Harry Guerrilla
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You may want to look at getting a better thermal compound (like arctic silver) and applying that between the CPU and heat sink instead of the stock crap they use - it can potentially make a huge difference.
Damn, PC gaming seems like more hassle than it's worth.
Kaya told me I need to get the PS3 console vs. the PC, but if I did that I'd probably be divorced. My wife has to have her TV, and I sure don't want to play games on a 20 inch screen when I can play them on a 40 inch screen.
Regarding your CPU heat problems, I would recommend you buy the 120 mm fan and heat sink combo from Best Buy. I did, and the fan even cools my chipset. When I first built the PC, I was using the stock heat sink/fan from HP, and I was constantly hearing the overheat alarm for the chipset. I had to return another fan to Newegg because the fan got in the way of the capacitors located around the CPU socket. That's one of many problems when you try to marry up bits and pieces of PC parts when you're building your own. Even that shutoff problem was fun, trying to figure out what was causing it. I learned a lot about everything else and downloaded some neat heat monitoring software.
With the video card problem, I would recommend you getting the double fan set and it supplies new heat sinks for your caps as well. I would supply you with the link, but I guess I didn't save it to Favorites.
Damn, PC gaming seems like more hassle than it's worth.
Part of the problem is that, the fan isn't set on the heat sink but is on the case by the heat sink, so it doesn't pull as much from the fins.
Sounds like you have a Dell. I have seen a lot of Dells with a similar cooling system. Check out Tiger Direct and Newegg for your heating problems. I also wouldn't discount Bestbuy, either. I bought my power supply, CPU fan/heatsink, and graphics card from them. I had fun talking to their Geek Team, but we ended up talking gaming rather than a fix for my shutoff problem. I didn't want them working on my gear. I preferred to solve my own problem, myself.
Depends.
I like working on my car for fun, the same is true for my PC.
You can fine tune it to get better graphics and performance over a console.
Just have to spend a bit more money.
Part of the fun is just changing parts on it.
It's an HP.
If I had went with the AMD instead of the Intel, I would have gotten a much better price.
I was going to recommend you overclock your cpu and video card, but that would add to your heat problem. Have you ever thought of the liquid cooling method? Those systems have gotten a lot cheaper. I would try that, but I just don't like liquid near my electronics, even if it is running through plastic tubing.
Sounds like you could stand to invest in a new case like the following from Tiger Direct. Talk about some big assed fans.
Cooler Master RC-942-KKN1 HAF X ATX Full Tower Computer Case - ATX, 230mm Red LED Fan, USB 2.0/3.0, 9x Expansion Slots. *Supports XL-ATX, 4-way SLI and Quad Crossfire X* at TigerDirect.com
Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower Black Case at TigerDirect.com
Definitely have considered that.
This is what I have, there are generous vent ports but poor fan placing.
HP Pavilion Elite e9150t Desktop PC Product Specifications and Configurable Options HP Pavilion Elite e9150t CTO Desktop PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English)
I like that case a lot, the Corsair liquid coolers are very nice.
Also like the Noctura air coolers.
They are supposed to be the best air coolers on the market.
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