Newbie seeking some PC advise

[Matt_ZA]

Hi guys, im running a fairly old pc -

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  - Intel I7 920 clocked to 3.6ghz
  - ASUS GTX 480
  - 8GB Corsair ddr3 ram
  - 850W Corsair PSU

I'm having huge temperature problems lately, the graphics card is hitting 106 degrees no matter what I play in a matter of minutes (fans all 100%), if I forget fans at all it switches the pc off. Running Real Temp while I play I sometimes see Core 1 and 2 "LOG".

The first thing I did was out with the stock CPU cooler and in with a closed loop that has a fan and radiator currently on the back of the case. Still, its getting to 80/90 degrees celsius when I play.

Tomorrow I'm replacing the old graphics card with a MSI 660 Twin Frozr to hopefully resolve that heat issue,

is there any chance that drastic GPU temp drop will help the CPU temp out?
What can I do to keep things in this pc cool and happy

 

[RobCrezz]

For the graphics card, remove the heatsink and fan, clean out any dust etc, while its off clean off all the old thermal paste and reapply new paste ( i recommend Arctic MX-4), then re assemble the graphics card.

I suggest doing the same for the CPU +heatsink. Did you make sure you cleaned off all the old thermal paste and applied new when you got the liquid cooler?