Running hotter than usual

[rbloomer]

My Pc is running hotter than usual. The cpu usually ran at 45 idle and didn't ever hit highier than 55 and now its idling at 49-50 and hits 60-67 doing the stuff it never hit over 55 doing
Pc Stats
Xcilo Case with 2 25 cm fans and a 120mm back fan
Biostar TA790GX motherboard
Amd Phenom 9950 Black edition, (Stock fan and heatsink, want to change any suggestions?)
4gb (2x 2gb) Corsair Xms series ram
Xfx Geforce 9800gtx+
400Gb western digital sata2 hdd (xp pro) and 320gb Seagate sata2 hdd (windows 7 Ultimate 32bit)

 

[b1gapl]

It's still a safe temperature zone, but preferably you'd want it as low as you can get.

I would suggest an aftermarket heatsink. You would notice a big difference if you get either:

Newegg.com - XIGMATEK HDT-S963 92mm Rifle CPU Cooler - CPU Fans & Heatsinks
or
Newegg.com - Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120 mm Core-Contact Freezer CPU Cooler W/TX-2 - CPU Fans & Heatsinks

Or just clean the dust off the heatsink, and see if that helps first.

 

[rbloomer]

Thanks, will do =P, anyone else not really care for the noise pcs make? i seen a link for a site that has alot of sound damping items what do u guys think about sound damping stuff?

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Sound damping materials can in effect cause a PC to heat up, as the case it self, when made of aluminum helps radiate the internal warm air if it isn't being exhausted efficiently.

I do know, on a lot of these newer heatsinks with the really thin fins that are close, it is a lot easier for dust to accumulate, have you done a good cleaning recently of the heatsink and fan?

 

[rbloomer]

now its running 34-35c idling after a cleaning it and having my rooms window open. i just had to get to the store to get air duster and for the sound damping i meant like fan silencers and hdd silcencers

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Those tend to work well if you have some fans that vibrate a lot, the gel like stuff absorbs it instead of the case absorbing it all, but stay away from the mats that literaly go onto entire panels.