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Cooling / Temperatures
Name: renxwar Date: September 16, 2003 at 18:03:55 Pacific OS: Windows XP Professional CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon XP2600+ / 512M
Comment:
I recently bought a new barebones computer which had no fans or cooling (with the exception of the retail CPU fan) It shows the computer temperatures in BIOS and I have a quick question: What’s a suitable system and CPU temperature? My system runs at around 30C-40C and the CPU runs on average at around 47C. Is this too hot?
And yes, I bought 1 case fan so far, I'm planning on getting another 2 for the front within the week. I also have a hard drive cooler and a ram heat spreader. Also, does anybody know anything about the "exhaust systems" (It connects in a PCI slot and "sucks out the hot air deep within the system") Are those things worth it?
Name: buster65 Date: September 16, 2003 at 19:12:01 Pacific
Reply:
My opinion: Save your money. Your system is ok like it is.
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Response Number 2
Name: jake Date: September 16, 2003 at 19:14:52 Pacific
Reply:
You're temperatures are ok. I wouldn't worry about it.
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Response Number 3
Name: johnoh Date: September 17, 2003 at 09:08:47 Pacific
Reply:
Take the side panel off the case. Whatever temp your cpu then runs at is going to be about equal to your temp if you got 6 more case fans. Chances are you'll find it not worth it to get anything beyond the one case fan you already have.
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Response Number 4
Name: renxwar Date: September 23, 2003 at 20:47:50 Pacific
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Well, what I'm planning to do now is get 2 more 80mm fans for the front (which are 3.49$ at compusa, so its not like I'm spending 200$ on cooling) and I have a hard drive cooler which I can tell a noticable increase in speed.
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