Temperature problems?

Ronaldo7

My hard drive gets hot to touch sometimes when i start playing games...

And i notice for no reason at all, the whole thing will just crash to desktop. I have all the latest motherbord, graphics card drivers etc...

Same with my graphics card and actual ram.

Im wondering is it because its too cramped in my case?

Heres a pic of the inside of my pc.

How does it look? Should i have more fans etc? I only have the one on the side panel which cant be seen now as its off for the picture...

Oriel

Your case certainly isn't cramped anyway! Looks empty compared to mine.

bizmark

All cases should have at lest one Fan at the back (or so says Amd)

Any case temp monitors to tell you what temp the case is at ?

Big Chief

cramped ? lol

add in about 5 y splitters, 2 case fans, another hdd, another cd rom, 2 IDE cables, coolingmaster aero 7 heatsink and you may get an idea of what mine looks like

as sinecure said your case looks empty compared to mine

Ronaldo7

jesus how are your cases so cramped?

Theres already two hard drives, a dvd drive, a cd-rw drive, 3/4 ide cables...

Ok heres some temperatures and fan settings...



these arent temperature when playing games etc...just browsing boards and email etc...

Mutant_Fruit

That seems grand. The crashing to desktop is probably more to do with bad game programming. Try getting new graphics drivers, sound drivers, motherboard drivers etc. Then see if it still crashes. Also look for game updates.

OfflerCrocGod

Get Speedfan if SMART is enabled (somewhere in the BIOS for HDD settings) in your computer then it can read the temps of your HDD. Speedfan

OfflerCrocGod

Your pictures have been pulled by the way.

Ronaldo7

Originally posted by OfflerCrocGod
Get Speedfan if SMART is enabled (somewhere in the BIOS for HDD settings) in your computer then it can read the temps of your HDD. Speedfan

I have SMART enabled, what exactly does it do?

BTW: Cheers guys for all the info.

Ill get speedfan and give it a whirl...cheers for the link.

kaimera

I've got a slight worry about temperature myself.

got a nu Asus mobo...and the probe tells me that at startup and idle..my cpu temp is the lowest I saw it was 20-22 C.

installing anything and the temp rises and so far on installing Unreal2 it peaked at 37C.

played Halo solidly for a while today...quit and checked the probe...peaked at 47C.

I had the cpu fan cleaned out along with the heatsink but the side of the case [oposite the mobo] is warm to touch when playing games.

whats the peak for a P4 chip?
I've got a 1.9 cpu with standard fan and heatsink.

I mean..are these temps alright or should i get some different fan or cpu cooler?

Ronaldo7

Those are standard temperatures. Anything up to 55 degrees celsius for cpu is fine i heard.

kaimera

*phew*

good good.

Ta ronaldo

Ronaldo7

No problem man. I know the feeling...:)

Lump

Originally posted by Kaimera
I've got a slight worry about temperature myself.

got a nu Asus mobo...and the probe tells me that at startup and idle..my cpu temp is the lowest I saw it was 20-22 C.

installing anything and the temp rises and so far on installing Unreal2 it peaked at 37C.

played Halo solidly for a while today...quit and checked the probe...peaked at 47C.

I had the cpu fan cleaned out along with the heatsink but the side of the case [oposite the mobo] is warm to touch when playing games.

whats the peak for a P4 chip?
I've got a 1.9 cpu with standard fan and heatsink.

I mean..are these temps alright or should i get some different fan or cpu cooler?

Mine runs at 49 Degrees all the time. Must get a new fan actually.


John

Ronaldo7

ok both my hard drives are running at 40C after an hour of pro evolution soccer 3.

I dont understand why both are at 40C when only one of them is in use and the other is in a different drive bay below it...maybe i need extra fans? What ya think?

BigEejit

Extra fans are always good for lowering temps, but your noise floor will increase .... even with the quietest fans on the market. Also make sure that half the ones you have are blowing in and half are blowing out (include fans on the power supply in this rule). Blowing across hot components is the best plan if it can be done

The point I am making is that you should have good airflow, no use having two 120mm fans going full belt blowing in and two 60mm running half speed blowing out.