CPU Heating question? water cooled.

[wozzawozere]

HI there,

I have had my new PC for about 3 months, which I purchased from SCAN.

I was not bothered about the temps and never really looked into until recently, it seems my core temps for my quad core all run high, is this the correct temp or should I be worried?

I think the GFX card runs this high anyway because it came already overclocked.

Can you recommend to me, what I should do if these are not running right, Thankyou.

Using Core Temp

Core 0 80c
core 1 78c
core 2 70c
core 3 70c

On Abit Unguru

Cpu idle is between 58 - 68c
Cpu under stress is between 60 - 70c

GPU Core temp 78c- 80c


The Specs are

Coolermaster Mystique RC-631-KWN1 - Black Alu Window with preinstalled watercooling – Ready2Go
Abit IN9 32X-MAX
QX6700 Quad Core
4 gig Ram
MSI Nvidia 8800 Ultra Factory Overclocked
150 Gb Western Digital WD1500ADFD Raptor Enterprise
750 Gb Seagate ST3750640AS-RK Barracuda 7200.10
Win Vista

[JKL]

I see you've posted this question in Hexus Hardware and found the solution, congrats!

[slypie]

I've heard that the stock fan's with Quad Core CPU's aren't very good so you might want to look at an alternative. Also you are using thermal paste on your CPU???

I might be totally wrong about this but water cooling might be overkill unless your overclocking your system for the cost involved.

[bex]

I would be looking at your case cooling fans . they are very high temps likely to shorten the life of your pc.

Stock fans aren't the best option for cooling but you have to look at the whole picture, a good through-put of air in the case is essential also

[wozzawozere]

Well it has watercooling, but I solved my problem with a suggestion from someone in the tech forum.

If you are interested here is the thread http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=115028&page=1