Hi I'm using Windows XP Professional PIV Intel Dual core 2.8 2GB RAM ASUS- P5LD2-VM SE Board Nvidia 7600GS 512MB VGA my CPU temperature shows as on both bios and Asus probe (motherboard utility) as 70-75 while I'm just surfing on the internet. sometimes it goes to a maximum of 82 Celsious. I bought a new cooling fan and installed it. but its starting from 80 Celsious. so I'm using the old one right now. I'm hoping to buy a high en cooler. what are the coolers that u could recommend for me.

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Thanks a lot for the article. I even tried installing the cooler properly. I see an improvement. the temperature goes down to a minimum of 58Celsious it doesn't go beyond that. but when I use application like photoshop, Illustrator it goes to a maximum of 82 Celsious. and the CPU Fan RPM was 3200 when it was 82 Celsious. and the fan is giving an awkward noise. thats why I'm thinking that my cooler has a problem. and I would like to know that is there any relationship between the CPU Fan RPM and the Power supply.

I recently experienced a similar issue when replacing an old motherboard with a new one(all the other components were the same - also with a third party cooler and new thermal grease). In my case old mb = idle just above room temp, new mb = idle ~80c. It's not desirable but the fix seemed to underclock and undervolt a little, my guess is that the default settings were just to high or the board was unintentionally overvolting.... I'm not saying that this is your issue, just putting a "last resort" forward(provided it isn't a cooler / cooler installation issue). Oh, and the fan shouldn't vary on account of the power supply(unless it's faulty), but almost all new motherboards vary the fan speed according to the temps, provided the fan is connected to it and bios settings allow it, which explains why your fan goes nuts. Batch Variable how to

normally I have seen in other PC's, when the temperature is around 60-70C the Fan RPM would be 4500 or above. but my Fan RPM doesn't go above 3600 even when it was 80C. what are the high en coolers that you could recommend for me. I just wanna buy a high en cooler and check it out.