• Upgrading a few PC parts & CPU overheating
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Hello, I've been here before asking about a graphics card to buy and I ended up buying a 770 which was perfect, thanks for the help. However, I am interested in upgrading my motherboard and CPU. I also want to get a wireless network card and an SSD. Here is a few bits I have found, obviously I am not that great with hardware so I would appreciate some help. CPU - [URL="http://www.dabs.com/products/intel-core-i7-4770-s1150-3-4ghz-8mb-haswell-quad-core-processor-8NG0.html?q=i7%204770&src=16"]Intel Core i7-4770[/URL] SSD - [URL="http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233682&ignorebbr=1"]Corsair Force LX Series 2.5" 256GB[/URL] Network card - [URL="http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-dual-band-pcie-adapter-card-84L1.html?q=network%20card&src=16"]Asus Dual Band PCIe Adapter Card[/URL] As for the motherboard, I have literally no clue. Here is my current stuff: [thumb] http://puu.sh/cEo1t/00ed6e730b.png [/thumb] Now, I thought i'd include my CPU problem here as well. This screenshot pretty much sums it up: [thumb] http://puu.sh/cCiq6/238147eaa8.png [/thumb] Thanks
Go poke your heatsink. If it wiggles, that's bad. If the fan isn't spinning, that's bad. If it's on the floor of the computer, that's bad too. Even with the stock heatsink, idle temps should be ~40C and load under 80 at stock speeds .
Turn that shit off until you fix your cooling problems, you're destroying your CPU. [QUOTE=fishyfish777;46417760]Even with the stock heatsink, idle temps should be ~40C and load under 80 at stock speeds .[/QUOTE] Thermal Junction is 72C, the CPU should be under that at all times. Ideally the CPU should never get over 60C under load.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;46418301]Turn that shit off until you fix your cooling problems, you're destroying your CPU. Thermal Junction is 72C, the CPU should be under that at all times. Ideally the CPU should never get over 60C under load.[/QUOTE] It's been like that for about 3 months, I only recently installed Speccy and noticed it was like that
Make sure it's not coated in dust either. That'll make temps rise like mad. Use some canned air or an air compressor, just make sure to blow in spurts though so you don't burn out the bearings in your fans.
Or ya know, hold the fan.
Do you guys have any advice on what parts I should choose? The CPU overheating was the second problem I had.
my asus computer's cpu fan has completely stopped. it runs idle at about 90C.
Due to the overwhelming replies I decided to look myself. Motherboard - [URL="http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128705"]GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SOC[/URL] As for the CPU, i'm not sure. I am torn between getting an i7 and i5.
[QUOTE=smithy285;46503138]Due to the overwhelming replies I decided to look myself. Motherboard - [URL="http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128705"]GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SOC[/URL] As for the CPU, i'm not sure. I am torn between getting an i7 and i5.[/QUOTE] if your main use is gaming, I'm currently rocking an i5 4440 with a GTX770 (your same GPU). Works pretty fine, as far as I know the i7 is overkill unless you need to do extremely heavy processing Look into later i5 models
[QUOTE=NitronikALT;46505571]if your main use is gaming, I'm currently rocking an i5 4440 with a GTX770 (your same GPU). Works pretty fine, as far as I know the i7 is overkill unless you need to do extremely heavy processing Look into later i5 models[/QUOTE] Alright, thank you very much
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