Why is My PC overheating while playing BF3

bondfan123 · Jun 14, 2013

My specs include:

CPU: Phenom II 820 Quad

GPU: Underclocked(Hopefully to help) Nvidia 450

RAM: 2.5GB ( will upgarde to 4GB )

HDD: 1x 500GB, 1x 250GB

BF3 settings: Low settings.....

My gpu temp is hitting 75C while on 70% fan speed-2800RPM

My CPU is hitting about 70C....I am using a stock fan........

Why is my system doing this???????? My GPU fan and my PSU (450w) fan are both faceing eachother, and are sucking in air...... PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!
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Also, when exited.......Everything gets back to normal in a metter of minutees.....

Im also in windowed mode

running windows 7 64bit

Hard Line · Jun 14, 2013

check for dust in the heatsink. gpu temp is ok. what cooler are you using on your phenom II 820? also how is your airflow in the case and what are the ambient temps?

apache_lives · Jun 14, 2013

those tempratures look fine, high 80's are when to start worrying

swifty_morgan · Jun 14, 2013

those temps are for the processor not the power circuitry on the card.

keeping things the way they are, go into the games control panel and turn back the shadows and tessellation as much as possible. also motion blur if any.

apache_lives · Jun 15, 2013

swifty_morgan :

Wrong - if your computer has an overheating issue you dont just avoid it, you deal with it.

Any computer should be able to run any number of tasks without question or worry of issues like overheating.

In this case the temps (LOAD temps) are still in the OK zone.

swifty_morgan · Jun 15, 2013

that temp posted is the heat on the processor on the video card. it does not register the heat on the video cards power circuitry....... where a lot of these heat problems come from/.

now, if the OP wants to pull the PS and lay it outside the case to experiment whether or not it would make a difference..............

assasin32 · Jun 16, 2013

Get a can of compressed air and do a VERY THOUROUGH job of cleaning the case, open the thing up and spray in there till it's clean. Get inside the fins of the heatsink on the GPU/CPU and blow air through the PSU, etc. Do this when powered down so you don't mess up your fans.

Check to make sure the CPU is securely mounted.

Verify fans work

Anything else you can think of, check it.

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