Endless Paradigm

First of all my PC is running fine however I'm still concerned about the heat....
As it turns warmer again my PC is yet again emitting heat waves....
I pretty much ignored them last year when I build this PC because it was near autumn and I never felt heat in Winter...

Well now I went and checked my CPU temperature which is at freaking 57°C in Windows....
My GPU runs at 90°C idle which is considered normal by ATI but I really doubt 57°C is normal for a AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition running at 2.5Ghz pretty much idling....

My GPU is a ATI RADEON HD4850 512MB and my case is an Aerocool iCurve with a pre-attached big fan at the rear otherwise I have no additional fans and GPU and CPU have stock fans. I thought of buying and additional side fan for the case but I'm not sure...

Any help would be greatly appreciated

my laptop is currently at 60 degrees on a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo

lol 57 isn't that hot

hmmm my intel dual core did that

replaced the thermal and it went down to 24c idle from bios and stays at a sturdy 30c in windows

stock fan

and amd and ati do run hot
try turning uo your fan speed or replacing the thermal

ProperBritish Wrote:my laptop is currently at 60 degrees on a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo

lol 57 isn't that hot

same but laptops have bunndled close internally
i also have a 2ghz core 2 duo

my lowest temp on this is 57c im relacing the thermal in it if my pc shop  gets artic silver V in stock tomorrow

Well like said the PC is running fine just the heat emissions worry me.... here's an Everest pic:



How would I increase the fan speed?

heres mine



you fans are on max
i think its your thermal or your gpu is causing the case to get warm are meanng no col are i getting to fan aka over heat

i advice yo get another fan suckig warm are out your case side
and ew thermal cause t coould have gone dud from that heat

Go into the BIOS and see if the Fan Speed is set to automatic. If it is then set it to manual. (It should default to the highest fan speed)

Speaking of BIOSes

where can i update mine for free?

ProperBritish Wrote:Speaking of BIOSes

where can i update mine for free?

bios updates are free from the motherbar o laptop manufacturers site just find yur model and check

thee all free

SkyDX Wrote:First of all my PC is running fine however I'm still concerned about the heat....
As it turns warmer again my PC is yet again emitting heat waves....
I pretty much ignored them last year when I build this PC because it was near autumn and I never felt heat in Winter...

Well now I went and checked my CPU temperature which is at freaking 57°C in Windows....
My GPU runs at 90°C idle which is considered normal by ATI but I really doubt 57°C is normal for a AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition running at 2.5Ghz pretty much idling....

The effectiveness of the cooling depends a lot on your ambient (room) temperatue. With room temperature of ~22°C, my Phenom 9550 runs on about 30°C idle, and about 50°C full load (100% CPU use). On hot days (lets say ambient temp of 35°C) the load temp can reach like 63°C or something.

While the 9550 is weaker than the 9850, mine is overclocked to 2.64GHz, which is faster than yours, so I don't really think it'll produce much less heat, if not more. I'm on stock fan also (although I changed thermal compound, cause I already have the stuff around).

57°C on full load isn't all that bad. But if the 57 is on idle, then you might want to look into better cooling. Alternatively, you can attempt to lower your CPU voltages (make sure you stress test it afterwards to make sure it's actually stable).

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Are you sure 90°C on idle is normal for your GPU.... That seems really hot to me.

SkyDX Wrote:My GPU is a ATI RADEON HD4850 512MB and my case is an Aerocool iCurve with a pre-attached big fan at the rear otherwise I have no additional fans and GPU and CPU have stock fans. I thought of buying and additional side fan for the case but I'm not sure...

Any help would be greatly appreciated

A side system ide fan wouldn't really cool your CPU/GPU that much. If you really want to cool your CPU/GPU, you need to upgrade your CPU/GPU fans.