Is my computer overheating?

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mikebrown

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Hey guys. Im running a 2.8ghz Pentium 4 @ 3.23ghz. It runs fine, doing internet usage, music, movies, whatever, but when I try to play games (FEAR mostly) it shuts off randomly. Im THINKING its overheating. Right now its running at... 43 degrees celsius. Every time it does this shut down thing, when I reboot, I check my PC Health Status in Bios immediately and its at 55 degrees celsius. Is that TOO hot for it? I cant think of any other reason why It'd shut off randomly. Also, I've tried slowing down the CPU all the way back to stock 2.8ghz, and it does the same thing, and If I remember correctly, 55 degrees is what it would be at. I even have the side panel off my computer, with a fan on the back of the case.

Any ideas?
 
43-55 isn't too hot. My p4 3.2Ghz Northwood ran between 40-44C at idle and up to 70C under full load. No porblems at those temps (at least for me)
 
Does it Prime95? Try using 3DMark05 and similar apps to test whether it is stable. Maybe it is a combination of not enough power and a 400Mhz OC.
 
I am using a 600 watt CompUSA Power Supply. Same thing happened using a 430 watt Antec. Not only that, the same thing happened while it was at stock speeds, so not sure about the OC being unstable :-\
 
also, how will 3dmark05 tell me if the OC is unstable? ive never used 3dmark before
 
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