Yeah, I had my first lock-up before, my case was hotter than the top of my monitor, and I took the panel off, and burnt my finger touching the HDD bay.

Farken heeeeeell.

How's everyone else's PC's holding up?

my case is being held up with strings and mirrors.
actualy lots of fans. and i have moved out of my room down in to the garage.

mmmm

need to put another fan into this little fan-bay at the front of my case.

my 7 fans seem to be keeping my s***box p3 500 @ 575 ok

where my bros p3 866 with OEM fan BS is locking up a lot :)

*Cough* N00B! *choke*

I dont have temp sensors, so I dunno actual temps, but i would say pretty hot.

I'm only running 2 fans. CPU fan and PSU fan.

Don't touch the case and you don't have any problems.

fuk the cases, Ive been in the pool like 3 times and im still fukin hot :(

My router/switch thing is hotter than hell, like, same temperature as the footpath ATM.... I think ill go buy a chipset fan for it or sss...

Yeh i got like 3 transformers under my desk, one for the switch, speakers stuff like that

and they are _really_ hot

love to see them blow up.

pool is hotter then out of it atm..sits in the sun all day :/

random lockups for me..running bout 60

my room is sitting on just under 40degrees
cpu on 67 under load (gaming)
mobo on 50 (impressive considering 4 HDD's 2 of which are IBM's sitting on some stupid tempreture)

no lockups
getting aircon tomorrow so all will be good :)

My comp run's around 55-60 and it doesn't lock up so im happy.

SquarkyD can't wait to get his air-con, in every post you have to include i am getting an air-con, you should make it your sig.

i want air con :(

As do i.

stop following me like a bad smell

Can't help it, your soo manly..and we have so much in common

got aircon in the other room..which im getting next week :)

yay for aircon!

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Having a CPU that is designed to run at high temps, like most AMDs, is actually not such a bad thing. Being so hot already the ambient temp has less effect on the cpu and heatsink. In a cold country tho an AMD probably wouldnt last as long as an Intel.

thats nice sweetheart :)

i am too squarky...

ive removed my case and i have a fan stationed right next to my comp... coollin down the mother board... it was bout 63 @ hotest point today

highest ive had was 70 (with case on)

LaCHiE

oh and also my comp never locks up... its been on for bout 6 days straight now.... =P

tehehe

In a cold country tho an AMD probably wouldnt last as long as an Intel.

does this mean if you didnt have to worry about temperatures, and not have to worry about your chip frying cus of heat, intel will last longer? does amd burn out after a few years or somthing, cus quite franlky, i got no idea what your be jibba jabbin on about.

Having a CPU that is designed to run at high temps, like most AMDs, is actually not such a bad thing. Being so hot already the ambient temp has less effect on the cpu and heatsink. In a cold country tho an AMD probably wouldnt last as long as an Intel.

I wish that was true.

What I meant about AMDs in a cold country is that when you turn your PC off their temperture would drop from about 60 degrees to maybe near 0 if you live in a really cold place. The CPU might suffer a bit because of the sudden drop in temp when switched off and then the quick increase in temp when you turn it back on again. Intels running cooler wouldnt contract and expand as much.

I dont know its just an idea, I like AMD either way.

if it was a cold comp man... it wouldnt be running @ 60degrees...

it would be runnin @ like 30 unless heating... but if there was heating itd be the same as aus... but still less!!

tehhe

the fuxzor you man has a point

i dont know how hot my cpu is running but my graphics card is sitting around 61 and gets close to 70 when playing games

okies kids the CPU heating and cooling is what kills em

it's physics the expansion and contraction of the metal stresses it....and also the AMD's getting hot is not a good thing it just means they are ineffiecient

i love my Piii never gets above 40 degrees

i wonna p3, damn you power.

:D

What I meant about AMDs in a cold country is that when you turn your PC off their temperture would drop from about 60 degrees to maybe near 0 if you live in a really cold place. The CPU might suffer a bit because of the sudden drop in temp when switched off and then the quick increase in temp when you turn it back on again. Intels running cooler wouldnt contract and expand as much.

'sudden drop in temp' - okay, so your suggesting that the CPU is going to drop from 60 degrees down to 0 very quickly? My durons hot for about 10 minutes after turning the computer off, so I don't know what you mean by that.

Also, if it was 0 outside, your chip wouldnt get near 60 if you had anywhere NEAR adequate cooling, most likely.

I'd also like to point out that people have used liquid nitrogen to cool their chips, and it's not doing them any harm. Now, what temperatures does liquid nitrogen sit at? Something BELOW 0?

my tank of a p3 is still runnin, no lockups and its in a really hot room, the 4 extra fans must help it a lot :)

stop playing with your hard drive exo

I dun know wtf you guys do but my PIII doesn't get hotter than 50 degrees and that is with OEM HSF and no additional case fans etc. I have never had a lock-up due to heat.

stop playing with your hard drive exo

I did, and it saved to floppy disk...

Either have I ever had a lock-up..with my duron..although it get's past 60 degrees

I has ducted system air con :).

I have a an aircon so my room is at about 18 degrees at the moment.

my PIII 866 reaches about 53ish degrees with OEM h/s while playing quake3 without locking up ffs what are u people doing to make them lock up? hahahahahahha

my athlon got to about 60ish without dying.

but that was at my brother's house, at home the computers sit in front of this big ass air conditioner that's hangin on the wall. 1.3g athlon @ 27celcius listening to winamp and perusing the forums.