TI4600 way too hot

[Dotntaz]

I need help in getting my internal case temp down, I'm running a P4-2.4 with RDRAM and an ASUS TI4600 video card. I have added a front bay fan and new round IDE cables. I have 1 fan in front and 1 in back, but I still can't put my side panel on without the case temp reaching upwards of 53-55 DEGC. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Higher rated fans, a new case with more fan mounts, or cutting holes in your current case. You sure that's a case temp reading and not a CPU reading? If it's the former that's insane, if it's the latter it's just a little on the high side. What kind of CPU heatsink are you using?

 

[Inept]

So it's your case ambient or your TI4600 that's reaching 55oC? If it's the TI4600, that's actually quite normal, and in fact very reasonable! If it's your case temp I'd wager that you're reading the wrong value, or your monitoring hardware's farked. I've built XP2200+ systems in tiny, unventilated cases (just the PSU fan) and never seen case temps that high. Do you live in the desert or some warm climate? If so, there's not a lot you can do outside of air conditioning!

I find that a lot of people spend excessive amounts of grief on temperatures of this and that. If your computer's working fine and your CPU temperatures are OK just turn off the monitoring system and use the damned computer instead of coddling it and worrying about every degree Just my 0.02.