Heh. I'm new here. Hi, everyone.
This is the first system I've built. I had never really thought of doing it, but after some recent crap with the guy I know who does build them, I went ahead and did it myself.
I'm running, as the topic says, an Athlon 64 3500+, with its stock heatsink and fan (although I'll more than likely be changing that to an XP-90). It's sitting on an ASUS A8V Deluxe motherboard, in a Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case. Yes, I know, Thermaltake is not the fan favorite around here, but when I ordered the parts, the case happened to fit the price and I find it to be purdy. It's a Cooler Master Real Power 450W power supply, and as soon as I stop having continuous problems, I'll have a BFG 6600GT OC AGP card. Right now I've got a Chaintech GeForce 5200FX in.
I do like the case. I don't have any problem like most of the noise complaints I see. However, it's somewhat a tight fit, for once, and I've had the darnedest time with my wiring and not restricting and/or otherwise screwing up my air flow inside.
But maybe the air flow's just fine, and I'm not sure. This is my first serious computer, and so it's really the first that I've monitored.
The temperature of the room I'm in tends to fluctuate between 60 and 70F, I'd have to say, depending on what I have running, whether my door is open, and whether I have windows and thus the outside temperature. I live in Western Massachusetts, so it's Spring-ish here.
With those specs, my chip tends to idle around 32 - 34 Celsius, depending on the room temperature. My motherboard usually stays around 20C. Right now, running a few internet browsers, MSN Messenger, and Winamp, my CPU's sticking around between 35-36C and the motherboard's staying at 22C.
So, in closing this lengthier-than-I-intended-post, could someone give me an idea? Is my air flow restricted and making my CPU/mobo hotter than it should be? Or, for what I've got, are the temperatures fine?
This is the first system I've built. I had never really thought of doing it, but after some recent crap with the guy I know who does build them, I went ahead and did it myself.
I'm running, as the topic says, an Athlon 64 3500+, with its stock heatsink and fan (although I'll more than likely be changing that to an XP-90). It's sitting on an ASUS A8V Deluxe motherboard, in a Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case. Yes, I know, Thermaltake is not the fan favorite around here, but when I ordered the parts, the case happened to fit the price and I find it to be purdy. It's a Cooler Master Real Power 450W power supply, and as soon as I stop having continuous problems, I'll have a BFG 6600GT OC AGP card. Right now I've got a Chaintech GeForce 5200FX in.
I do like the case. I don't have any problem like most of the noise complaints I see. However, it's somewhat a tight fit, for once, and I've had the darnedest time with my wiring and not restricting and/or otherwise screwing up my air flow inside.
But maybe the air flow's just fine, and I'm not sure. This is my first serious computer, and so it's really the first that I've monitored.
The temperature of the room I'm in tends to fluctuate between 60 and 70F, I'd have to say, depending on what I have running, whether my door is open, and whether I have windows and thus the outside temperature. I live in Western Massachusetts, so it's Spring-ish here.
With those specs, my chip tends to idle around 32 - 34 Celsius, depending on the room temperature. My motherboard usually stays around 20C. Right now, running a few internet browsers, MSN Messenger, and Winamp, my CPU's sticking around between 35-36C and the motherboard's staying at 22C.
So, in closing this lengthier-than-I-intended-post, could someone give me an idea? Is my air flow restricted and making my CPU/mobo hotter than it should be? Or, for what I've got, are the temperatures fine?