Overheating problems

[Momo3]

I've read a lot of posts about Intel CPU's overheating with stock heatsink and fans... Is this while idle, or during long hours of gaming?

I just got a 3.4 Ghz Pentium 4 HT 650, on an ASUS P5P800 motherboard with just stock heatsink and fan... should I be worried? Or would getting something like a Thermaltake 775 do the trick?

Not using it for gaming, just video encoding and day-to-day use...


Thanks,

 

[mpjesse]

Don't worry about it. I had a stock fan/heatsink on my P4 3.4Ghz for 1.5 years and never had an issue. Do you really think Intel would sell/design a heatsink that doesn't work?

All you need to do is clean it occassionally. This is true of any heatsink/fan.

-mpjesse

 

[Momo3]

Good to hear, thanks for the reassurance!

 

[slvr_phoenix]

The stock heatsink is generally fine ... so long as the case has good airflow. What kind of case and case fans are involved?

 

[Momo3]

It's in a Raidmax xA568 mid tower...

 

[slvr_phoenix]

It's in a Raidmax xA568 mid tower...

Not stunning, but not bad. So that's an intake 80mm fan and the PSU for exhaust. Do you have one or two of the optional 80mm exhaust fans installed? If not, I'd suggest that you look into adding them.

 

[Momo3]

I was looking at ecollegepc.com to order it, those were all the specifics that i was going to order... it looks like it has 2 fans, but i e-mailed customer support to check.