AMD cooling problem

[DiRtY wIzArD]

My system : AMD T-BIRD 900
ABIT KT7 RAID/ATA100
Hercules G-Force 2 MX
256 MB PC 133 Mb RAM
Sound Blaster 1024 live
I have a heat problem when I play some games on my PC after a half-hour somtimes less, my CPU already has 50° or more I know that that isnt healty.I have a Titan Orb Cooler installed and 2 other coolers in my case and stille the CPU is to hot. When I install my CPU do I have to put some coolpasta between my CPU and Cooler??? or is there an other solution

[Rob Cork]

Your cpu isn't in any danger at that temp - AMD socket A chips do run hot, and 50C is quite typical. 60C should be thought of as the max, and low 40's is ideal. Obviously though cooler is better, and I'm sure you can drop your temps a bit. Definitely use thermal paste, like arctic silver - that should help quite a lot if you aren't already using any. With two fans in your comp set one to suck air out at the top, and the other to either blow in at the front or suck air directly over the cpu heatsink - that'll also help.