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- Sep 3, 2003
Hello, I had a dilemma with my last pc that forced me to never put the case back on my pc, I just used to leave it open- not in the open of course, because I would have to switch sound cards every OS, because of support, and with using music programs.
I have been ordering addition products, since I have gotten this new rig , and , I never closed the left side of my case because I've had to switch IDE and hard drives frequently.
I recently ran Prime95, and my system froze at 51c, the highest it has ever been, after 10 minutes.
I decided to experiment, and take the huge fan that sits in my window, and put it by my leg and point into my case, I ran prime95 again, and watched as it went on for 40 minutes, and my cpu temp hover around 47c48c It could have kept going but I decided to go out and by a small box fan, about the height of a sheet of notebook paper and thicker then a HD, and place it right by the open side of my case. I ran Prime again and my temps stayed around 43c, and my cpu temp is 41c, even though I have now raise my OC to 162*11.5 and 1.8 vcore.
IS using this method safe? Because even though my temp is fine, when i play games after a minute they just cut off and im on my desktop.
I have been ordering addition products, since I have gotten this new rig , and , I never closed the left side of my case because I've had to switch IDE and hard drives frequently.
I recently ran Prime95, and my system froze at 51c, the highest it has ever been, after 10 minutes.
I decided to experiment, and take the huge fan that sits in my window, and put it by my leg and point into my case, I ran prime95 again, and watched as it went on for 40 minutes, and my cpu temp hover around 47c48c It could have kept going but I decided to go out and by a small box fan, about the height of a sheet of notebook paper and thicker then a HD, and place it right by the open side of my case. I ran Prime again and my temps stayed around 43c, and my cpu temp is 41c, even though I have now raise my OC to 162*11.5 and 1.8 vcore.
IS using this method safe? Because even though my temp is fine, when i play games after a minute they just cut off and im on my desktop.