OT pc overheating

[Danny]

My PC seems to be overheating I checked that the fans are working and they seem to be The power box thing and the processor seem to be the hottest parts, it seems to be working for now with the cover off. Any ideas anyone

[Syfoon]

Keep the case off

Or get a big ol' casefan, try https://www.frozencpu.com/ , they offer good stuff
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[kev]

run it under a cold tap
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[Danny]

[kev]

see i is helpfull
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20:02:36 Jammy-R6: any holes a goal
20:02:48 kev: even if its a hairy mans arse
20:02:56 Jammy-R6: hell yes

[kevo]

[Danny]

Thx kevo, i'll try the fan idea . I don't know about all these pastes

[kev]

take kevo`s advice he knows about this shit
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20:02:36 Jammy-R6: any holes a goal
20:02:48 kev: even if its a hairy mans arse
20:02:56 Jammy-R6: hell yes

[kevo]

[Danny]

[125wannabe]

Right heres what i think you should do, drill a hole in the case, nip to macdonalds an get a straw tape one end of the straw to the cpu then poke the other end out of the case, then when it gets hot just blow on it


.:simple:.
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[M1ke]

There really isnt much point in upgrading the pc mate, you may as well get a new one.

A pc is as slow as its slowest component, so upgrading the motherboard and processor may not make any difference at all.


Flog the old and get a new

[EuropeanNC30R...]

Mike's right, its not really worth just upgrading a few components. You can build a nice system these days for around £500, especially if you order from somewhere off the net like ebuyer.

Use the monitor from your old machine, or buy a new one so you can plan deathmatch Quake/UT over a LAN. You know it makes sense!

[Phoenix]

I disagree, with a Pentium 450 you'll most likely have a GeForce 2 graphics card, TNT2 or an old ATI at the very least. That means a new motherboard, CPU, probably faster RAM and maybe a new Graphics card.... prolly about £200 for that lot, it's still cheaper than buying a whole new system.

As for the overheating, I personally wouldn't bother checking for thermal compound between the heatsink and CPU, CPUs usually come with some paste on them and if not the heatsinks nowadays are polished to a very smooth finish so contact is usually more than adequate. Either way, fans is the way to go as they will make the biggest difference. Also if your Power supply fan is on the way out it'll be generating more heat which will be heating up the inside of your case so that could be the cause if it's only just recently started overheating.

[Danny]

[Demonic69]

Bin it If a P2-450's overheating you really need a bigger one.
I just specced up a machine for around £300 with a 333 XP 2600 512 DDR400 memory, 128mb GF4 graphics, 80g ATA133 drive etc.
You could get a decent system for £200 easily nowadays
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[Guest]

[/quote] I don't need to upgrade the RAM 'cos i've got 523mb anywayz I've also got a TNT 2 Ultra 32mb which could do with upgrading.[/quote]

Ammout of RAM isn't the issue - on a recent MBD and Proc setup, FASTER RAM will be needed maybe DDR and 2100 or 2700 sepc upwards.

[Demonic69]

523mb RAM? now that's difficult! 512 520 or even 528 maybe.
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[chunkielad]

it'll be 512 and he's getting the report in bytes not mega bytes

512Mb = 512*1024=524288 not far from what he's said esp if it's reporting free memory and some is used up by system files.

WTF can't everyone in the IT world use the same system - 1024 not 1000 bytes per Mb? Oh yeah that'll be because Misro$oft are wankers!!!
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[andrew]

You might aswell blame Microsoft for the weather aswell

[Danny]

Well t

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[Demonic69]

Actually it says "523,828 KB.
Which is never and will never ber 523mb
You've got 512mb then
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