#17 - Question/Answer: Computer component temperatures

What's acceptable temperatures for computer component; CPU, Motherboard, GPU (Video Card), HDD (Hard Drive Drive) & Memory?

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Science & Technology

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• computer
• electronics
• temps
• temp
• temperature
• temperatures
• thermal
• component
• hdd
• motherboard
• video
• car
• gpu
• northbridge
• southbridge

[rtsjoe]

Your girlfriend has a Q6600? Why?! She's a girl all she uses is a computer for is myspace and MSN.

[AndyTheAlienman]

Thanks for the informative video. I appreciate the time you took to make this.

[theyash06]

my first gpu sits at 60 degrees Celsius and my second sits at 50 and then my mobo sits at 50 and my cpu sits at 30 lol is that safe?

under load gpu hits atleast 75 for both id say

[intermaniax1]

Speccy is free



[tommy714pham]

@asus3571 aight im let u know.

[asus3571]

@tommy714pham im assuming just your cpu is under water? dont be lazy bro i thought is was gonna be a big deal too but it wasnt bad at all it only took bout an hour to remove the board from the haf x remove the n/b cooler apply paste icdiamond install the new one and that included redoing all the cables in the case not bad at all just do it ull be happy u did and let me know what results u get

[tommy714pham]

@asus3571 thanks man imma go replace it next time i upgrade my pc, kinda lazy to open it up again since i have water cooling on it.

[asus3571]

@tommy714pham i just replaced the northbridge heatsink on my evga x58 ftw 3 the idle temps on this mobo were 58c but the heatsink was cold with told me it wasnt tranfering heat to the heatsink i uncrewed the n/b and the heatsink just fell off it was makeing terrible contact put on a logisys deepcool and the temps dropped 20c yes u should reaply tim or get a deepcool ur temps are very high 4 my likeing

[tommy714pham]

I have a x58 sli3 with the north-bridge around 60-72c should I replace its tim????

(artic mx-4) / 4.2ghz

should I just go water cooling or add a fan?

[rtsjoe]

@kght222 That is correct.

[kght222]

@rtsjoe if thats true, then we men must only use our computers for porn. =P