Help With A Over Heating CPU!!!

As the title says. I'm having a problem with my CPU and over heating. I'm have a pentium D 3ghz processor and for some reason the thing hovers at around 60c on idle. When i attempt to run a program, the thing jumps to 70, don't even get me started on what happen when i run a game like left 4 dead 2. The thing was a few weeks ago i was getting some real good performance with it, i mean no lag or stuttering during gaming.

i have about 4 fans running, if i include the cpu and psu, well 5 if i also include the gpu. I want to bring the temperature down as low as i can. is there any advice for improving the temperature in my system? should i add more fans? i have 3 extra slots available on my mobo for more fans.

As the title says. I'm having a problem with my CPU and over heating. I'm have a pentium D 3ghz processor and for some reason the thing hovers at around 60c on idle. When i attempt to run a program, the thing jumps to 70, don't even get me started on what happen when i run a game like left 4 dead 2. The thing was a few weeks ago i was getting some real good performance with it, i mean no lag or stuttering during gaming.

i have about 4 fans running, if i include the cpu and psu, well 5 if i also include the gpu. I want to bring the temperature down as low as i can. is there any advice for improving the temperature in my system? should i add more fans? i have 3 extra slots available on my mobo for more fans.

Rahnyc4

Check your heatsink. Is it seated properly? Is the cpu fan functioning right? I would take everything out, clean it up, reapply some thermal grease, make sure its mounted back on correctly, and see where you stand. 60 degrees is way way too high for idle temps.

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As the title says. I'm having a problem with my CPU and over heating. I'm have a pentium D 3ghz processor and for some reason the thing hovers at around 60c on idle. When i attempt to run a program, the thing jumps to 70, don't even get me started on what happen when i run a game like left 4 dead 2. The thing was a few weeks ago i was getting some real good performance with it, i mean no lag or stuttering during gaming.

i have about 4 fans running, if i include the cpu and psu, well 5 if i also include the gpu. I want to bring the temperature down as low as i can. is there any advice for improving the temperature in my system? should i add more fans? i have 3 extra slots available on my mobo for more fans.

UltimateGamer95