Senseito Sakura Wrote:Wooooooa, wait, wait...

You're OVERCLOCKING with a STOCK COOLER and playing CRYSIS!?!?!

ARE YOU MAD!?!??!

I wouldn't be surprised if its damaged your hardware here feinicks... you can't try to do spoon like that with stock coolers!!

haahaa! you're completely missing my point! its been like that since the day I got it. Plus, like squee I have three fans stock + 1 custom added! Like I said.. its never gone up this high before, so its prolly the windows...

I have played crisis like 6 times without any trouble. Actually, 50c is considered pretty normal. check this...

AMD Athlon, Athlon 64, Opteron, Duron and Sempron

Athlon 64 X2 (dual core)

65°C

complete ref> http://www.heatsink-guide.com/content.ph...temp.shtml

what I am wondering why is Linux so much cooler... is it my windows or is windows actually running hot?

I'm pretty new at talking here. >>;; But I know what I'm talking about...

Well.
You said you JUST installed it to your system?
It's probably doing what you would do when you break in some new shoes.
It's getting used to the fan. It was testing it, and such.

It's nothing to worry about.
Try tuning down the settings once more on Crysis.
Either that, or you might have hardware faulty when you went to go install this fan.
x-x;;
Try getting a better graphics card too.
SLI yourself some GeForce 8800's.
I'll tell you man, It's gonna be a big change in your wallet. xD;;;
But well worth. >:3

so do I!! Just fin with xp 64!

My current windows (XP Black) has been reinstalled round a month back.. I dunno what's haapened!)

8800.. can't... I noticed a hole in my pockets.. my million bucks fell through it!

* feinicks cries

artificialmusik Wrote:I'm pretty new at talking here

   you've already made 50 posts. that isn't really new.

anywayz....... my computer is always hot but then again my HDD is fudged

I checked that... apparently, some tweaks that I had done were back firing... now its stable at around 43-44C

I know 50 is nothing. Athlon X2 has a default critical temperature of around 60C.

However, Linux still runs cooler.