Hi this is my PC purchased from PCS almost 3 years ago.
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-3930K (3.2GHz) 12MB Cache
Case COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Motherboard ASUS® P9X79 PRO: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
Memory (RAM) 16GB SAMSUNG QUAD-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£79)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Fan Controller NONE
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
I am trying to use some train simulation software. The requirement for the software is:
• OS: Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8
• Processor: Processor: 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (3.2 GHz Core 2 Duo recommended), AMD Athlon MP (multiprocessor variant or comparable processors)
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: 512 MB with Pixel Shader 3.0 (AGP PCIe only)
• DirectX®: 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 6 GB HD space
• Sound: Direct X 9.0c compatible
So this should be no problem for my PC?
However this doesn't seem to be the case. Using RealTemp, the i7 core temps increase from about 39-40C at idle to 80C+ even after a few minutes use. I understand the 'safe' temp for this processor is 66-67C?
Not only that but the PSU fan absolutely roars away.
Do I have a cooling issue and do I need to upgrade the CPU fan and PSU?
I possess limited hardware knowledge so apologies in advance.
Thanks
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-3930K (3.2GHz) 12MB Cache
Case COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Motherboard ASUS® P9X79 PRO: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
Memory (RAM) 16GB SAMSUNG QUAD-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£79)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Fan Controller NONE
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
I am trying to use some train simulation software. The requirement for the software is:
• OS: Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8
• Processor: Processor: 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (3.2 GHz Core 2 Duo recommended), AMD Athlon MP (multiprocessor variant or comparable processors)
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: 512 MB with Pixel Shader 3.0 (AGP PCIe only)
• DirectX®: 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 6 GB HD space
• Sound: Direct X 9.0c compatible
So this should be no problem for my PC?
However this doesn't seem to be the case. Using RealTemp, the i7 core temps increase from about 39-40C at idle to 80C+ even after a few minutes use. I understand the 'safe' temp for this processor is 66-67C?
Not only that but the PSU fan absolutely roars away.
Do I have a cooling issue and do I need to upgrade the CPU fan and PSU?
I possess limited hardware knowledge so apologies in advance.
Thanks
