be getting a crash course in taking the insides apart and rebuilding them. So once I have that knowledge, I'll get my hands dirty.
 
Watch out with that cooler, i was refitting my son's ( i think the same rig as yours a titan goliath) and when i removed the heatsink some of the "lugs" on the push pins splayed out making them near impossible to get the cooler back in. These plastic push pin arrangements are poorly designed. I bought him a fenrir which not only has better cooling but is all metal screw mounted which makes removing and reinstalling easy
 
koooowweeee said:
you dont want to go above 70c really. just open you case and get a VAC on it could be just full of dust
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Yeah I did that. Gave the sides, back panel, front panel and insides a good vacuum out. Also get some old paintbrushes and managed to clean inside some of the parts (cooler, graphics card etc). I used tissue aswell. It definately is running at a lower temperature now. Guess I'll just have to keep doing it when it needs it.
 
to be honest that cpu coolers is not the best. get a newer one and you could go a lot higher with those clocks 4ghz seems to be the standard with them chips
 
koooowweeee said:
you dont want to go above 70c really. just open you case and get a VAC on it could be just full of dust
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70? are you mad? these chips run hot, and as such are easily fine into the 80's. 90 i'd say is the absolute limit you'd want to get to, but i like to keep mine below 80 as that's the temp i set as the limit for overclocking
 
twist3d0n3 said:
70? are you mad? these chips run hot, and as such are easily fine into the 80's. 90 i'd say is the absolute limit you'd want to get to, but i like to keep mine below 80 as that's the temp i set as the limit for overclocking
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you probably dont like your cpu's to last that long
 
As far as vacuuming the motherboard, i would be wary of that as you may well get some dangerous static. It would seem safer to remove the components and clean them with pressurised air and maybe vacuum out the empty case

If you do not have air filters then get some and add them to the fans or try making your own, i use old tights ( i always have a few pairs lying around !!) and cut them to size
 
paulselhi said:
As far as vacuuming the motherboard, i would be wary of that as you may well get some dangerous static. It would seem safer to remove the components and clean them with pressurised air and maybe vacuum out the empty case

If you do not have air filters then get some and add them to the fans or try making your own, i use old tights ( i always have a few pairs lying around !!) and cut them to size
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are them tights from when you dress up at the weekend he he
 
I have 2 dust filters that came with the case. They're on the 2 front air intake fans. I clean them regularly.

Oh and also, I didn't touch the motherboard as I don't have any of the special equipment. I'll need to get some in the future. I'm not that stupid :)
 
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