newbie succeeds, looking for ideas

[DarkHawk]

I have an Athlon 700 and a K7M, I have had them running at 820 reliably for a good month now. CPu temps at idle are 48 C* though, and wondering if my pitiful 80mm side-intake fan and psu outlet fan are enough to cool the Aavid twin fan HS on it. Any ideas on how to speed it up on a very tight budget are welcome. I would also like to let everyone know that lots of money is not required for a good video card. I have a Viper V550, which came out long before the Viper II or the Viper V770, I then installed it as a Riva TNT by Nvidia and t runs like it was just that, with respectable framerates considering its a free card. I get 60 FPS on Max Payne on full quality and 640 x 480 x 16. Good enough for me til I get a better card. Not bad for a five year old card, huh?

 

[DarkHawk]

It seems a correction needs to be made...

the mb temp is accurate, but upon further investigation I found that MBM 5 is reading my CPU temp as -48 *C, I think that some might find this rather hard to believe considering I don't think its right. Any ideas on how to fix it?

 

[Arkaine23]

suggestions

You might try to make an air duct to channel the air from your side panel intake right to your cpu heatsink. I made one out of a rubber pvc adapter and it dropped my temps a couple of degrees. Only cost about $5.

Measure the temp in your case and in your room with a regular old thermometer and see how much hotter the case is... if its more than a few degrees warmer in there, you might want to think about adding a few more fans. Fans are cheap, but cutting holes in your case will require some tools.

 

[NASsoccer]

It seems a correction needs to be made...

the mb temp is accurate, but upon further investigation I found that MBM 5 is reading my CPU temp as -48 *C, I think that some might find this rather hard to believe considering I don't think its right. Any ideas on how to fix it?

are you sure that you chose the right sensor in settings? i know if i choose the wrong one i get a temp of 70c and well i knew that was wrong