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Case Lighting ( Cold Cathode Neon Light Blue )Power Supply ( ** iBUYPOWER Recommended for SLI ** Thermaltake Purepower 700 Watt Power Supply [SLI Ready] )Processor ( [Socket-AM2] AMD AthlonTM64 X2 4600+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technoloy )Processor Cooling ( CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit )Motherboard ( GigaByte GA-M55SLI-S4 nForce4-SLI Chipset w/7.1 Audio, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 Dual PCI-E MB )Memory ( 1024MB [512MB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )Video Card ( 2x NVIDIA GeForce 7900GT 256MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )Hard Drive ( 250 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache] )CD/DVD Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] 16X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Silver )Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster Audigy SE )Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )Monitor ( LCD Monitor ViewSonic 19" VX922 TFT LCD Monitor [Extreme Gaming; 2 ms; Silver/Black 2-Tone] )Keyboard ( Logitech Deluxe Keyboard Black )Mouse ( Logitech G5 Gaming Laser Mouse )Meter Display ( Logisys Multi-function Panel with Remote control Silver )Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Beige )Operation System ( MS Windows XP Professional w/ Service Pack 2 )Case Round Cable ( Rounded Cables for Floppy/HDD/CD/DVD/CD-RW/DVD-RW Drives )Case Round Cable ( Professional wiring for all cables inside the system tower )Wireless Network Adapter ( [Special !!!] Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps PCI Adapter )This is the exact order i filled out at I Buy Power. Although they gave me a 600w power supply they are shipping my replacement.
With this specs listed, my case has a little screen on the front that tells the temperature of the computer is running at. When idle my computer runs at an avg, 80-90'F When i play mid-ranged games, with nothing else running in the backround except for xfire. The temperature shoots up to 107-110'F. I wasnt sure if this was bad, i never messed with temperatures on my old computer. But this seems really hot for a computer to be running at. I ask a few of my friends in my Computer class in school and they told me same thing that with the cooling system that they gave me it should be runing around 55+ 75 at the highest. Now they sent me the wrong Powersupply, so they are sending me my new one. But will this help at all? Im guessing not, but i would like some input on this from you guys since you guys probably know much more about this stuff than i do(Im trying to learn tho) Anyway after i get this confirmed im going to call up IBP tech support again and confront them about this. Im guessing the cooling system is faulty or somtin to be running that hot on mid-ranged games. I dont even want to attempt any of my high end games yet,or else it might explode lol.

Did you verify that you have liquid cooling?
Why did you get it anyway...do you plan on extreme overclocking? The A64 X2 runs cool. Standard air-cooling is all that's necessary, even for moderate overclocking. You would have been better off investing that money elsewhere, like a better motherboard. Why did you get an AM2 board based on the nF4 chipset? And why did you get a HDD with only 8MB cache?

Why did you get 2x 7900GT's instead of a single 8800GT?
Why, if you put that kind of money into your graphics card and processor, did you only get 1GB of RAM? Heck, chop the 4800 down to a 4400, and pump the RAM up with the price difference!
"When idle my computer runs at an avg, 80-90'F When i play mid-ranged games, with nothing else running in the backround except for xfire. The temperature shoots up to 107-110'F. I wasnt sure if this was bad, i never messed with temperatures on my old computer."
If you're asking if that will damage your computer, the answer is no. If you're asking if that's a good temperature considering you have apparently liquid cooling, the answer is no.
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