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This is a temp guide so you know how hot things should get and how hot things shouldnt get. If your OC'ing or not
The Video card is supposed to withstand much hotter temps then your CPU. The older 6*** series from nVidia are known to run much hotter then the new 78** series. As the 8** series from ATI i dont really konw much about them because they are crap and are a waste of money
Video card Temps
Stock
idle - 30-40C
full - 50-60C
if you have a 6*** series you could be running upwards to 80C which is OK.
If you are running hotter then 80C or want to do a little more OC but you are getting held back by the heat, you can invest in a third party heatsink and some AS5. You can run up to 100C-120C but no one really wants to run their video card THAT HOT at 24/7 usage.
Zalman VF-700cu and the NV silencers are one of the best.
With these on, with AS5 of course, your temps should be running 5-10C lower then with stock cooling, and you should be able to OC your video card some more.
CPU
CPU's shouldnt be running higher then 60C. The AMD 64's are known to run pretty cool.
AMD Single core
Idle - 20-35C
Full 35-50C
Dual core
X2's
Idle 30-40C
Full 40-55C
The opterons are known to run a little hotter then the X2's or the single core
Idle 35-40C
Full 40-55C
As for Intel, if you OC them you will get really high temps, upwards to 60-70C which then you would want to invest in some decent cooling
As for heatsinks, the zalman CNPS9500 or Big typhoon are the beste out there.
If you dont feel like spending money for those 30-50 dollar heatsinks, here are a couple of steps to cool down your temps
1) Get a can of compressed air and clean out your exsisitng heatsink of dust, and your case.
2) Rewire some cables so it is cleaner and can get some decent airflow through the case
3) Buy some cheap fans 2-10 dollars and mount them in free fan slots.
Case Airflow
One of the most important factors when trying to cool down your temps.
The ideal setup for case airflow, is mounting some case fans in the front of your case, for intake, or blowing air INTO the case. If your case has a side fan, you want that to be blowing air INTO the case. If your case has a mountable fan in the rear of the case, you would want to place that as EXAHUST, or blowing air OUT of the case. Usually people recommend putting a blowhole at the top, so it would blow air OUT of the case, like a blowhole :bald: lol.
Cleaning your wires
To start off if you have an IDE hdd you can buy some rounded ones so they arent so big and bulky as the regular IDE cables. What you want to do, is to not have so many wires blowing the fans, and inside your CPU heatsink :amazed: Most people do is put wires behind their mobo rack, or inside the optical drive rack. Having a clean case will make your CPU and GPU very happy people
As if you fry something because you read what to do in this guide, it isnt my fault. Though if you do break something you should not get back into the computer building business at all. So enjoy your new hardware, and see what kind of temps they get
Overclocking
When your overclocking, that doesnt really raise your temps, what raises your temps is raising the voltage. Usually most people raise the voltage between 1.4-1.6V . Some people are just to scared and rarely even go above stock ranging from 1.2-1.35V . Stop being babies and make that puppy purrr, for 24/7 use of a computer, you really dont want more then 1.6V on the new AMD 64's and dual cores. For the older XP's and Semprons i heard they can go up to like 1.8V but i still wouldnt even want it that high lol. Raising the Mem voltage also makes your mem hotter and increase the overall temp in your case. Most mem, regular 2.6-2.9V while BH-5 can go upwards to 3V . Hitting DDR500 at very low timings, 2-2-2-5. As TCCD chips dont want more then 2.8V hitting very high speeds DDR600 at not to shabby timings 3-3-3-5 ish .
Water Cooling vs Air cooling
IF your in a budget and dont have a lot of money, i would suggest a nice third party heatsink, but if you got some spare money lying around, and want to get some decent OC's out of your video card or CPU i would suggest water cooling. For a dual waterblock, CPU and GPU water block defintely go with 2*120mm radiator or a heatercore which i really dont know anything about. Get a decent pump and some tubing, and you got yourself some low temps, but i warn you, if you get those panaflo fans or somethign else at 110cfm 24/7 you wont get any sleep
Temperature Programs
Everest Home Edition
IT is discontinued from the main site, but you will find a lot of 3rd party websites with available downloads
Motherboard Monitor 5
IF it supports your mobo, its a great program
Speedfan
It sucks, so inaccurate, it makes your chipset fan -148C and your voltages will be way off
To be most accurate you can check in your bios by pressing DEL at startup
The Video card is supposed to withstand much hotter temps then your CPU. The older 6*** series from nVidia are known to run much hotter then the new 78** series. As the 8** series from ATI i dont really konw much about them because they are crap and are a waste of money
Video card Temps
Stock
idle - 30-40C
full - 50-60C
if you have a 6*** series you could be running upwards to 80C which is OK.
