specs:
Athlon II x4 635 2.9Ghz
AMD760 Motherboard (M4A78LT-M/LE)
4gb DDR3 1333Mhz
XFX 6950 1gb
500gb WD Caviar Blue HDD (WD5000AAKS)
Corsair 650w TX
I just upgraded my PSU and GPU a couple days ago. I've been playing Crysis with all the max settings, and while it runs completely smooth, it's been rocketing my hard drive to 60 degrees Celsius. According the the WD website, the maximum operating temperature is 60 Celsius. So now I'm not quite sure what to do.
I changed the position of my HD so it's now under the graphics card instead of above it. That might make a difference but I haven't tested it yet. The 6950 has air vents in the back, so the heat was probably coming out of there and rising up to the bottom of my hard drive?
Everything else in my case gets pretty moderate temperatures, but I don't have any case fans. My case has 3 spots for case fans, and the 80mm one above the CPU has a cone on it to direct the flow of the CPU fan out of the case. I think it's working well too because my CPU temp only reaches 40 when gaming and are usually at ~25. Other spots are 120mm, one in the back and one on the side panel near the bottom/back corner. I think I should get a case fan on the side panel spot to push the hot air from my GPU out, since my GPU gets higher temperatures than anything (~70-75 when gaming).
what's a good case fan to get? I was thinking a Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E, but I'm no expert. Keep in mind I don't really want to spend more than $20. Also, my motherboard only has 1 3pin CHA FAN connector.
Athlon II x4 635 2.9Ghz
AMD760 Motherboard (M4A78LT-M/LE)
4gb DDR3 1333Mhz
XFX 6950 1gb
500gb WD Caviar Blue HDD (WD5000AAKS)
Corsair 650w TX
I just upgraded my PSU and GPU a couple days ago. I've been playing Crysis with all the max settings, and while it runs completely smooth, it's been rocketing my hard drive to 60 degrees Celsius. According the the WD website, the maximum operating temperature is 60 Celsius. So now I'm not quite sure what to do.
I changed the position of my HD so it's now under the graphics card instead of above it. That might make a difference but I haven't tested it yet. The 6950 has air vents in the back, so the heat was probably coming out of there and rising up to the bottom of my hard drive?
Everything else in my case gets pretty moderate temperatures, but I don't have any case fans. My case has 3 spots for case fans, and the 80mm one above the CPU has a cone on it to direct the flow of the CPU fan out of the case. I think it's working well too because my CPU temp only reaches 40 when gaming and are usually at ~25. Other spots are 120mm, one in the back and one on the side panel near the bottom/back corner. I think I should get a case fan on the side panel spot to push the hot air from my GPU out, since my GPU gets higher temperatures than anything (~70-75 when gaming).
what's a good case fan to get? I was thinking a Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E, but I'm no expert. Keep in mind I don't really want to spend more than $20. Also, my motherboard only has 1 3pin CHA FAN connector.