Not unexpected, except to say, only 5ºC - games tend to make the CPU work very hard, especially when they have to 'service' the high powered video boards If you run something that monitors and graphs the CPU use you will probably find it's idle for much of the time when you are not playing games ( well no 'work' to do on a goodly proportion of the possible CPU cycles, so much of the internal circuitry does not get it's states changed)
If the temperature is staying well within the published tolerances/ operating range then there's no problem and It's well worth blowing the dust out from under the board - especially if you're getting fluffy, or conductive stuff on the upper surface of the components and board that fluffy stuff makes good heat insulation, and a nice ignition point JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kylde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:25 PM Subject: Re: video cooling yes, the mobo is mounted on plastic struts, with leather insulators on the screw-mounting holes, if there's dust under there it;s staying there :) But the main point of my original mail (I suppose) was: is it normal for the CPU to heat by 5 degrees C+ when 1 runs a video-intensive game/window? James Button wrote on 03/11/2005, 23:20: > Also - the MOBO should not be touching the case - there is normally a ¼" > gap - airflow through that can be very effective, but the space can > also be > a very nasty dust trap. -- Regards Kylde -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
