I've got an older PC, X2 4200+ 939. I have it in a Silverstone TJ02 case with an 80mm on front and 120mm on back. Thermaltake Typhoon with 120mm fan. 2 sata hard drives spaced out. All fans are working great.
After a couple hours playing WoW or any other game the PC will overheat. Sometimes its the vid card (8600GTS) and I get artifacts. Fan is running fine on the vid card.
Idel temps:
CPU: 110 F
Chipset: 120 F
Vid: 140 F
System: 115 F
Load:
CPU: 130 F
Chipset: 130 F
Vid: 150-160 F
System: 125-130 F
These seem pretty high. I have great air flow around the PC. Its on top of a table with nothing blocking in take or exhaust. If I pull the side panel off I can keep it from over heating and shut down/reboot/ or artifacts.
I have replaced the thermal grease on the CPU, replaced the fans, swapped fans around. the only way I can keep it cool now is too open my window and blow a box fan on it lol. I am not overclocking at all, everything is stock including my voltage.
I was thinking about getting a new case and heat sink but I'm worried about the video card too. What do you guys think? Is it just old?
After a couple hours playing WoW or any other game the PC will overheat. Sometimes its the vid card (8600GTS) and I get artifacts. Fan is running fine on the vid card.
Idel temps:
CPU: 110 F
Chipset: 120 F
Vid: 140 F
System: 115 F
Load:
CPU: 130 F
Chipset: 130 F
Vid: 150-160 F
System: 125-130 F
These seem pretty high. I have great air flow around the PC. Its on top of a table with nothing blocking in take or exhaust. If I pull the side panel off I can keep it from over heating and shut down/reboot/ or artifacts.
I have replaced the thermal grease on the CPU, replaced the fans, swapped fans around. the only way I can keep it cool now is too open my window and blow a box fan on it lol. I am not overclocking at all, everything is stock including my voltage.
I was thinking about getting a new case and heat sink but I'm worried about the video card too. What do you guys think? Is it just old?