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[(FG) TheLogick]

My PC is getting a bit hot what was that software you told me about when I was OCing that recording your max temp so I can see what it is in game

Thanks :D

[(FG) Nathan]

CPU-Z???

HwMonitor??

Everest?

[(FG) juliankr]

HwMonitor gives you a min and max temp.

core temp gives you a wordpad doc with your min and max core temps aswell as % used.

[(FG) TheLogick]

Ah everyone else knows it, it was HwMonitor

My GPU peaked 91c    very hot :(

[Game4it]

(FG) TheLogick, on 05 April 2010 - 05:58 PM, said:

Ah everyone else knows it, it was HwMonitor

My GPU peaked 91c    very hot :(

yeah thats a bit toasty even for a 275 i'd say.
Make sure its fan is speeding up during gameplay to cope with heat.

[(FG) TheLogick]

Jason, I actually have no OC anymore I forgot the stock was 2.3 not 2.8

With game's assitance I managed to get my CPU at around 3.6ghz with it peaking 70c which is rly good i think but I didnt see that much gain my PC was slow, slugglish still not that much better without OC I would like go waw the i7 rocks but really its just hmm great

Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory CL9(9-9-9-24)
Coolermaster HAF 932



I think my RAM isnt running at the speed just have a funny feeling I think you need to set it manually

It will be a year old soon do u think its worth RMA or something, the GPU. I knew I should of stuck with ATI :(

[Game4it]

If you hit me up over the weekend i'll go through the settings you have in your bios to check all is ok.

[(FG) TheLogick]

Thanks

I just found out that the back fan is intake, im not sure why I thought it was exhaust

The heatsink is blowing out hot air onto the back fan which is then pushing it back it ... tut :( Also when i took the case off the CPU went down to 32C which is rly low it usally idles around 38/41c   it shows that the big fan on the side of the case must be blocking air ... I dont use it , cant figure how to take it off will reconfig case tomorrow

Edit: Actually i might as well save the hassle in taking it off and just plug it in, increasing the airflow

Edited by (FG) TheLogick, 08 April 2010 - 03:02 PM.

[(FG) Nathan]

To take it off, you just undo the screws?? Thats all I did on mine...

The 23cm fans arent the best...

[(FG) TheLogick]

(FG)Natey, on 08 April 2010 - 03:41 PM, said:

To take it off, you just undo the screws?? Thats all I did on mine...

The 23cm fans arent the best...

I cant see screws it looks like bolts to me, unless im being more of an n00b. I'll take another look tomorrow.

[(FG) TheLogick]

I changed the back fan to blow out now. Removed the side fan. Routed alot of cable at the back. Cleaned alot of dust. I also moved the hard drives closer to the bottom of the case as this is the coolest place. I also moved the sound card to the bottom of the case instead of directly underneath the gpu

Images of temps attached.

temp1 before temp2 after

I can see some drops

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[(FG) Nathan]

CPU Temps seem to have dropped a reasonable ammount. Wewre these at load? or idle?

And, the GPU temp has risen??? Dont understand why...maybe becuase there is now no air beyond blown directly into the g card fan, all be it, it was warm air that was being blown in.

Try putting a 120 in the bottom behind the PSU if you've got one, and as long as there's room behind the PSU.

[(FG) TheLogick]

The cuurent temp was higher because I think I had gta running in the background but the max temp is lower played gta for 30mins each

I have a new prob when I listen to music every 5 secs the sound changes like from bass to treble when I go into the sound settings it says
2 - SB X-FI

2??? Onboard is disabled I tried reinstalling :(

[(FG) TheLogick]

I had the speakers set up for 7.1 thats why it would be a bit crap

[(FG) TheLogick]

As requested, game

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[(FG) Nathan]

I take it your running an 18x multiplier to get it to 2.8?

From what ive seen around the web, if you put the multiplier up and the bass clock down, it may bring your temps down.

Bclck: 140 multi: 20 or Bclck: 148 multi: 19

Lower bass clock would mean the voltages probably wouldnt need to be as high, so temps would intern be lower.

I think this is correct, someone will correct me if not.

[Game4it]

Working on it now nate

[Game4it]

(FG) Game4it, on 10 April 2010 - 04:06 PM, said:

Working on it now nate

As for lower base clock and higher multi i've tested both ways and not found much dif in temps.

My thinking on it is,
Higher multi/lower base clock = higher TDP = more watts of heat produced
Higher base/lower multi = more volts needed so produces as much heat.

First option normally easier to get stable though.

[(FG) Nathan]

Yeah, good point game.