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Answer» Quote PSU's that come with cases (Antec is the exception) are usually junk. If a brand name is not prominently on it, it is junk. If you paid less that $50 it is PROBABLY junk (unless you got a good one on sale). PSU's and cases with lot's of LED's, etc. are just junk that snare the unitiated with the "wow factor" but add nothing to the functionality. Woohoo! So they guy at BestBuy didn't lie to me! (Sorry about going to BestBuy, I don't know much about PSUs). I was looking at some cases there and he said that between the two that were there, the Antec one was more reliable and I would be ok with a 380w PSU (my Mobo says 400w min). Anyway, just wanted to say that. _____________ poopmonkey124, could it be a heatsink paste problem? If you got a new mobo, that might have fixed it for a while, but could the contact between your CPU and you heatsink be a bad one? -rockTo GX1_Man - I did not install the new MB, someone else did that work, but the motherboard appears to have something behind it, perhaps some standoffs. To check do I have to remove the MB completely? To Rockerest - I don't think its a heatsink problem ,the temp inside there is fine, but the processor seems to overheating, quite a bit too! (100 degrees c!) Don't hold me to that though, im not a computer genius.Quote To GX1_Man - I did not install the new MB, someone else did that work, but the motherboard appears to have something behind it, perhaps some standoffs. To check do I have to remove the MB completely? Why does that NOT sound like a heatsink problem?I have a mini thermometer display on my case. I shove this little METER into the heatsink and it GIVES me the temp. The heatsink seemed to be very low temperature. Maybe i'm CRAZY?Carefully remove that MBoard from the case... Hook up only a vid card CPU one stick of RAM keyboard and mouse... Does the problem persist ? ?Quote I have a mini thermometer display on my case. I shove this little meter into the heatsink and it gives me the temp. The heatsink seemed to be very low temperature. Maybe i'm crazy? If your processor is registering as hot through your computer, but your heatsink is registering as cool (enough) using an actual thermometer, I would say that your heatsink is definitely not touching your processor. The point of the heatsink is to wick away heat from the processor, and it's clearly not doing that, so you may want to check the contact between the two, or have someone who's good with PC hardware do it. -rock edit: Do this BEFORE you melt your processor, which would totally suck. I.E., SOON! If this isn't the problem, well, it took you 30 minutes to check it, max. If it is, you saved yourself a CPU. I bought a tube of Thermal paste for $3. It was cheap, but it's thermal paste. |
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