RE: Any computer nerds here? Hard reboots
February 23, 2016 at 9:28 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2016 at 9:29 pm by bennyboy.)
I'm not sure what CPU temps are safe for your chip, but 70 sounds very high to me.
Chip speed CAN go up really fast when playing games. When I'm playing something with high-def 3d graphics, my GFX and CPU fans sound like a freaking wind tunnel. I've had GFX crashes and system crashes when my fans have gotten clogged with lint and dust, and cleaning them out instantly solved the problem.
If you are using speed fan to control speeds, I'd just manually set your CPU fan to 100% when doing those activities. If the chip still overheats, it can mean either the thermal paste is too little or badly applied, preventing flow of heat to the fan, or that the fan is insufficient, or that the CPU is bad.
I'd recommend buying a good Zalman cpu fan. They are relatively inexpensive (relative to the CPU and motherboard costs, I mean), and will make a huge difference in the ability of the chip to stay cool.
Having a good heavy-duty PSU is also important. If you have a late-model GFX card, it will likely draw more power than a base-model PSU can handle. The PSU is one of my high-priority buys, because if that is shit, you are risking a complete meltdown of your motherboard, memory chips, and CPU. And the difference between a shit PSU and a pretty great one is maybe $40 or so if you shop around and check online reviews etc.
Chip speed CAN go up really fast when playing games. When I'm playing something with high-def 3d graphics, my GFX and CPU fans sound like a freaking wind tunnel. I've had GFX crashes and system crashes when my fans have gotten clogged with lint and dust, and cleaning them out instantly solved the problem.
If you are using speed fan to control speeds, I'd just manually set your CPU fan to 100% when doing those activities. If the chip still overheats, it can mean either the thermal paste is too little or badly applied, preventing flow of heat to the fan, or that the fan is insufficient, or that the CPU is bad.
I'd recommend buying a good Zalman cpu fan. They are relatively inexpensive (relative to the CPU and motherboard costs, I mean), and will make a huge difference in the ability of the chip to stay cool.
Having a good heavy-duty PSU is also important. If you have a late-model GFX card, it will likely draw more power than a base-model PSU can handle. The PSU is one of my high-priority buys, because if that is shit, you are risking a complete meltdown of your motherboard, memory chips, and CPU. And the difference between a shit PSU and a pretty great one is maybe $40 or so if you shop around and check online reviews etc.
