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chainsawred · 07-09-2003, 09:51 PM

I am wondering how much heat is normal for a PC to give off. I recently fried the cheap 300 watt power supply that came with my case, and replaced it with an Antec 430 watt True Power. After installing the new power supply, the temperature of my CPU jumped about 7 degrees Celsius (according to the temperature sensing program that came with the motherboard).

I am running an Athlon XP 2400+, not overclocked or anything, with a Radeon 9200. I just put in a case fan, and it dropped the temperature about 5 degrees. The CPU now runs at about 50 degrees normally, and about 57 or so while gaming. I realize this is within the maximum limit of the processor, even allowing 15 degrees or so for sensor error.

What troubles me though is that my case, especially around the power supply, is warm to the touch. Not so warm that it will burn you, but warm enough that you might want to curl up next to it in the winter....

Is this a normal phenomenon, or should I worry?

07-09-2003, 09:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
chainsawred Tilted Location: the hills of kentucky	How hot is too hot? I am wondering how much heat is normal for a PC to give off. I recently fried the cheap 300 watt power supply that came with my case, and replaced it with an Antec 430 watt True Power. After installing the new power supply, the temperature of my CPU jumped about 7 degrees Celsius (according to the temperature sensing program that came with the motherboard). I am running an Athlon XP 2400+, not overclocked or anything, with a Radeon 9200. I just put in a case fan, and it dropped the temperature about 5 degrees. The CPU now runs at about 50 degrees normally, and about 57 or so while gaming. I realize this is within the maximum limit of the processor, even allowing 15 degrees or so for sensor error. What troubles me though is that my case, especially around the power supply, is warm to the touch. Not so warm that it will burn you, but warm enough that you might want to curl up next to it in the winter.... Is this a normal phenomenon, or should I worry?