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Answer» Hi all ...I know some of it is network performance, but we have fairly good speeds here so was thinking that PC performance might be affecting things...Cable or DSL? What speeds? Slowest cable is faster than any DSL speed.Tests from speedtest.net show I constantly get 15mb upload and 1mb download. According to Steam that's fast enough to play AoE 3 multiplayer which is why I suspected PC performance. I have just defraged my drives so I'll see if that makes any differerence. The only other thing that was suggested by a friend is getting a new cooling fan for my cpu - it runs at 100 degrees C during gaming when the day is hot.... might be cooking the poor thing. I'm in New Zealand so our internet isn't the fastest sadly. (Unless one wants to pay mega bucks) Quote from: Razor on December 28, 2012, 04:14:50 PM Tests from speedtest.net show I constantly get 15mb upload and 1mb download. That's weird. Usually the download is way faster. Are you sure you haven't transposed the speeds? Yep sorry - typo 15mb download 1mb upload. I am having a day of it Thanks for spotting. Quote The only other thing that was suggested by a friend is getting a new cooling fan for my cpu - it runs at 100 degrees C during gaming when the day is hot.... might be cooking the poor thing. Regarding this statement, 100C is pretty hot for that CPU. I'd try to keep it below 80C with 50-60C being even better for this type of CPU. Be sure your CPU heatsink is adequate size for processor and you have fresh and not old dry chalky thermal compound ( artic silver works best "thick grey heatsink compound" ) between CPU and heatsink to draw away heat and run cool. Make sure heatsink for CPU is clean and not clogged with dust, and your computer case has plenty of airflow. Make sure computer is not exposed to direct sunlight etc such as a black colored computer tower under direct sunlight etc. Try to use this computer in a room with air conditioning etc or at minumum a box fan to blow possibly cooler air from the floor to the rest of the room if operating in a room that is greater than 85 degrees F. If you have an issue where internal case temperature is getting too warm the quick solution can be simply running the computer without the lid on it and a small fan pointed at the open AREA of the case to provide airflow to the components that create heat and need to cool. ( But this only works if you dont have to worry about cats or kids playing with the computer guts that are exposed. ) * Had a cat once decide to pounce on a CPU heatsink cooling fan while it was running that was I guess making a noise that the cat was annoyed with. Needless to say the cat bolted back when its paw got scuffed/bit by the fan blade and knocked my tower onto its side killing the hard drive in the process of the crash with the clunk of death. So lesson learned to keep computers closed up around cats, and just guessing it could also attract children to poke their fingers in there too. If you want to have your computer closed up and have a cooling issue to get rid of excess heat, you can always stuff specially designed and inexpensive muffin fans that install into unused card slots (however most of these require a P-connector to be powered vs SATA power connection), as well as most modern cases come with an outlet airflow fan or location stamped out of the steel to install a 80mm fan to draw heated air out of the case. Some also have a location to install a fan if one is not already installed at the lower face of the computer tower frame to draw cooler air in. If overclocking, I'd go with liquid cooling vs standard heatsink. Only non-liquid cooled heatsinks I have seen be able to keep CPU's cool when overclocking are massive in size and one of them would not fit into a standard computer tower because it was so tall standing off the CPU/Motherboard and would require a very wide case so that the side panel could be closed. Liquid cooling has come down in price and is the best solution for cooling.Hi Dave Thanks for the advice. I don't overclock so thought this heatsink/fan would do the job better than a standard cpu fan: http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=401605 A friend put one in when his cpu kept overheating now it doesn't go above 50CCool... That one is pricey, since most I spend for heatsinks is usually $25 or less, but that one will definately do the job installed properly. I noticed that this heatsink comes with a 4 year warranty that the ones that I buy do not, so it must be a good quality product at that price since the manufacturer is offering 4 years of warranty on it. This heatsink you linked is more advanced than the cheap ones I use which are usually cast aluminum, or cast aluminum surrounding a copper core slug. |
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