DarkMonotone Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Hi, So my motherboard and CPU have been running at about 65-70c when doing light gaming, such as LoL. Is this too high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BranHorse Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Specs and what are you using for temps. Also take screenshot of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkMonotone Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 (edited) http://i.imgur.com/SqS47kT.png Edited May 17, 2014 by StorM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeman Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 When was the last time you cleaned your PC for dust and dirt? Also are your fans set up properly? you should have a fan in the front of the case for intake and one in the rear for exhaust ATLEAST. Additional fans should be intake on side panel and exhaust on top of case if you have those. Also make sure the tower isn't completely encased in a desk or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkMonotone Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 When was the last time you cleaned your PC for dust and dirt? Also are your fans set up properly? you should have a fan in the front of the case for intake and one in the rear for exhaust ATLEAST. Additional fans should be intake on side panel and exhaust on top of case if you have those. Also make sure the tower isn't completely encased in a desk or something But is my current temperature too hot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 (edited) But is my current temperature too hot? Doing light gaming? Yes. edit: that's really hot for an amd cpu... Edited May 17, 2014 by Short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Wings Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 You should be like 10-15 degrees cooler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJK Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 i think 80 can do long term damage overtime start to panic at 100 get some new thermal paste - yo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BranHorse Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Ohhh a 555 be, i am literally the king of that chip. And yes it is way to fucking hot. These chips are known to crash at anything above 68 degrees celsius. NO 555/965/955 chip should ever be that hot which makes me wonder about the sensor on your motherboard. I overclocked the fuck out of a 555 and it never was able to get to 63 degrees without crashing. Running most AM3 chips at above 55 is never advised. What is cooling it? I assume stock in which case get a new heatsink (30 bucks) or put some new paste on it. Also....that gpu is bottlenecking your cpu very hard.... If my old 5850 did it then the 660 definitely is and i had 4 cores unlocked on it. Since your mobo is also hot i assume the case is full of dust. Clean your stuff check your fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkMonotone Posted May 18, 2014 Author Share Posted May 18, 2014 (edited) Cleaned the fans and got a new rear fan. Running at least 10-15 c's cooler now. Ohhh a 555 be, i am literally the king of that chip. And yes it is way to fucking hot. These chips are known to crash at anything above 68 degrees celsius. NO 555/965/955 chip should ever be that hot which makes me wonder about the sensor on your motherboard. I overclocked the fuck out of a 555 and it never was able to get to 63 degrees without crashing. Running most AM3 chips at above 55 is never advised. What is cooling it? I assume stock in which case get a new heatsink (30 bucks) or put some new paste on it. Also....that gpu is bottlenecking your cpu very hard.... If my old 5850 did it then the 660 definitely is and i had 4 cores unlocked on it. Since your mobo is also hot i assume the case is full of dust. Clean your stuff check your fans. Now that I think about it, you're right. Also, current temperatures below: http://i.imgur.com/gvOe0ml.png Edited May 18, 2014 by StorM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BranHorse Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Cleaned the fans and got a new rear fan. Running at least 10-15 c's cooler now. Now that I think about it, you're right. Also, current temperatures below: http://i.imgur.com/gvOe0ml.png Yeah its amazing what some dust can do haha To prevent it from happening again buy some of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999217 will help out a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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