First time posting and first time building a system from scratch so please ignore my ignorance
Problem:
I have two BGF 9800 GT OC 1GB running in SLI mode and they both seem to idle at around 67-70C and get extremely hot when playing games like Crysis.
My Specs:
OS- Vista Ultimate 64 edition
MOBO- XFX nForce 750i SLI Extreme Edition
CPU- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66Ghz (w/Zerotherm Butterfly Cooler)
RAM- 8GB OCZ SLI PC6400 DDR2 800Mhz
PSU- Corsair TX750w
GPU- 2x BFG 9800 GT OC 1GB running in SLI mode.
Case- CoolerMaster CM690 Nvidia Ed. with 6 fans installed (1 front, 1 back, 1 side, 1 bottom, and 2 on top).
BIOS readings:
BIOS version 69.92.63.00.65
CPU temp 34-35c
System temp 36c
cpu fan speed 2752 RPM
cpu Vcore 1.232v
3.3v 3.328v
5v 5.087v
12v 12.144v
I should note that I have limited experience playing around in the BIOS but I would be happy for any suggestions or ideas on how to control the FAN speeds. I read somewhere here that SpeedFan is a good way to go but I am unsure of how to use it and am afraid to mess up anything in my new build.
Thanks to anyone for helping in advance , cheers :)
PS can someone explain to me how come each individual core on my CPU runs so much hotter than the CPU alone. My core readings are in the high 40's - low 50's but when I check the CPU temp in the bios it reads 34-35c in idle mode?