Is my comp running too hot? How shall I go about fixing it?

[Ryeookin]

I currently am at:

Board temp: 32°C
Cpu temp: 58°C

I see my system get laggy after awhile and I am wondering if it is heat related. Is it running too hot as is now? If so how bad do you think it is?


Thirdly, I have herd that the hardrives casue the most heat and I was thinking that if heat was indeed a threat to my systems stability and long term health that I should get a hd cooler. What says you people? What do you recomend for me to fix my heat problem (that is if I have one)?

Finally thank you all for the help and info. Much appreciated.


Ryeookin
btw- my cpu fan is stock.

[DrZaius]

Hi Ryeookin, welcome to the PC Mech forums!

58°C is on the hot side but not dangerous to the chip. In my opinion the stock HSF are just fine if you are not overclocking, sure the temps are higher than with more expensive HSFs but like I said, it's not high enough to be a problem. As for the hard drive, try move the other drives (CD-ROM, floppy) away from it so it has more room. Overall the heat dosn't damage data on the drive but it could lead to early failure. Hope that helps.

[glc]

That's about 15 degrees warmer than it should be running with a stock fan. Sounds like you just slapped the fan on without removing the thermal pad and using heatsink compound instead. Last T-bird I put on an Epox board (8KTA3 and a 1.2/266) with stock fan ran at 42 degrees - with $1.98 Radio Shack compound.

[mike breck]

Hi Ryeookin,

Have a look at this

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?threadid=16481

and my attempts to get my 1200 T/bird temps down

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?threadid=15900

That should give you a good overview.