Jo Ann,
Under normal circumstances (PC usage as well as
environment of the
'computer room'), the stock heatsink/fan combo is sufficient
to keep the CPU
from getting too hot. If usage increases (the PC is on
24/7, the user
becomes interested in burning movies, 3D rendering apps,
etc. or the PC room
is already a bit warm), it's never a bad idea to replace the
stock combo
with something a bit more effective.
This same thinking applies to video cards. If someone
is not a 'gamer',
the stock option will work fine. However, playing
graphically intensive
games will definitely raise the temps on the card's GPU. If
it gets too
hot, it will shorten the life of the card. They make
aftermarket fans for
those, too.
One other thing to bear in mind is that a mainboard's
chipset is often
asked to work overtime, especially if you're using a lot of
the mainboard's
features (USB, SATA, onboard Ethernet, video, sound, etc.).
Some of them
already have fans on them, while some don't. It may be in
your best
interest to check their temps and upgrade their cooling as
necessary, too.
You might also consider adding a fan or two to the case,
but ask about
the best locations here before attempting this procedure.
It's very easy to
add too many fans (a bad thing), fans in the wrong direction
(even worse) or
use poor locations and make the air flow worse than what it
was.
The bottom line is that you can go to the manufacturer's
web site for
nearly any device or component in your system and learn what
temps are
normal. If it's running near that temp or higher, you
should definitely
look into upgrading its cooling. If it's running well
within the specs,
your present cooling solution is working fine. You should
also periodically
open up the case, ground yourself and then clean out any
dust, hair, gunk,
etc. that accumulates on these fans and heatsinks. If you
don't, the
efficiency of those items will drop over time and those
components will
eventually overheat and burn out.
Peace,
GMan
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never
asked!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jo Ann" <bookworm54 tds.net>
To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 10:10 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Heat issues?
>I never worried or thought about heat issues until I
started dealing
> with these Asus boards with the temperature probe. I
understand the new
> faster CPUs and big video cards, and RAM put off a lot
more heat, but I
> thought only overclockers really needed extra cooling.
What about the
> 2-3 gig Celeron processors with regular DDR and DDR2?
For everyday use(
> e-mail, surfing, burning CDs & DVDs) Do they need
more cooling than the
> CPU fan and the power supply?
>
> Jo Ann
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