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Case Temperature

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madflava54

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According to MBM5, my case CPU is normally at 39 degrees Celcius. Is that good or bad?
 
thats hot. sure its youre case? MBM tends to not know what the hell any of the sensors point at
 
A/C runs around 71-76F. That's all really hot? My CPU idles around 2 degrees of the case and goes to about 55 degrees C. when I play Starcraft, which makes the case warmer. I guess I really need a new case.
 
I really don't care about looks or loudness, I rather have the peace of mind that my computer is cool. Right now, my case after running starcraft for a hour is at a 109 F. Sounds awfully hot to me. Any suggestions?
 
madflava54 said:
I really don't care about looks or loudness, I rather have the peace of mind that my computer is cool. Right now, my case after running starcraft for a hour is at a 109 F. Sounds awfully hot to me. Any suggestions?
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Ya, that's pretty hot. My case temps vary from 80-89F depending on how hot/cold my old lady feels at that moment and whether I'm gaming or just loitering here. She turned the AC up to 75F the other day and I almost bit her hand off.

What type/brand case are you using? Number and placement of fans? Is your case sitting in direct sunlight? A little more information would be helpful in finding a solution to your problem(s).
 
The case is right in the middle of the room, blinds block most sunlight. It's a HP case, the cases you would usually find at Bestbuy, Fry's, CompUSA; not my choice, but my mom bought it for me right before I went to school. There is the fan on the CPU, PSU, and then a 80mm fan blowing air out above the AGP/PCI slots.
 
madflava54 said:
The case is right in the middle of the room, blinds block most sunlight. It's a HP case, the cases you would usually find at Bestbuy, Fry's, CompUSA; not my choice, but my mom bought it for me right before I went to school. There is the fan on the CPU, PSU, and then a 80mm fan blowing air out above the AGP/PCI slots.
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What you need, son, are some power tools. I would put at least one intake fan in the front, if there's room for it use a 120mm fan. Is there a shroud/duct dealy going from the CPU to the rear case fan? If so then you will definately want another exhaust fan somewhere. Prolly an 80mm blow hole up top, if there's room, and another one next to your duct dealy, if there's room. If there's no room next to your current exhaust fan then rip off the shroud, if you have one, and stick a 120mm exhaust fan in there, too. You may also want to put an intake fan on your side panel, either next to your video card or CPU.
Another option would be to just put two or three side panel intake fans and then a couple top panel exhaust fans. Either way it will be better than your current setup.

Did you just notice that the temps were high one day or have you added something, ie video card, that has raised the temps?
 
the comp i built for my father runs the case at about 44 degrees.. when i close the door to it's shelf. the processor under load runs at about 52.

i figure it's rated to 90, why would it care. if it truly becomes a problem, i'll stick a better cooling solution on it. i doubt it'll become a problem.
 
Captain Colonoscopy said:
Did you just notice that the temps were high one day or have you added something, ie video card, that has raised the temps?
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No, I was just reading thru forums and read about CPU and case temperatures, which I never thought about. I don't have any tools and making an intake fan up front is nearly impossible b/c the harddrives go at the front and they stand vertically. The case itself is pretty compact and was very difficult to add a 2nd harddrive. I have a spare 80mm fan that's just lying around and there is really no place to put the fan unless I do some drilling. If I do drill, should I just put it on the side?
 
if you only put 1 more fan it, probably the best place to do it would be making a blowhole in the top of the case... heat rises, so putting an exhaust fan at the top should pull more heat out of the case than trying to blow it out the side or back...
 
scottatwittenberg said:
if you only put 1 more fan it, probably the best place to do it would be making a blowhole in the top of the case... heat rises, so putting an exhaust fan at the top should pull more heat out of the case than trying to blow it out the side or back...
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My case is really compact and I don't think there is room for me to put a fan up there. Right now, since it was just sitting on my desk, I just placed it at the bottom of the case, laying on its back just to have cooler air circulate in the case. Probably sounds stupid.

Is my 250W PSU good enough for my computer right now w/ that extra fan? I have a p4 2.6, 512 DDR ram, 2 HDDs, 2 cd-drives, sound card, onboard ethernet, a fan, plus cpu fan, and 3dcard.
 
