Around two months ago I built myself a low-end gaming/software development PC in order to carry on with a project that was halted abruptly when my laptop died (RIP).
The components are as follows:
When I am playing games such as Crysis, the GPU temperature can shoot up to around 95c, and the CPU can shoot up to 70c. On Team Fortress 2 (less demanding game), GPU idles at around 50c and the CPU idles at around the same temperature.
I know the temperature rise is normal, but should I be concerned? Under any sort of load the PSU always runs warm, but everything else is pretty cool until I run graphically demanding games such as Crysis and Call of Duty: Black Ops.
If I should be concerned about the temperature rise, what sort of action should I take?
I was thinking maybe getting a new PSU would solve the issue, but I do not know if it could also be the case contributing to the high temperatures.
The components are as follows:
- CPU: AMD FX4100 4 Core @ 3.60GHZ (Overclocked to 4.1GHZ)
- RAM: 4GB DDR3
- SSDs: 64GB Sandisk, 128GB Corsair
- OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
- GPU: AMD Radeon 7700 @ 1GHZ (Overclocked to 1.2GHZ)
- CPU Cooling: Antec H20 (Liquid Cooling)
- PSU: 600W Corsair (cheap one- cost £22)
- Case: Small- Micro ATX
When I am playing games such as Crysis, the GPU temperature can shoot up to around 95c, and the CPU can shoot up to 70c. On Team Fortress 2 (less demanding game), GPU idles at around 50c and the CPU idles at around the same temperature.
I know the temperature rise is normal, but should I be concerned? Under any sort of load the PSU always runs warm, but everything else is pretty cool until I run graphically demanding games such as Crysis and Call of Duty: Black Ops.
If I should be concerned about the temperature rise, what sort of action should I take?
I was thinking maybe getting a new PSU would solve the issue, but I do not know if it could also be the case contributing to the high temperatures.