CPU cooling problem, details below. Any recommendations on how to fix the heat?
Last week I upgraded my system with a new mobo, memory, CPU, video card and PSU. However, now I'm having cooling problems and the CPU is registering temperatures of up to 70C/150F, or thereabouts. Clearly, too high to be comfortable with. Sometimes it trips the heat warning beeping at 75C, a VERY bad sign.
Here's what I bought:
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (stock CPU heatsink & fan)
Abit AV8 motherboard
1Gb DDR400 RAM (Kingston)
Geforce FX 6800 GT
Enermax 12V 460 Watt PSU
Now, the cooling problems. The original case is an Alienware case from late 2001, so it's not brand new. Case cooling:
Front: 1 intake fan, in front of the hard drive
Side: 1 video card cooling fan, blowing over GPU
Back: 1 exhaust fan
PSU: 1 bottom fan, intake to PSU. 1 back fan, exhaust out the back.
CPU: Stock AMD-official heatsink and fan
The cooling problems are pretty worrying. Right now, idle in WinXP, I've got temperature ranges between 61C - 69C. (The AV8 mobo comes with a heat gauge and OC utilities, both for the CMOS and for Windows)
What can I do to fix this heat problem? :-\ New CPU heatsink? Some kind of heat transfer compound? Everything is at stock configuration as it came out of the box, no OCing has been done. Thanks!
Edit: I bought the components on MWave.com, and as part of a bundle offer they installed the CPU, memory and mobo together for me. (Extra $5 for piece of mind? Seems worthwhile.) However, I don't KNOW what they use when they do that. I don't know, for install, if a heating compound of any kind was used. (A project for Monday)<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by IOError on 02/06/05 09:46 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
Last week I upgraded my system with a new mobo, memory, CPU, video card and PSU. However, now I'm having cooling problems and the CPU is registering temperatures of up to 70C/150F, or thereabouts. Clearly, too high to be comfortable with. Sometimes it trips the heat warning beeping at 75C, a VERY bad sign.
Here's what I bought:
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (stock CPU heatsink & fan)
Abit AV8 motherboard
1Gb DDR400 RAM (Kingston)
Geforce FX 6800 GT
Enermax 12V 460 Watt PSU
Now, the cooling problems. The original case is an Alienware case from late 2001, so it's not brand new. Case cooling:
Front: 1 intake fan, in front of the hard drive
Side: 1 video card cooling fan, blowing over GPU
Back: 1 exhaust fan
PSU: 1 bottom fan, intake to PSU. 1 back fan, exhaust out the back.
CPU: Stock AMD-official heatsink and fan
The cooling problems are pretty worrying. Right now, idle in WinXP, I've got temperature ranges between 61C - 69C. (The AV8 mobo comes with a heat gauge and OC utilities, both for the CMOS and for Windows)
What can I do to fix this heat problem? :-\ New CPU heatsink? Some kind of heat transfer compound? Everything is at stock configuration as it came out of the box, no OCing has been done. Thanks!
Edit: I bought the components on MWave.com, and as part of a bundle offer they installed the CPU, memory and mobo together for me. (Extra $5 for piece of mind? Seems worthwhile.) However, I don't KNOW what they use when they do that. I don't know, for install, if a heating compound of any kind was used. (A project for Monday)<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by IOError on 02/06/05 09:46 PM.</EM></FONT></P>