Hi! I've had some issues in the past regarding parts of mine 'burning out' before I feel they really probably should have, including a power supply that went kaput way before its time, a really bad smoky smell coming from it before I ultimately took it apart and realised that it was just a lot of dust. So, I'm regularly opening up the case and shooting a compressed air can at it.
The PC sits underneath my desk, but it's a very open desk and my room has decent circulation. I initially had it on a carpeted floor, but seeing the amount of dust and gunk clogging up the bottom of the case I've put it on two spare tiles to create a slightly raised platform for it.
The issue with my PSU earlier this year has made me very paranoid, so I downloaded openhardwaremonitor to keep an eye on the temperatures. Normal use (i.e internet or most games) I have no issue, but some more graphic intensive games, like wolfenstein the new order (or, weirdly, slime rancher) I see higher temperatures and more alarmingly do smell a sort of overheating smell just from where I'm sitting. Here's the current temperatures its recording as I sit here right now with wolfenstein ticking over in the background, and the max ones that are where it's peaked while I've been playing:
[current/max, all in degrees celsius]
Nuvoton NCT6776F:
CPU Core: 43 / 61
Temp #1: 71 / 78.5
Temp #2: 42.5 / 57
Temp #3: 37 / 38
i7-3820:
CPU Core #1: 44 / 68
CPU Core #2: 42 / 66
CPU Core #3: 43 / 69
CPU Core #4: 41 / 68
CPU Package: 44 / 69
nvidia GTX 960:
GPU Core: 46 / 59
so, help a poor paranoid computer idiot out here, should I be worried? The temperatures definitely don't seem abnormally high, but I can't shake the faint burning smell and the fact that the case is mildly hot to the touch. Is there more I should be doing to keep it cool? More parts I can shove in? All I have is 2 fans for the CPU and the one that comes with the GPU. When should I be alarmed? Could this ever be dangerous to my PC or to myself?
Thanks for the help
The PC sits underneath my desk, but it's a very open desk and my room has decent circulation. I initially had it on a carpeted floor, but seeing the amount of dust and gunk clogging up the bottom of the case I've put it on two spare tiles to create a slightly raised platform for it.
The issue with my PSU earlier this year has made me very paranoid, so I downloaded openhardwaremonitor to keep an eye on the temperatures. Normal use (i.e internet or most games) I have no issue, but some more graphic intensive games, like wolfenstein the new order (or, weirdly, slime rancher) I see higher temperatures and more alarmingly do smell a sort of overheating smell just from where I'm sitting. Here's the current temperatures its recording as I sit here right now with wolfenstein ticking over in the background, and the max ones that are where it's peaked while I've been playing:
[current/max, all in degrees celsius]
Nuvoton NCT6776F:
CPU Core: 43 / 61
Temp #1: 71 / 78.5
Temp #2: 42.5 / 57
Temp #3: 37 / 38
i7-3820:
CPU Core #1: 44 / 68
CPU Core #2: 42 / 66
CPU Core #3: 43 / 69
CPU Core #4: 41 / 68
CPU Package: 44 / 69
nvidia GTX 960:
GPU Core: 46 / 59
so, help a poor paranoid computer idiot out here, should I be worried? The temperatures definitely don't seem abnormally high, but I can't shake the faint burning smell and the fact that the case is mildly hot to the touch. Is there more I should be doing to keep it cool? More parts I can shove in? All I have is 2 fans for the CPU and the one that comes with the GPU. When should I be alarmed? Could this ever be dangerous to my PC or to myself?
Thanks for the help
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