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Originally Posted by linderman
50C while gaming is a bit high IMHO maybe someone else will also chime in on that topic ?
I would say an active gamign temp would be more like under 45C
I would be shooting for an Orthos or Prime 95 stress test temp of 50C to maybe 55C
but not a gaming temp of 50C unless you really think the game is keeping your cpu @ 85% busy consistently; I doubt that ????
50C while gaming is not a dangerously hot temp but it doesnt leave much room left for further OC'ing IMHO ?????
how many case fans do you have / where are they located in the box and which direction does each fan move air ??
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I fully agree. Especially if that's at stock speed.
What kind of climate do you live in? Mostly hot, moderate, cooler? Unless you live in a hot climate you can get away with a better air cooler, like a Zalman 9500 or 9700 or a Tuniq tower. Yours doesn't get very good reviews and looks just like my first socket 939 cooler (Silent 939). It didn't do a very good job either. In fact, I doubt that the Hyper L3 is much better than the stock cooler.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...-spire_14.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...e_7.html#sect0
See what kind of temps you get without the side cover on the PC.
Also, did you use the preapplied thermal paste? If so, replace it with some Arctic Silver 5. That'll give you a better good boost in cooling performance. Just be sure to a good job of cleaning the old paste from the CPU and the heatsink. AS5 instructions can be found at the link in my signature.