Recent content by mcnutman

I was mid-game and my computer turned off. I felt the case and it was very hot. It's quite a few years old now and I have played the same game for yonks so its not under any unusually high load. The inside of the case is spotless - no dust, so that couldn't have been the cause for the high...

I did. I had the thought that possibly because I moved the GFX card slot that caused the 2nd BSOD. So I uninstalled / reinstalled gfx drivers. Currently testing stuff under load at the moment. All running ok. temps dont go above 64 on load. I have the upper limit set to 50 on the bios and when...

So I got my Evo 212 today as well as new 120mm case fan, mx-4 TIM, rubbing alcohol & velcro cable tidies.. removed my old arctic freezer rev2, removed / reapplied TIM on processor, fitted evo 212, fitted case fan, untangled all my PSU wires and then sent them behind the case under the mobo...

So I just took the side of case off and tested again and my temps didn't go above 70 after a good 25-30mins, so it must be an air flow issue! How would I go about solving this? Will the new case fan fix it once installed?

Sooo it didn't fix it. It's my CPU. The temps just soar when I play games. The GPU temps stayed at a reasonable temperature. Hopefully this new fan and tidying up the wires sorts it out, but I'm skeptical. I played Tomb Raider on high settings for about 15 mins and my CPU reached 81 degrees C...