If you are running hotter then 80C or want to do a little more OC but you are getting held back by the heat, you can invest in a third party heatsink and some AS5. You can run up to 100C-120C but no one really wants to run their video card THAT HOT at 24/7 usage.
Zalman VF-700cu and the NV silencers are one of the best.
With these on, with AS5 of course, your temps should be running 5-10C lower then with stock cooling, and you should be able to OC your video card some more.
CPU
CPU's shouldnt be running higher then 60C. The AMD 64's are known to run pretty cool.
AMD Single core
Idle - 20-35C
Full 35-50C
Dual core
X2's
Idle 30-40C
Full 40-55C
The opterons are known to run a little hotter then the X2's or the single core
Idle 35-40C
Full 40-55C
As for Intel, if you OC them you will get really high temps, upwards to 60-70C which then you would want to invest in some decent cooling
As for heatsinks, the zalman CNPS9500 or Big typhoon are the beste out there.
If you dont feel like spending money for those 30-50 dollar heatsinks, here are a couple of steps to cool down your temps
1) Get a can of compressed air and clean out your exsisitng heatsink of dust, and your case.
2) Rewire some cables so it is cleaner and can get some decent airflow through the case
3) Buy some cheap fans 2-10 dollars and mount them in free fan slots.
Case Airflow
One of the most important factors when trying to cool down your temps.
The ideal setup for case airflow, is mounting some case fans in the front of your case, for intake, or blowing air INTO the case. If your case has a side fan, you want that to be blowing air INTO the case. If your case has a mountable fan in the rear of the case, you would want to place that as EXAHUST, or blowing air OUT of the case. Usually people recommend putting a blowhole at the top, so it would blow air OUT of the case, like a blowhole :bald: lol.
Cleaning your wires
To start off if you have an IDE hdd you can buy some rounded ones so they arent so big and bulky as the regular IDE cables. What you want to do, is to not have so many wires blowing the fans, and inside your CPU heatsink :amazed: Most people do is put wires behind their mobo rack, or inside the optical drive rack. Having a clean case will make your CPU and GPU very happy people
As if you fry something because you read what to do in this guide, it isnt my fault. Though if you do break something you should not get back into the computer building business at all. So enjoy your new hardware, and see what kind of temps they get
Overclocking
When your overclocking, that doesnt really raise your temps, what raises your temps is raising the voltage. Usually most people raise the voltage between 1.4-1.6V . Some people are just to scared and rarely even go above stock ranging from 1.2-1.35V . Stop being babies and make that puppy purrr, for 24/7 use of a computer, you really dont want more then 1.6V on the new AMD 64's and dual cores. For the older XP's and Semprons i heard they can go up to like 1.8V but i still wouldnt even want it that high lol. Raising the Mem voltage also makes your mem hotter and increase the overall temp in your case. Most mem, regular 2.6-2.9V while BH-5 can go upwards to 3V . Hitting DDR500 at very low timings, 2-2-2-5. As TCCD chips dont want more then 2.8V hitting very high speeds DDR600 at not to shabby timings 3-3-3-5 ish .
Water Cooling vs Air cooling
IF your in a budget and dont have a lot of money, i would suggest a nice third party heatsink, but if you got some spare money lying around, and want to get some decent OC's out of your video card or CPU i would suggest water cooling. For a dual waterblock, CPU and GPU water block defintely go with 2*120mm radiator or a heatercore which i really dont know anything about. Get a decent pump and some tubing, and you got yourself some low temps, but i warn you, if you get those panaflo fans or somethign else at 110cfm 24/7 you wont get any sleep
Temperature Programs
Everest Home Edition
IT is discontinued from the main site, but you will find a lot of 3rd party websites with available downloads
Motherboard Monitor 5
IF it supports your mobo, its a great program
Speedfan
It sucks, so inaccurate, it makes your chipset fan -148C and your voltages will be way off
To be most accurate you can check in your bios by pressing DEL at startup