Building a Computer

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hi,
i was terified when i read first of your post and concerned as the duck.
Look like you are lucking some skills to put that parts togather(very expensive excercise and costly sometimes).
But next post was pc is running which is very good.
Next time look on site like www.tomshardware which has instructions to build pc from scratch.
With asus motherboard and parts you can visit their site and they show in photos how to configure their parts too.
Your asus probe look excactly like mine.0 reading on pc fan but power fun is runing around 5000.
Hm i dont like when you say you dont have fan control because 5000 is 2000 more which i get when i start mine.(ops sorry you have original fan which comes with cpu)
Well mine motherboard has little feature in bios which can set up speed of fans automatically and is call Q-fan.
have a look on www/asus.com under your type of motherboard and print specifications of it which always come handy.
I do have speed controler as i dont like fans which comes with amd cpu.
I prefer much more better funs(installed termaltake one as amd tend to run hot).
Your temperature is fina and is reading on pc probe.You can set up treshold for your cpu on probe so its alarms you when it reaches set-up temperature.
I dont think you have to worry about as you pc han handle 80-90C which amd site suggest.( but as nihil said i dont like to go over 50c)
Set up your pc probe to 60c and you will be safe.Sometimes pc probe is not 100% accurate so look into bios set up and you can set it up there.
well have a look at the speifications here.i can see Q-fan as i mentioned before.You look little bit more deeper.
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?m...3&l2=15&l3=171
and general information here:
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l...55&modelmenu=1
good luck and i would definitelly recommend to buy different pcu fan if you into gamming.
You didnt mention how many fans you have in your case but i am gamer and have 6 plus one on pcu

[The Duck]

Yes, I agree with nihil, the software says your temperature is safe... But I'm a bit concerned of it's accuracy... Your using a powerful processor and 34 C seems far to cool... especially if your using stock heatsink and fan...

If I were you I'd double check that... in bios there should be a PC health section that will tell temperatures and RPM's of fans... I'd also take a look at Everest... google it...

[nihil]

Hey, The Duck ,

We both missed it?...............we forgot to ask:

1. How long had the computer been running?
2. Had it been under "load"?

I would suggest that a no load reading should be taken 30 minutes after boot. Then play your game for 30 minutes and take another reading?

I have no science to back that; just gut feeling................also I do not expect normal users to abide by industry testing standards

[The Duck]

Nihil, in this case it doesn't matter if it's been under load or not, or if the computer's only been on for 10 minutes... A processor like that with stock heatsink and fan would most likely be somewhere around mid to upper 40's celsius... It's really hard to get a powerful processor down to low/mid 30's celsius... you have to really work at it...

I'm sure your alright... inaccurate temp readings is no need for panic lol... If I were you though, or anyone with a gaming machine, it's always a good idea to keep an eye on the temperature of your components... The only way you can do this is with accurate temp readings ...

[nihil]

Hey, The Duck

That is sort of what I was suggesting, in that if you let it run on no load for 30 minutes then load it for 30 minutes, you should see a marked difference in temperature? If not, you should question the values you are getting?

The other question we did not ask is what is the room temperature?...........................unless you take "unusual" precautions, I would expect the processor to be at about 10-15 C above the ambient (room) temp, and the case at about 5-10 degrees. And I am talking minimum values?

I am afraid I do not know that particular Asus MoBo, or its like, as I tend to use Gigabyte, on the grounds of value for money where I am. The Gigabyte boards only tell you the CPU and case fan speeds.....................this makes me wonder how the Asus board can detect the PSU fan speed?.........

Once again, as I do not use the "boxed" heatsink and fan ( for local economic reasons, I use "Coolermaster") I do not know what connectivity they have The Coolermaster will connect to the MoBo and has 3 wires, one of which is the speed sensor. So, if the OP has a connector from his CPU fan that has more that 2 pins, he is reading the CPU fan, and the MoBo software is giving false information.....................and a false alarm?

I would recommend the RayTek MiniTemp, however, as it is a very useful laser guided spot thermometer.................saved a few "lives" has that one!

OK you need to mess with hardware a lot to justify the beer vouchers it costs? but it was a Christmas present

Cheers

[mavro6000]

My computer works GREAT, I fixed the mobo. The fan was placed in the wrong port. Thanks for the advice............