CPU Overheating, Do i need a new fan? Help!

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liboiron10

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Ok, So i built my PC for roughly $1400 last year, and its a pretty good PC,
but some times my pc freezes, and i have to wait for it to unfreeze witch usually takes roughly 1 to 3 minutes.

ill list my specs:
http://i.imgur.com/bLkOmBn.png

So i got tired of my pc doing this for like as long as i could remember so i downloaded CoreTemp. And it stated that my Pc Runs 90°F to 120°F.

Now, my question is, should i get a new cpu fan? or new case fan / system fan?

Please reply if u want more info 😛 i have a budget of 150$, i want to fix asap.
And before u say im crazy, yes i am crazy, and this is terrible for my cpu.
 
Solution
You are right. The cable management looks good and the ventilation seems decent too. If taking the side off did not do much, then more fans in that area is unlikely to help either.


Now that we have eliminated most of the obvious this we can look at the others. How old is your PSU? That's a fairly low-performance PSU (although high-power) and the main capacitors will eventually fail, especially as your GPU makes sudden demand spikes, but I would expect them to be able to handle it. However, as time goes by, they degrade, and the cheaper they are, the sooner they degrade.

GPU overheating
Dodgy PSU
Driver issues

are the three things I would be looking at. Keeping your log will help.


What would that mean?
And do u think that i should reformat my pc with fresh windows to see if it will resolve the issue?