Hello everyone, new to the forum here...
So I have just built my desktop and fired up Battlefield 3. I noticed that my computer fan is really loud... I touched the side of the case (motherboard side) and it was so hot! I checked the temperature and it turned out that the cores reach 100 degrees Celsius during gameplay. Once I shut down the game, the temperature drops down to 50 degrees Celsius.
Now I'm surfing the internet for about an hour trying to figure solution for the problem and the cores temperatures are jumping between 49 and 50 degrees Celsius.
I'm using stock fan which has its stock thermo paste. The fan is fixed correctly on the motherboard.
My room has central air conditioning and the temperature set at 21 degrees. I am using cooler master case... I'm starting to assume that the case is to small making air circulation difficult? When I first installed the graphics card, I noticed it was too big for the case... it was touching all the way to the hard drives bay... I guess its making like a wall between the lower front fan and the processor?
I'm not using any additional fans and for some reason I feel I want to avoid getting water cooling. I've just spent almost everything I have on this rig so its going to be a very careful and studied solution approach, and here where I need your help.
I have concluded (though not necessarily correctly) that my case (though new) is too cramped and my air cooling is inadequate. However, I may not be able to exchange the case, so the first thing I will do is replace the stock CPU air cooler, add new thermo paste and add a fan to the upper-rear side of the case. This is my case http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/case/mid-tower-k-series/k280.html
Now that you know the size of my case and the type of my components, what kind of rear fan do I need? I suppose its going to be extractor fan...? but it will be too close from the processor. but its more logical to have extractor there, no?
What about processor fan? I noticed that corsair H100i is popular, but I don't think it will fit in my case. What other suitable alternative?
Also, do I need fan for my memory sticks?
Finally, if replacing the case was no problem, what solution would you suggest to this problem?
I plan on going to the computer shop tomorrow at 11 am, that's 9 hours from now. So please let the answers come really quick ;p
my setup is as follows:
Intel I7 4770
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H
Kingston HyperX Beast 16 GB (2x8 GB) 2400MHz DDR3 PC3-19200
XFX AMD Radeon 7990 6gb
PSU Coolermaster Silent pro gold 1000w
I have disabled the onboard sound and graphics, I'm using USB speakers.
I have on SSD and one HDD
My case is coolermaster http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/case/mid-tower-k-series/k280.html
So I have just built my desktop and fired up Battlefield 3. I noticed that my computer fan is really loud... I touched the side of the case (motherboard side) and it was so hot! I checked the temperature and it turned out that the cores reach 100 degrees Celsius during gameplay. Once I shut down the game, the temperature drops down to 50 degrees Celsius.
Now I'm surfing the internet for about an hour trying to figure solution for the problem and the cores temperatures are jumping between 49 and 50 degrees Celsius.
I'm using stock fan which has its stock thermo paste. The fan is fixed correctly on the motherboard.
My room has central air conditioning and the temperature set at 21 degrees. I am using cooler master case... I'm starting to assume that the case is to small making air circulation difficult? When I first installed the graphics card, I noticed it was too big for the case... it was touching all the way to the hard drives bay... I guess its making like a wall between the lower front fan and the processor?
I'm not using any additional fans and for some reason I feel I want to avoid getting water cooling. I've just spent almost everything I have on this rig so its going to be a very careful and studied solution approach, and here where I need your help.
I have concluded (though not necessarily correctly) that my case (though new) is too cramped and my air cooling is inadequate. However, I may not be able to exchange the case, so the first thing I will do is replace the stock CPU air cooler, add new thermo paste and add a fan to the upper-rear side of the case. This is my case http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/case/mid-tower-k-series/k280.html
Now that you know the size of my case and the type of my components, what kind of rear fan do I need? I suppose its going to be extractor fan...? but it will be too close from the processor. but its more logical to have extractor there, no?
What about processor fan? I noticed that corsair H100i is popular, but I don't think it will fit in my case. What other suitable alternative?
Also, do I need fan for my memory sticks?
Finally, if replacing the case was no problem, what solution would you suggest to this problem?
I plan on going to the computer shop tomorrow at 11 am, that's 9 hours from now. So please let the answers come really quick ;p
my setup is as follows:
Intel I7 4770
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H
Kingston HyperX Beast 16 GB (2x8 GB) 2400MHz DDR3 PC3-19200
XFX AMD Radeon 7990 6gb
PSU Coolermaster Silent pro gold 1000w
I have disabled the onboard sound and graphics, I'm using USB speakers.
I have on SSD and one HDD
My case is coolermaster http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/case/mid-tower-k-series/k280.html