Increase of CPU temperature.

[Luc]

Hey there, i'm all new to this forum though the information shown here seems to be more precise and I like it.

Anyhow.

So here I am, I go into a store and buy myself a Q-Tec 650W PSU Powersupply, I then come home spend the most of my day unscrewing the motherboard and taking it out and then taking out my 2 cd/dvd drives. Then eventually taking out my old Original 350W Case Powersupply and replacing it with a 650W.

Afterwards, booted it up - plugged it all in fine, then my CPU temperature kept on climbing and climbing!

Luckily enough I had a fan controller to watch my temperature and without it I wouldn't have realised the increase anyway. But it has stabilized on 29Celsius. Is it natural for a big powersupply like 650W to be making my CPU go that high on temp? I mean I'm willing to go to 580W like most people on this forum have.

Any ideas?

PS: It goes alot higher like 40C when on games. I read reviews and aparently the max this processor goes till poppin is 65C

[djgandy]

My barton has been running at about 50oC for over a year now.
@70c things started slowing down and going funny. 40oC isn't very hot tbh :o

[Nox]

yeah, don't worry about 29-40 degrees, thats relatively normal. I'm not a fan of Q-Tec PSU's either, add another reason. (Sorry!)

Nox

[Taxation]

psu's dont increase the cpu temperature, plus those temps are very good, if it is running on air then that is good, mine is at 45 and 46 during games

[gwendes]

Hey there, i'm all new to this forum though the information shown here seems to be more precise and I like it.

Anyhow.

So here I am, I go into a store and buy myself a Q-Tec 650W PSU Powersupply, I then come home spend the most of my day unscrewing the motherboard and taking it out and then taking out my 2 cd/dvd drives. Then eventually taking out my old Original 350W Case Powersupply and replacing it with a 650W.

Afterwards, booted it up - plugged it all in fine, then my cpu ('http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/products/a561x1y0z1p0s0n0m0') temperature kept on climbing and climbing!

Luckily enough I had a fan controller to watch my temperature and without it I wouldn't have realised the increase anyway. But it has stabilized on 29Celsius. Is it natural for a big powersupply like 650W to be making my cpu ('http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/products/a561x1y0z1p0s0n0m0') go that high on temp? I mean I'm willing to go to 580W like most people on this forum have.

Any ideas?

PS: It goes alot higher like 40C when on games. I read reviews and aparently the max this processor ('http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/products/a561x1y0z1p0s0n0m0') goes till poppin is 65C

Good temperatures, nothing to worry about :)

[Luc]

That's good to hear then!

And Nox hehe, its ok but that was the only PSU in store which was 650W it's just the fact i've had lower temperatures before.

Though do you think it'd be a wise idea to spend £30 on a nice big Zalman CPU Heatsink and fan?

I've considered it recently.

[lloyd]

hi

after reading the other comments on this topic i checked to see how hot my cpu was - it read 71C.

Is this a problem - if so how can i fix it?

thanks

[Chewie]

psu's dont increase the*cpu temperature, plus those temps are very good, if it is running on air then that is good, mine is at 45 and 46 during games

Tax

a bad psu that isnt well regulated will cause high temps in the CPU by overpowering it.

And Q-Tec's are universally (well, worldwidely anyway) despised for their reliability.

Luc

I'd expect that the rail details on the side of that shiny gold coloured "beast" (sorry but if i put my real thoughts, they'd be censored :D ) you'd probably find a lower rated psu with the same if not better in the 500w range. Would be just a little more expensive and a slightly better quality psu.

[Taxation]

was the psu you bought £30 :D
I would suggest getting a hiper 480W psu, not expensive but you will know that it is good.

lloyd, 71C is awefully high, get the caravan fan out and blow some cold air onto it :P

[Coops]

Lloyd

That is a bit high. I would suggest removing your HSF, cleaning off the CPU paste from your CPU and HSF using some TIM removal fluid. Then put new paste on and refit your HSF. Check to see if this improve CPU temp. Also make sure CPU fan is not clogged with Dust and that you have latest BIOS for mainboard. Sometimes it can be buggy BIOS reporting incorrect CPU temperature.