I have a question about the CPU fan. Is that fan blowing air to the cpu or the other way? And my CPU is too hot...62.5 degrees in idle... What should I do? It is an AMD XP1800 Thanks,~

Hi Philip You right that is far to hot for the 1800. Few things though , I presume you have fitted the processor and heat sink ? Remove it, clean the residue from the thermal pad, and apply a thin coat of thermal paste on the heat sink and the cpu. Reposition the heat sink, but make sure that it is sitting 100 % square on top of the cpu. Check your casing ventilation, and if neccessary ad an extra exhaust or intake fan, to increase air circulation thorough the case. If not done already. If your mother board supports the smart variable speed setting increase the thermal throttling in the bios so the mobo can increase the fan speed sooner than normal. If all that fails, I sugest you look at a after market cooler, such as the Thermaltake Volcano 10+ or 11. In adition have a look at the new line of Zelman cpu coolers also. I presume that your board is not Overclocked. If it is than the aftermarket coolers are almost a must. Hope that helps. Janos

Hi, 62.5 degrees is a bit hot, but you shouldn't have a problem till it gets to about 85 degrees celsius. Removing and reseting the heat sink is a good idea. Try using some arctic silver 3 instead of the normal thermal paste. Just remember you only need a little amount of paste, about the size of a piece of rice. If you decide to change your heatsink try looking on www.newegg.com for a good price. The Speeze FalconRock CPU Fan Model 5F286B is a good fan for a cheap price. It can even handle some light overclocking. If you want a good overclocker try a thermaltake or vantec cooler, but be aware they a usally quite loud.

If you put thermal paste on BOTH the heatsink and the cpu as suggested in the first post, there is a very high probability that you will end up with too much. Apply it to ONE surface only!

I believe the fan should blow onto the CPU and not away from it. Also, please mention Celcius or Fahrenheit in referring to temperatures. To me, 62.5 is very cool, although I expect Fahrenheit if Celcius is not specified.

Rear case fan should exhaust the air; front case fan intake; if you have an interior fan, it should move the air toward the exhaust case fan.