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85C on a 8800GTS normal?

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When I play Games for a fair while on my PC my 8800GTS 640MB gets up to 85C is this ok or is something wrong?

I havent OCed at all and I have pretty good air cooling in my case.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/other/gig-3d-aurora/icon.gif

as you can see there is a mesh window right by where the GFX is.


Oh and I know this is the wrong section but my e6300 gets up to 60C on stock cooling is that ok too?

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That is uncomfortable for me, I feel the auto fan settings don't work correctly to get the fan spinning at max (I have evga 8800gts 320)

When my temps started going 70C+ I maxed out the fan speed in "nvidia control panel" --> "performance" --> "Adjust GPU settings" (under "manual tuning" ), at the bottom of the page select "manual fan control" radio button then set it for 100% (it takes two tries then sets it at 99%) you can hear it rev up a bit and it keeps very cool under stress mine is at 63C (stock speed) under hours of heavy FPS gaming.

60C for a CPU is not that bad, although I would start having concerns... not much you can do for it since it is the stock cooler, well maybe try some Artic Silver 5 on there or get a bigger sink/fan like the Scythe Ninja or similar temps will drop considerably.

Reply to doolittle

Ok thanks I will adjust my fans up higher and look into some better CPU cooling :D

Reply to teh_sutton

Stock coolers? The 8800GTS can use some lower temps and that cpu as well. Try after market cooler for that cpu and get more cool air inside that case by getting some intake fans installed on the side panel.

Reply to chuckshissle

You should try to re-set the heatsink. The plastic snaps dont go in all the way sometimes.

Reply to Yrusoad

My PC was built by www.komplett.co.uk I doubt that they would screw up that when they do it 100 times a day :?

as for the intake fans could I just attach them to the mesh window somehow or would I have to cut into the matel of the case? I really suck at that sort of thing lol :lol:

Reply to teh_sutton

That's normal when playing games.

Remember, the 8800 is a very powerful card which requires lots of power, which turns into heat.

Heck, my X1900GT gets up to 80C easily. Don't worry. :wink:

As for the CPU, it's a little high, even for full load. Try re-seating the heatsink, or applying better thermal paste such as AS%.

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