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Hello friends,
I am using a Gateway LX6810 with two additional hard drives.I feel like it is working hot. The drives are hot even i can't touch and the rear side of the cpu is hot too. I just want to ensure the safety of my computer. Do I need more cooling, a better power supply, both ... what do you recommend? please help me out
thanks in advance..!!
If you are not feeling comfortable you can add some cooling stuffs.Antec Tricool fans are a popular fan.Which can be slowed down when not gaming to preserve your eardrums and patience. One thing you didn't specify.In between What case do you have? I only ask, as there are much more efficient and quiet fans in the 120mm flavor.
It occurs,But i meant to ask you what type of Processor you are running. If it's a Prescot CPU then this is pretty much the norm for those cpu's. You can use more case cooling fans to make the temps down a bit and a better CPU cooler. Bios's have a thermal setting where you can set the maximum temp before it warns you and newer CPU's use a throttle back feature, when the CPU reaches a certain temperature it will throttle back to 50% to keep the temps down. Generally you could use some more cooling but overall I don't think this is too hot
Seems like there are spots for a 80mm fan in the front and a 120mm fan in the back. FSP make decent power supplies so I'm confident it's better,for hard drives avoid using more power. You could buy a couple fans and I'm sure it will help a little with the temps but your hard drives won't be significantly cooler without air blowing directly on them. It might not be a bad idea to replace that duct and the stock CPU cooler with a tower cooler and a good 120mm fan on it and in the back case position. A tower cooler would suck warm air away from the hard drive bay area and help cool them.