Heya folks. Having a relatively big problem i think with my other system overheating. Keep in mind, my knowledge about computers is pretty limited. I can get around, and have some experience assembling them, but not much. I play a lot of Everquest 2, and as of a few days ago everything was fine. I started getting shutdowns, shortly after i loaded up the game and started playing. Maybe 5- 10 minutes time. I moved the system about 3 feet to the other side of the desk that i play on. The system has 4 aux fans in it, all running. I have checked the CPU fan, GPU fan and they also both run fine. I have downloaded a program called Speedfan that reads some temperatures for me.
At idle, the CPU stays around 47C, and the GPU around 57C. System is pretty consistent at 30C. Now, when i load up the game, they go haywire, GPU jumps to about mid 80sC and CPU reaches mid 60's to 70C. Systems still stays constant at 30C. Also, i noticed that my CPU usage reads 100%. Any ideas? I'm planning on pulling off the CPU Heatsink / fan and cleaning and reapplying compound. Maybe a new fan? I'm also curious as to why my system is running at 100% usage when playing. Would a VGA cooler be a good idea? Any suggestions or ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks a ton.
AV8 (VIA K8T800P-8237)
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+ 2.2GHz
2G Ram
nVidia GeForce 6800
At idle, the CPU stays around 47C, and the GPU around 57C. System is pretty consistent at 30C. Now, when i load up the game, they go haywire, GPU jumps to about mid 80sC and CPU reaches mid 60's to 70C. Systems still stays constant at 30C. Also, i noticed that my CPU usage reads 100%. Any ideas? I'm planning on pulling off the CPU Heatsink / fan and cleaning and reapplying compound. Maybe a new fan? I'm also curious as to why my system is running at 100% usage when playing. Would a VGA cooler be a good idea? Any suggestions or ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks a ton.
AV8 (VIA K8T800P-8237)
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+ 2.2GHz
2G Ram
nVidia GeForce 6800