Floor or Desk?

[Maximus]

My computer's CPU is always running at about 50°C (about 120°F) and sometimes on hot days it can go up to 65°C (about 150°F), forcing me to turn it off. Should I keep it under my desk (in the corner of the room) and try to move it out a bit more, or try and put it on my desk? It weighs a lot so I would need to get a stronger desk.

[Peter Montigrav]

Move it somehwere in the shade, but to be honest 65 c is pretty normal...

[Maximus]

Publicado originalmente por Killua #99:

Hot air rises right so floor is typically better. i take the side of the case off too

Will I have to worry about dust or hair? My room gets pretty dusty and I have 2 cats, and they shed really long hair EVERYWHERE, especially on the floors.

Publicado originalmente por Peter Montigrav:

Move it somehwere in the shade, but to be honest 65 c is pretty normal...

My computer beeps like an alarm when it hits 65°

[Peter Montigrav]

Publicado originalmente por Maximus:

Publicado originalmente por Killua #99:

Hot air rises right so floor is typically better. i take the side of the case off too

Will I have to worry about dust or hair? My room gets pretty dusty and I have 2 cats, and they shed really long hair EVERYWHERE.

Publicado originalmente por Peter Montigrav:

Move it somehwere in the shade, but to be honest 65 c is pretty normal...

My computer beeps like an alarm when it hits 65°

oh really, thats weird. Are you using a laptop or a desktop?
Also try to clean your pc regulary, and see if theres alot of dust on the fans, you get a much more hotter cpu if you dont clean dust out of the cpu cooler well enough.

[Maximus]

Publicado originalmente por Peter Montigrav:

Publicado originalmente por Maximus:

Will I have to worry about dust or hair? My room gets pretty dusty and I have 2 cats, and they shed really long hair EVERYWHERE.


My computer beeps like an alarm when it hits 65°

oh really, thats weird. Are you using a laptop or a desktop?
Also try to clean your pc regulary, and see if theres alot of dust on the fans, you get a much more hotter cpu if you dont clean dust out of the cpu cooler well enough.

I am using a huge desktop that a lot of people call a "tower". I clean it often and it just went in to get a new GPU, RAM and fans, so everything is pretty clean inside.

[Chompman]

I use two pieces of wood to give some extra space between the floor for a bit better air flow as placing it directly on the floor may be a issue for some cases with minimal pads on the bottom for your power supply air intake.

Even more so if it's on carpet as that can hurt it a lot.

Otherwise as long as it's not boxed in some kind of desk compartment and has room on the sides it should be fine in either the floor or desk.

[Maximus]

Publicado originalmente por Chompman:

I use two pieces of wood to give some extra space between the floor for a bit better air flow as placing it directly on the floor may be a issue for some cases with minimal pads on the bottom for your power supply air intake.

Even more so if it's on carpet as that can hurt it a lot.

Otherwise as long as it's not boxed in some kind of desk compartment and has room on the sides it should be fine in either the floor or desk.

I use two pieces of wood to make it higher too, and I have a hardwood floor

[Birdy.J]

So when does your CPU gets to 60c during idle or gaming?

[Maximus]

Publicado originalmente por Xp3nDaBirD:

So when does your CPU gets to 60c during idle or gaming?

While I am gaming

[Birdy.J]

Publicado originalmente por Maximus:

Publicado originalmente por Xp3nDaBirD:

So when does your CPU gets to 60c during idle or gaming?

While I am gaming

While you need not worry if that's the during gaming.

[Maximus]

Publicado originalmente por Xp3nDaBirD:

Publicado originalmente por Maximus:

While I am gaming

While you need not worry if that's the during gaming.

But my computer has a louder beep than my smoke alarm when it hits 65°c, and I get really worried...

[just.kamk /idle]

Publicado originalmente por Maximus:

Publicado originalmente por Xp3nDaBirD:

While you need not worry if that's the during gaming.

But my computer has a louder beep than my smoke alarm when it hits 65°c, and I get really worried...

BIOS setting.
But before you change anything: which CPU?

[Maximus]

Speccy says it's an "Intel Core i7 4930K @ 3.40GHz"

[just.kamk /idle]

Put your BIOS setting to 80 then.
60s in temps is good for your CPU.

[Maximus]

Publicado originalmente por kamk:

Put your BIOS setting to 80 then.
60s in temps is good for your CPU.

How would I do that?

[just.kamk /idle]

Publicado originalmente por Maximus:

Publicado originalmente por kamk:

Put your BIOS setting to 80 then.
60s in temps is good for your CPU.

How would I do that?

Power on your PC, press DEL, you're now in BIOS. Look for tab like "health status" - depends on BIOS manufacturer.

Set CPU temperature warning to 80°C.

(kinda looks like this: https://bd23.https.cdn.softlayer.net/80BD23/142.4.51.106/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/bios-health-status.jpg )