Is my computer too hot??

[mecharmor23]

First and foremost my system specs:

ECS K7S5A PRO mainboard
AMD athlon XP 2200+
AMD copper heat sink fan @ 5300 rpm
640RAM
50X CDROM
20GB master HD
40GB slave HD
1.44 floppy
creative soundblaster LIVE
GF fx 5200 128MB with fan
Enermax 365W power supply with 2 fans

System Temperature: 45C
CPU Temperature: 60C

According to you are these temperatures too hot?? On the otherhand are these computer parts meant to survive in these temperatures for a fair amount of time?? (3-5 years). Is it normal?

[Lord Riff Raff]

Try to cool down the room a bit and make sure nothing is blocking the external fans, other then that there isn't too much you can do. Does it get to that temperature if you run it early in the morning when it's still cold? If it does it's okay.

[Del_Boy]

Are you having any problems with it? If you aren't, ie lockups then you're fine.

Is the 60C under full load? If it is that at idle, then I would be a little concerned.

[mecharmor23]

No problems while using computer programs. Yeah 60C only under full load. BTW my house does not have Air conditioning and it is 39C at noon in my area. The computer temperatures might be lower in the winter though, just upgraded so I gotta wait a few months to see its effects on each season.

[Del_Boy]

Nothing to worry about really, in fact 60C at full load with such a high ambient temperature is very good

[Astro X]

Well 60C might be a little hot for CPU and just make sure you add extra cooling like a case fan or something. My CPU used to have temp over 60C(60C-63C) but after I added an extra cooliing fan, it just stay around 48-49C.
Also mkae sure you install any CPU monitoring program that comes with your motherboard if you have one. It is really useful.

[Deach]

How do you actually find out the temparature? Take the back off or something?

[Coolvortex]

Your computer is not extremely hot but if you keep the case open, the computer should cool down a bit. Also, in answer to god of thunder, to see your computer's temperature you have to press Del when the BIOS boots up (practically, two or three second after you turn on the computer by the main button), and then, depending on what mind of computer you have, there is a menu which allows you to see the temperature of both the CPU and the system. In the newer ones, which show a symbol with written Energy Star when the system boots up, the menu should be called PC Health. Anyway, it shouldn't be any difficult to find the menu. Also, there should be some programs that allow you to see the temperature from windows.

[Lord Riff Raff]

No opening the computer case increases the temperature, unless you blow a fan into it or something. Computer cases are designed to run coolest when closed.

[Magus]

Are you overclocking? I have my CPU overclocked by 14% (which is fairly high) and my temperature never rises above 58C, and that is with a full load. I do have a good HSF, but it only cools the CPU down a few degrees more compared with a stock, retail HSF.

[Coolvortex]

Originally posted by Lord Riff Raff
No opening the computer case increases the temperature, unless you blow a fan into it or something. Computer cases are designed to run coolest when closed.

Well a month ago I had a problem with my computer, the fan of the power supply unit stopped working, so while I waited for the buliders of my computer to send me a new supply unit, I kept the computer opened, and it worked better. If I kept it closed, it'd eventually become so hot that it would turn off itself. If I kept it open, this'd happen more seldom.

[Del_Boy]

Well a month ago I had a problem with my computer, the fan of the power supply unit stopped working

Well with the PSU fan kaput you would probably have no way to extract the air from the case, hence running it without the case would be better. Most times as Lord Riff Raff states running with the case is optimal.

As for this problem, as I said earlier running at this temp with such an extreme ambient temperature ain't the end of the world, providing of course the machine is stable. If it was unstable, then yep it'd be a problem.