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To much heat?
hey Guys,
I have an AW Aurora ALX:
i7 930 2.8 Ghz
6 gigs 1600 mhz
HD 6870
I've had my system for about a month, I decided to run CPU-Z HW in the background last night while I played WoW (about 4 hours)
I checked it after I finish playing and Core0 had spiked up to 72c and Core1,2,3 all stayed around 60 -65 and my GPU spiked at about 71c.
The ambient is around 71 F.... Seems alittle high to me but not real sure. Would like some input from you guys.
The cooling methods (Venting, Fan RPM, GPU Fan) all set to default (Auto)
Also if I wanted to add a pull fan to my rad, wouldnt that just put more heat in my case?
Or any suggestions on how I could cool it down some would be great!
Thank You in advance for your help.
C_ronic
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Posted April 15th, 2011 07:00
All well within a safe range. :). BUT one core seems to be a little hotter, the thermal compound between the CPU and heatsink is either too think or too thin in the area of that core. I would reapply some high quality compound after cleaning off the old. If you dont feel comfortable doing this your computer will be ok either way. Its a little warm but 4 hours of wow will do that :).