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Dynamic CPU cooling?
Name: Danty Date: October 3, 2005 at 13:25:58 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 3.0Ghz, 1G RAM
Comment:
My CPU's temperature shoots to 60-65C when playing games. I noticed this after I set BIOS to warn me if temperature is above 60C.
Normaly CPU temp. is arround 42C when not playing games. CPU fan is arround 2500RMP.
Is there a way to cool the CPU more? I.e. can fan speed be changed programatically?
Name: Danty Date: October 4, 2005 at 17:46:41 Pacific
Reply:
Yes it is prescott :(
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Response Number 5
Name: j1mbo Date: October 5, 2005 at 08:05:17 Pacific
Reply:
Need a nice cool ambient temp in your case, I got a case with a 120mm fan front and back which helped cool my prescott down a lot. Mine sticks around the 45-50 C mark when gaming now. And 2500rpm is getting on for full speed with the default intel heatsink on there btw, cant push it up much from there.
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