OBIO
June 26th, 2009, 01:46
how are these temps (taken with Everest Home Edition)?
Mother Board = 100 Degrees F
CPU = 117 Degrees F
GPU = 127 Degrees F
IDE HD = 100 Degrees F
SATA HD = 95 Degrees F
Ambient air temp is 76 degrees F thanks to a nice Trane central A/C system.
These temps were taken right after shutting down FS9. I had been flying for about 45 minutes with Track IR 4, FSMetars, Snapper all running in the back ground and AVG doing the daily 4:00 AM virus scan of the entire computer (along, AdAware, Linksys Easy Link Advisor and all the odds and end that XP has running behind the scenes). I don't know if these temps are too high, okay, superb.
I am planning on doing some small updates to my system, just replacing some of the stock stuff with new...not big ticket items, just small ticket items. A new case fan, new CPU heat sink and fan. And I have thought of a neat use for that plexiglass the nice old lady down the road gave me when I stopped in at her garage sale last spring....I am going to take the stock side panel off my system, replace it with plexi with either 2 120-mm case fans or an 8-inch diameter low profile server fan and run the fans off an independent 12 volt power supply.
The CPU fan and heat sink combo I am looking at on Newegg is the Rosewell RCX-Z200. A 92 mm fan with an aluminum heat sink with a copper clad base. $15. Plus the cost of shipping and a tube of thermal grease.
Also thinking about picking up another 1 gig stick of PC3200 RAM. I currently have 2 gig, running XP Home SP3...will I notice any improvement with the 3rd gig or would it be a waste of money.
Also looking to upgrade my Power Supply. Currently running the stock 250 watt PSU, that only has 4 peripheral power cables. Would like to step up to at least 500 watt, with a few more power cables....what would be a good one to pick up at a good price?
OBIO
Mother Board = 100 Degrees F
CPU = 117 Degrees F
GPU = 127 Degrees F
IDE HD = 100 Degrees F
SATA HD = 95 Degrees F
Ambient air temp is 76 degrees F thanks to a nice Trane central A/C system.
These temps were taken right after shutting down FS9. I had been flying for about 45 minutes with Track IR 4, FSMetars, Snapper all running in the back ground and AVG doing the daily 4:00 AM virus scan of the entire computer (along, AdAware, Linksys Easy Link Advisor and all the odds and end that XP has running behind the scenes). I don't know if these temps are too high, okay, superb.
I am planning on doing some small updates to my system, just replacing some of the stock stuff with new...not big ticket items, just small ticket items. A new case fan, new CPU heat sink and fan. And I have thought of a neat use for that plexiglass the nice old lady down the road gave me when I stopped in at her garage sale last spring....I am going to take the stock side panel off my system, replace it with plexi with either 2 120-mm case fans or an 8-inch diameter low profile server fan and run the fans off an independent 12 volt power supply.
The CPU fan and heat sink combo I am looking at on Newegg is the Rosewell RCX-Z200. A 92 mm fan with an aluminum heat sink with a copper clad base. $15. Plus the cost of shipping and a tube of thermal grease.
Also thinking about picking up another 1 gig stick of PC3200 RAM. I currently have 2 gig, running XP Home SP3...will I notice any improvement with the 3rd gig or would it be a waste of money.
Also looking to upgrade my Power Supply. Currently running the stock 250 watt PSU, that only has 4 peripheral power cables. Would like to step up to at least 500 watt, with a few more power cables....what would be a good one to pick up at a good price?
OBIO