It should be fine, one extra 80mm fan isn't going to hose anything. You probably should think about upgrading to at least a 300watt PSU with all the drives you have. What video card do you have? You'll prolly have to get a bigger PSU if you ever upgrade your video card.
 
My CPU is at 53C after folding for 24 hours, but it idles at around 25-30C whereas my other one idles at around 45-50C, which is from PC World, which goes to show how much they consider cooling
 
I think mine idles at 34 when it's at night and the A/C is on. What is your setup? 25 sounds so nice.
 
For the guy who asked, mine's a pretty old rig, from before I got into the technical stuff, so its a pre-built system. It's a P4 1.8GHz Willamette on an Intel D845HV mobo (its so basic that it can't even be OC'd) with a coolermaster HSF and an added intake fan (courtesy of myself - there goes the warranty :D), taking the fan count to 2 (an 80mm intake and 80mm exhaust) so it's nothing special, but it does run cool
 
ReNeGaDe* said:
For the guy who asked, mine's a pretty old rig, from before I got into the technical stuff, so its a pre-built system. It's a P4 1.8GHz Willamette on an Intel D845HV mobo (its so basic that it can't even be OC'd) with a coolermaster HSF and an added intake fan (courtesy of myself - there goes the warranty :D), taking the fan count to 2 (an 80mm intake and 80mm exhaust) so it's nothing special, but it does run cool
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i have 5 system fans, one psu fan, one cpu fan, and one gpu fan...totalling 6

6 is MUCH better than that time i had 11 fans.... it was LOUD.... but all those extra fans kept overloading my powersupply and it would shut down after i turned it on for about 5 minutes
 
i had no troubles cooling my chieftec dragon i get like 80 F temps when the room is 75 or so, but i kind of went on a fan rampage... i think the count is up to 7 fans, bottom hdd cage having a 92 mm fan hot glued to it and all of my fans doing ~43-49 CFM at 12v (dunno what the 92 mm does but it does a lot :D ) of course i made myself 7/12v switches for those fans..

i need to figure out where to place my extra 80mm fan tho, i got 92 mm in bottom drive cage, 80 mm in intake under the cage both exaust are used, blow hole, and side panel fan blowing at video card

on a side note i got a 40 mm fan on north bridge and the cpu coolers a 80 mm fan :p
 
The original question was about his CPU temp not his case. I would say that it is just fine. I printed up the report from Everest Home Edition, here's what it says: The only question I have is where the hell did it pick up my HDD temp?


Sensor Properties:
Sensor Type Winbond W83627THF
Sensor Access ISA 290h
Motherboard Name Asus P4C800 / P4P800 / P4P8X

Temperatures:
Motherboard 29 °C (84 °F)
CPU 37 °C (99 °F)
SAMSUNG SP1614C 21 °C (70 °F)

Cooling Fans:
CPU 4441 RPM
Chassis 2500 RPM
Power Supply 2411 RPM

Voltage Values:
CPU Core 1.63 V
+3.3 V 3.30 V
+5 V 5.05 V
+12 V 12.22 V
+5 V Standby 4.51 V
 
Major_A said:
The original question was about his CPU temp not his case. I would say that it is just fine. I printed up the report from Everest Home Edition, here's what it says: The only question I have is where the hell did it pick up my HDD temp?


Sensor Properties:
Sensor Type Winbond W83627THF
Sensor Access ISA 290h
Motherboard Name Asus P4C800 / P4P800 / P4P8X

Temperatures:
Motherboard 29 °C (84 °F)
CPU 37 °C (99 °F)
SAMSUNG SP1614C 21 °C (70 °F)

Cooling Fans:
CPU 4441 RPM
Chassis 2500 RPM
Power Supply 2411 RPM

Voltage Values:
CPU Core 1.63 V
+3.3 V 3.30 V
+5 V 5.05 V
+12 V 12.22 V
+5 V Standby 4.51 V
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most modern hardrives have temperature probes its just mbm doesnt read it i think its a pata only thing

and with relevence.. with cpu temps case temp is everything.. if i shut down most of my fans the cpu temp change is pretty exponential
 
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