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Since this forum got a lot of computer experts, I will ask there ... is it normal for a computer to get HOT then used for a long time? Because my one sometimes becomes hot enough to hurt my hand ...

I've been thinking of attaching a frying pan to my northbridge, for some time now..

P3374H wrote:I've been thinking of attaching a frying pan to my northbridge, for some time now..

My machine tends to get very hot in summer and not very hot in winter.

BlackLiger wrote:

P3374H wrote:I've been thinking of attaching a frying pan to my northbridge, for some time now..

My machine tends to get very hot in summer and not very hot in winter.

Thats how my one works so I guess its ok...

Thanks!

BlackLiger wrote:
My machine tends to get very hot in summer and not very hot in winter.

Most amazing observation evar!

hmmm my GPU reaxhes 110ishC sometimes, but its slowdown threashold is 115 so never had a problem, CPU has never got too hot, got a big well ventilated case though..

During the summer with my last computer I just left the case open, really helps to cool it.

Also putting a small dish of water in the freezer then putting it inside your computer works too.

Relative wrote:

BlackLiger wrote:
My machine tends to get very hot in summer and not very hot in winter.

Most amazing observation evar!

Yeah yeah. I mean VERY hot. As in egg boiling point.

I must admit, however, thats not bad for a machine which has a fan and cooling unit rated for only half the stuff in there...

my GPU seizes at 100C when its overclocked

now i moved my comp to the basement

BlackLiger wrote:

Relative wrote:

BlackLiger wrote:
My machine tends to get very hot in summer and not very hot in winter.

Most amazing observation evar!

Yeah yeah. I mean VERY hot. As in egg boiling point.

I must admit, however, thats not bad for a machine which has a fan and cooling unit rated for only half the stuff in there...

If you have a ventilator (I hope thats how you write it in english ) you can point it to your pc and toggle it on. Even if it is not a very logic area to point it to it will help colling it down.

If your CPU is hitting 60C, its not going to help it lead a long life, but if it was 40-ish or so, I wouldnt fuss about it. My videocard hits 80C or so during oblivion, but it doesnt start to throttle itself back till 140C (No, not a typo... one-hundred fourty).

The delta-T is what you have to look at, its one thing for me high temperatures in my hardware during the winter, but another when summer rolls around and it pushes close to 35C inside the room.

If you see smoke, just consider it an excuse to buy something new .

grumpy_Bastard wrote:If your CPU is hitting 60C, its not going to help it lead a long life, but if it was 40-ish or so, I wouldnt fuss about it. My videocard hits 80C or so during oblivion, but it doesnt start to throttle itself back till 140C (No, not a typo... one-hundred fourty).

The delta-T is what you have to look at, its one thing for me high temperatures in my hardware during the winter, but another when summer rolls around and it pushes close to 35C inside the room.

If you see smoke, just consider it an excuse to buy something new .

Considering I caused the power unit to explode last summer.... (got a higher rated one with a better cooling fan as replacement...)

BlackLiger wrote:

grumpy_Bastard wrote:If your CPU is hitting 60C, its not going to help it lead a long life, but if it was 40-ish or so, I wouldnt fuss about it. My videocard hits 80C or so during oblivion, but it doesnt start to throttle itself back till 140C (No, not a typo... one-hundred fourty).

The delta-T is what you have to look at, its one thing for me high temperatures in my hardware during the winter, but another when summer rolls around and it pushes close to 35C inside the room.

If you see smoke, just consider it an excuse to buy something new .

Considering I caused the power unit to explode last summer.... (got a higher rated one with a better cooling fan as replacement...)

Explode? Didnt it damaged anything else?

My old 1.3 T-Bird was the longest lasting most durable cpu I ever had.

It spent all its time hovering between 70 and 80 degrees, not to mention that when the guy at the computer shop was fitting it, he turned on the PC after mounting the chip without a heatsink or fan on it for a couple seconds, apparently to test it was working.

Course, most of you probably know that turning on a PC with no heatsink fries the cpu to like 150 degrees in the space of a few seconds ¬_¬

Still, T-Bird survived..