shivm wrote:Hello!
I want to cool my 3 year old Core 2 Duo PC.
Even writing this post generates 43 C.
When stressed with prime95, It shoots to 99 C and stays there. Will my system be harmed by this?
I'm monitoring my system with 'Piriform Speccy'
System Specs are:
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A very cheap $20 micro-ATX PC Enclosure with no extra fan. # Except the Bundled 450W PSU.
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There's your problem. What cooler height tolerance does it have? By that i mean how much space is there between the top of the CPU to the inner edge of the side panel (in milimeters pls). That's a vital info in order to determine what will fit in there.
Just to make sure, that''s a LGA 775 socket Core 2 Duo, right?Nvm i refreshed my memory by checking wikipedia and the only other sockets that supported Conroes and Penryns were server sockets and i doubt you have one.
Regarding the chip reaching 99 degrees Celsius and if that's harmfull, it depends on the model Could you post the exact name of the CPU you have? I presume it shouldn't be since all Core 2 Duos should have thermal throttling, saving them before they burn....so i presume it can take it. That's not to say it's optiomal, you def. need to improve cooling.