Okay so I've got my new comp.

Running fine however....

Fan spins fast enough so blades are completely blurred unless the comps been on for a while and I start playing a game (Eve, cod2, css etc) then it slows down so much you can make out the blades.....temp rises from 40'ish to the high 60's...this only happens after comp has been on for a while.

It goes for hours but then starts this....and it only happens while in a game....if I exit the fan speeds up again.

I can play a game for hours until it starts doing it...or I can be on the comp for hours and it still does it.....(I've played less than an hour of games tonight....) seems to be related to just how long the comp has been on for.

I would have thought it would be slow for internet and then speed up during games but it seems as if theres something wrong with it after long periods.

It's the fan I got with my Intel 6600 processor, I did buy a coolermaster fan for it which I'm thinking may need to be put on. (Could it just be a crappy fan?)

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i think i remember mine doing that to,maybe just the stock fans being a noob

id put ur new one on asap and you should see a temp drop

whats the rest of your setup?

1 x Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz) Socket 775 FSB1066 4MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor 112706 Not Allocated £149.98 £149.98

1 x Belkin SurgeMaster, 4-Way, 2m Cable (£25,000 Warranty) 45272 Not Allocated £3.39 £3.39

1 x Arctic Cooling Super Silent 4 Ultra TC (Ceramic Bearings 6 Yrs) Retail Box 74456 Not Allocated £4.50 £4.50

1 x Coolermaster Aerogate 4x Fan Controller - Silver Aluminium 124870 Not Allocated £4.24 £4.24

1 x HP DVD940i 18x SuperMulti DVD±RW/RAM Lightscribe Black Retail Box 119565 Not Allocated £19.99 £19.99

2 x Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATAII/300 8.5ms 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM 115418 Not Allocated £44.45 £88.90

1 x Antec NEO HE550GB 550W Modular PSU With 80mm Low Speed/noise Fan 18db 99138 Not Allocated £52.20 £52.20

1 x Sapphire X1950Pro 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI VIVO AGP 119956 Not Allocated £117.39 £117.39 (PCI ONE NOW NOT APG)

1 x Antec Nine Hundred - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU 118268 Not Allocated £57.86 £57.86

1 x Corsair (TWIN2X2048-6400) XMS2-6400 2048MB 5-5-5-12 2X240 DIMM Black XMS2 Heat Spreader 98710 Not Allocated £102.11 £102.11

1 x Asus P5B-E Socket 775 I965p onboard audio FSB1066 ATX 117623 Not Allocated £70.17 £70.17

1 x Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Music OEM Soundcard 112512 Not Allocated £42.54 £42.54

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dont think its gonna be the stock fans they are non stock fans on that case from new.

how many devices are you running off each molex connection?

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hes talking about the cpu fan which is stock.

bucket of water mate.... if it gets to hot...throw a bucket of ice cooled water over it...


but on a serious note..60's wont worry it.... and yes..you fan should speed up the warmer it gets...

stock fans seem to do the job adequately.. but if you worried swap it for a custom fan..bigger/silently//the better.... but read all the details/fittiings v closely... they can be a bitch to fit.... even when sober...

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I agree, when I build my computer I spent more time with the cpu heat thingy then any other part / wiring...

that was the only thing that caused me grief tbh....

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CPU fan was quite easy to fit really....well except two of the pins popped out when I was putting other stuff in.

Going to swap it for the other one I have just to be safe....really not liking the 20 degress rise and the fact it's slowing down doing more strenunous things.

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Hate fitting CPU fans, its the way the m/board flexes as you push the pins in, always expect it to just snap under me, but yrah I'd get it fitted and then check that that ne behaves, it should certainly be running faster when the pc is under load, and I'd ave thought you have enough power from your supply to run it without it slowing at load as well.

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Try fitting a Zalman 9500. I daresay it's one of the easier ones, but still, they can be a pain if it's a first try. (I would go into more detail about why... but I'd bore you. )

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Aye ive got zalman 9500 to, does the trick, can manually change the speed of the fan, keeps my CPU at 28-30c whilst idle.

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i have a 9700 zalman, after some fine tuning to my case fans i get about 29 degrees while idle, 33-35 max under full strain. Still not content with that but i will live with it, i have the e6600 aswell running at 3 ghz

what are you using to get your temps?

if its the softaware you get with ur mobo it is probly 10-15 oc out.use TAT to get the most accurate temps

Using CoreTemp and the new version of...erm can't mind name (it's the program that does a Stress test on it).

I've got a coller that I'm installing...reviews etc said it's good so yeah.


Was reading up on it too and it appears a few people have had problems with the stock fan.

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yeah zalmans are really good, its waht i got in my pc back home after the last fan had to blades break off and fly around inside the case for a while that was not fun :/

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