I just finished up this build: THIS BUILD.
I'm happy with it thus far, but I have a few questions:
I'm happy with it thus far, but I have a few questions:
1.) I've plugged 2 case fans directly into the PSU. I have 1 more case fan that only came with a 3-pin connector. The MOBO only has 1 fan header, and it's a 4-pin. I've been told you should be able to fit a 3-pin to a 4-pin (just leaving 1 bare pin), but I cannot get the thing to fit. Am I just running into a technical difficulty or hard-to-fit pieces?
2.) I ran the 'Blend' test Prime95 for 1.5 hours. During 'Test 1', my temps on all cores typically stayed near 65c. However, during 'Test 2', they spiked to mid-to-upper 70s and maxed out at 83c. Is this a cause for concern? I'm using the stock heatsink, so I'm afraid those temps are a bit too high, but those temps are under 100% utilization of all 4 cores. Should I simply monitor my temps while doing the most intensive tasks I'd normally do and only worry if they reach that again?
If not, would some extra thermal paste make a significant difference (only the stock thermal paste is being used right now)? Or do I truly need an aftermarket cooler?
3.) Also, I ran the FurMark benchmark on my machine and my GPU temp maxed at 65c. This seems to be normal, but the benchmark is short that I wanted to verify that temp with you guys.
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