- Aug 29, 2016
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Let me start by giving you my processor and a little background:
I have an AMD FX-8320
I have had a loud computer for a while. It's never really bothered me because when I had headphones on I can't really hear it, but whenever I talk to people on Discord or such they always complain about it. Recently I decided to do something about it, so I removed the extra side fan I had that was just pushing air out. However, I was a little concerned about the heat in my computer because clearly it needed a lot of cooling with the power the fan usually used, so I checked my temperatures and realized that my CPU is basically always hot. Its idle temperature was about 54-55 C, and when I ran a game like GTA V or Rainbow Six Siege it would get up to 67 C. So I put the fan back on, but this time pushing air in aimed directly at the CPU with hopes of cooling it off a bit. So now the CPU's idle temperature is about 44 C, but when I run the same games it gets back up to 64-67 C.
So my question is what can I do about this right now? I don't have the money (although I know they can be pretty cheap) to buy an aftermarket cooler like the Hyper 212 Evo, but I still wanna play my games. Is there any quick way to fix this?
Also: I haven't really done a lot of research on computer engineering or building computers in general, so is it a problem that I have the new side intake fan pointed directly at the CPU? Is it making it hard for the stock cooler on my CPU to push out the hot air from the CPU itself?
I have an AMD FX-8320
I have had a loud computer for a while. It's never really bothered me because when I had headphones on I can't really hear it, but whenever I talk to people on Discord or such they always complain about it. Recently I decided to do something about it, so I removed the extra side fan I had that was just pushing air out. However, I was a little concerned about the heat in my computer because clearly it needed a lot of cooling with the power the fan usually used, so I checked my temperatures and realized that my CPU is basically always hot. Its idle temperature was about 54-55 C, and when I ran a game like GTA V or Rainbow Six Siege it would get up to 67 C. So I put the fan back on, but this time pushing air in aimed directly at the CPU with hopes of cooling it off a bit. So now the CPU's idle temperature is about 44 C, but when I run the same games it gets back up to 64-67 C.
So my question is what can I do about this right now? I don't have the money (although I know they can be pretty cheap) to buy an aftermarket cooler like the Hyper 212 Evo, but I still wanna play my games. Is there any quick way to fix this?
Also: I haven't really done a lot of research on computer engineering or building computers in general, so is it a problem that I have the new side intake fan pointed directly at the CPU? Is it making it hard for the stock cooler on my CPU to push out the hot air from the CPU itself?
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