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Are these computer temperatures safe?

I'm using an Antec Nine Hundred case, 2 fans in the front, 1 top and 1 back, air goes in from the front to the back. My CPU and Motherboard go at about 60 C on full load, and my video card will go at 80 C, on full load. It never went above these temps yet. Is this safe? I'm using Hardware Monitor to look at these temps. I also used Speed Fan and they kind of disagree on CPU temps and I'm not sure what the motherboard in SpeedFan is called, but the temps on the Video Card are the same in both programs.

If you believe these temps are a bit too high please leave me feedback on some solutions. I can add a side fan. I'd be willing to install a liquid cooling kit if there is one that would perform better than my fans for about 70$. (feel free to suggest certain products) Also, the fans have speed controller and turning them on max will only cause a -1 , - 2 C difference in temps. Thanks.

Update:

I'm using an i5-3570k for my CPU, a AsRock p67 Extreme Gen 4 as a motherboard and a GeForce GTX 670 video card.

Update 2:

I have a Hyper 212 EVO as my heatsink fan. It only has one fan.

Update 3:

My motherboard has 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot. I'm using the 3.0 one for my card. To be fair I'm not the most experienced person with computers and that's why I got them this way, it was just cheaper if I built it myself rather than paying someone $400 to put the system together. I don't really want to overclock as it handles everything I throw at it at about 60 fps or higher. My video card is not at stock though. It's factory OC'd.

I will probably get the side fan. I don't know if you can comment again but please let me know what's the compatibility issues between the p67 and the i5-3570k and the EVGA GeForce GTX 670 4GB SC edition.

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  • That Aussie Guy
    Lv 6
    8 years ago
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    That video card is definitely way too hot, the CPU could also do with a bit of cooling down also.

    To cool your video card you need a general increase in airflow through the case. A good side fan can help with this but also consider getting top and front fans if your computer case allows. Also make sure you keep the cabling as neat as possible, if you have PSU cables all around in front of your video card that is going to really hinder its ability to cool down so grab some cable ties and neaten it up.

    A watercooling kit isn't really nessecary, unless you're overclocking some pretty high-end hardware fan-cooled solutions will work fine.

    If you haven't already, install an aftermarket CPU heatsink, if you're using a stock cooler then it's not doing a good enough of a job.

    But yeah you definitely need some better airflow in your case, a few fans will help out greatly but even a new case will help out also (depending on what you're using at the moment). If you're somewhat limited to what you can install then perhaps a case that's got better airflow and cooling options will be a good investment.

  • Konakona
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    You cpu temps alittle warm for stock, but it could be due to the crappy stock cooler. Just get a cheap $20-30 cpu cooler, and your cpu temps will be alot lower.

    (btw why the fk would you get a 3570K and a gtx670 with a P67 board -.-)

    You gpu temps are also pretty warm if at stock voltage/clocks (but its not cause for concern until you hit 90-100C, as usually at 100-115C is when your gpu will crash).

    Id suggest you also get a side intake fan to help cool your graphics card, you really dont need any more exhaust.

    So get a cpu cooler and a side intake fan, and you will be fine. But seriously why did you get a p67? you cant even overclock that 3570k (not that you would need to anyway, a stock 3rd gen i5 can handle 4 gtx680s just fine), and also you are using pci-e 2.0 on a super high end 3.0 card, which is likely clipping your performance by 5-10%.

    EDIT: Well to get full use out of pci-e 3.0 you NEED an ivy bridge cpu (which you have) but also a H77/B75/Z75/Z77 chipset.

    and again as for p67, you cant overclock the 3570K, which is the ONLY point in getting the K model.

    If not you could have gotten a i5-3470 which is the exact same performance, but $30-40 less...

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