Please help me, my cpu overheats easily ( I'm new with this )

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Hi, I've recently just put together some components and build my own desktop.
These some are the parts : -

INTEL I5-3570 3.4GHz/6Mb
ASUS P8Z77-V LK
GIGABYTE GV-N670OC-2GD
COSAIR VENGEANCE 8Gb RAM
ANTEC HCG-750W

I am a gamer and here's the problem. My computer(graphics card) seems to overheat regularly and shuts down by itself. I have no idea how or why it does that. I've tried googling and I can't seem to find any answer regarding my situation here. I've read that normally a cpu will shut down by itself when the temperature reaches around 70-80 degree Celsius? (correct me if I'm wrong, I am here to learn) My friends told me to download a software called MSI Afterburner to tweak the setting bit by bit, but I have no idea what I was doing when adjusting those settings. So, I went around poking and was told maybe my motherboard and graphics cards aren't compatible with each other. I've no knowledge about this. Please enlighten me. Any help is very much appreciated!!

Games I play : - Dota 2, high settings (no problem), CSGO, medium-low settings ( main concern, 100% shuts down when I play this game for 20-30mins ), Rift, medium-low settings ( same problem with CSGO )

Cheers!
 
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You may have a program called gigabyte OC guru.
If you installed everything on the CD that came with the GPU, you should have it on your PC
Just do a windows search.
If you do have it, just press: "Default" and it should put everything back to base clocks.



As little leo said: Make sure the airflow in you PC case is good. (If it's full of dust; clean it.)

http://www.evga.com/precision/
- Download that software.
- Install it.
- Open it and click the "Fan curve"...
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You can use the the afterburner of Precision by EVGA to adjust your fan speed. You can set it to increase as the card ramps up or if you're not sure how to do that just increase the fan speed to about 70% normally they are set to around 40%. That should help the GPU, and yes the motherboard and the VGA card are compatible.

For the CPU, are you using the stock cooler? It has four post that hold the heatsink against the CPU. There are 4 holes around the LGA1155 socket. You have to line up the post with the holes then press the heat sink down and push each post into it's hole and give them a slight turn to lock them down. If they come loose that could cause you CPU to overheat. If it is in place properly and your still have heating issues you should consider an after market CPU cooler I sell a lot of the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.

Other things you can to is be sure the vents on your computer case are clear of dirt and dust you should have a good air flow thru your case in the front and out the back. You can add a fan in the front to pull in cool air to help the flow. If your case has room I'd use 12CM fans to keep the noise down and still have good air flow.
 
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Oh, I'm sorry. I meant my graphics card is overheating and causing my computer to shut down.
 
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hmm. Im sorry but i cant understand most of it. I understand the words but I dont understand the parts. I know I said I put together some parts but what really happened was I bought the parts and asked the shop owned to hook it up for me. Therefore, I have no idea what's going on inside. I do understand the fan part though.
 
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I was told because my graphics card can be over-clocked, maybe it's settings are already on OC mode and causing all the extra heat? Is there such a situation happening? How do I know if my graphics card is in OC settings?

I really appreciate the help from you guys!
 
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You may have a program called gigabyte OC guru.
If you installed everything on the CD that came with the GPU, you should have it on your PC
Just do a windows search.
If you do have it, just press: "Default" and it should put everything back to base clocks.



As little leo said: Make sure the airflow in you PC case is good. (If it's full of dust; clean it.)

http://www.evga.com/precision/
- Download that software.
- Install it.
- Open it and click the "Fan curve" button on the right side next to the fan speed meter.
- Then you should see the fan curve chart. The vertical line is the speed of the fans of your GPU while the horizontal one is the temperature of you GPU.
- Now click and hold the dots and line them up one at a time.
(For example: If a dot is at 40C and 50%, that means that when the GPU heats up to 40C the fans will rotate at 50% of the maximum speed)
- Just raise them up until your GPU doesn't heat up too much anymore.
(If you're unsure of where to move the dots, just raise every dot a little and keep the original formation.)

Hope this helps. :)
 
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1N07 has given you very good an precise instructions. If you don't want use Precision the MSI Afterburner software you have may do the same thing or you can just set the fan to manual setting then ramp up the fan speed up to 70% then save it as a new profile and set it to run the profile on start-up.
 
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Surprisingly, I do not have the program anywhere in my computer. Search C and D drive and at control panel but failed to find it.

I will try that software sometime this week when I have the time. Thank you! :)
 
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