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My system: i5 3570k ASUS Strix GTX 970 8GB RAM p8z68-v pro/gen3 motherboard 250GB SSD 1TB WD Blue HDD I've been having CPU issues and I've had applications closing down (assumingly because of maxed CPU usage) Troubleshooting, I noticed my Adobe flash is using an ungodly amount of my CPU considering I only have 1 twitch stream open. My Firefox Plugin Container seems really high too, sitting at 10% even though firefox itself is only at 9%. http://i.imgur.com/aC2VoS8.jpg (This is with the game minimized) I would've thought my system would be good enough to run firefox, watching a stream in the background, as well as playing a single MMO game. I've never had this problem before. Though I haven't played archeage since windows 7. Archeage maxes out at about 60% usage. Since AA is very CPU-intensive, I understand that it would be taxing overall, but I don't expect 1 game and 1 firefox stream to max my CPU and crash my game. Any observations/tips?

I understand that, but what I don't understand is how the fan blowing cold air directly ontop the SSD isn't cooling it down? I just confirmed what you said too. Played a GPU-intensive game with zero SSD usage and the SSD reached 52 degrees. I don't see how having a fan directly blowing on the SSD doesn't cool it down... also those GPU fans are intake, right? So shouldn't they be pulling air away from the SSD?

Here you go, you can see the front case fan in the background. http://i.imgur.com/TZztV0B.jpg

I've been having SSD temperature issues (reaching 50 and above during load) My SSD isn't sat in the best spot in the case really, it's about an inch above my HDD and less than an inch below the fans of my STRIX 970. It's usually 5-10 degrees hotter than my HDD, which hangs around at about 38 degrees most of the time. I can understand why it's hotter, especially since there was no airflow getting to the bottom of the case. However, I've added a front case fan to replace the broken one. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0037AQLLM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00 The problem is, it doesn't seem to have affected the temperatures as far as I can tell. The SSD still idles at around 40 and goes 45-48 under load. I haven't seen it break 50 yet, but most of the time it hit 50+ beforehand it was only for a moment or two. The front fan is blowing air directly onto the HDD and SSD, so I'm not sure why I haven't seen a temperature difference. I expected it to cool down the SSD a bit and bring it more in line with the HDD temps of low 40s. There's a couple of things that I think could be an issue. The fan I bought is 3cm in width, instead of the old fan's 2cm. That means when i fully "snap close" the front of the case, the fan is pushed against the front and doesn't spin. To fix this I've closed the top but left the bottom slightly unclosed. (The panel attaches to the main case by 6 plastic pins) http://images.overclock.co.uk/product_images/large/CITMARSR.jpg I've put duct tape over the "gaps" this created at the sides and bottom to hopefully close the system. Theres that, and then there's the issue that I have 2 fans pulling air into the case, but none blowing it out. I have a side-fan and now a front fan near the base of the case. There is a rear exhaust grill at the back near the top, but I don't have a fan in place. I figured the pressure would simply push air out the back without the need of a fan there. But even if that was the problem with the airflow, would putting a fan there to pull air out the case even help to lower the temp of the SSD? The SSD is right next to the front fan blowing air over it. Any ideas? Having an SSD at 45-50 degrees is bugging me.

But is the small decent enough to draw on without being an issue? I measured it out on my desk (the active drawspace) and it looks tiny.

I'm looking for an art tablet (namely Wacom) but I've come across a size issue. My "monitor" is 40 inches, which is far larger than the average PC monitor size. This presents a problem with drawing on a tablet. Since a drawing tablet is a scale representation of your screen, the larger the screen compared to the tablet, the larger your equivalent penstrokes would be. If I had a 20 inch monitor, vs a 40 inch monitor, and tablet which is a standard size, then an identical penstoke would make a line twice as long for the 40 inch monitor. This is my problem. Due to the prices of the tablets, I'm almost limited to a small Wacom Intuos, which has a drawspace of 15.7cm x 9.5cm (6.2in x 3.9in) The medium size costs TWICE as much, and is 22.4cm x 14cm (8.8in x 5.5in) What I'm wondering, is if anyone is familiar with either tablet size, and if you've had experience using it with larger than normal monitors? I am fine with having to make smaller than usual penstrokes, but combined with the smallest size tablet and one of the largest PC monitors possible, then it might get a bit ridiculous. I only want to have to shell out twice as much if it's genuinely impractical to use the small tablet vs the medium tablet. Thanks.

Opened up my case and found a fan wasn't working. It seems pretty cheap, but I would rather fix it than wait for a replacement. I took it apart and found that not only was it completely clogged with dust, but a crack had developed and what looks like some wear ahs taken palce on the top magnetic bearing on the fan piece. The fan would grind and wobble against the bearing and housing as I turn it. I duct-taped the cracked parts, filed down the magnetic bearing so it's even and not jagged, then put it back in the housing and did a few test-spins. It spun much more cleanly this time, but it didn't have that "sequential" spin that fans do, where you push it, it moves a certain distance, then stops. Instead it only spins when I apply pressure, and it spins for as long as I apply pressure. I turned my machine on and sadly it didn't spin up. Anyone got any repair ideas, or explanations for why it isn't working?

I got it off. One side was basically jammed and I had to use a flathead to lever it off its latch.

Wondering if anyone has any experience with this case. I want to take off the front panel to expose the front case fans, as I think they have malfunctioned but I can't for the life of me find any way to unscrew the front panel. This is the case http://www.amazon.co.uk/CiT-Mars-Tower-Gaming-Display/dp/B004UET8GO I don't have the user manual and the innards are way too compact to get access from the inside. Also there seems to be a vent seperating the inside of the case and the bay where the fans are.

So to clarify 45-50 degree idle/operating, and 60-65 while gaming for the i5 3570k with stock cooler is fine? And ~40 degree idle with 50 degree gaming load is fine for the SSD? If that's the case, then everything's good IMO.

Not entirely sure on what case I have. I bought it a few years ago and didn't put much thought into it. As far as I can tell, it has one side-mounted fan. There's no fan currently blowing on the hard drives, but what seems odd is that my HDD seems rather cool and fine temp wise, but my SSD is 6-10 degrees hotter, while they are both in the same place.

There are vents near the SSD and HDD but I don't think tehres a fan. What it says matches speccy I've been running fallout 4 for 10 minutes in diamond city (heavy load area) CPU temp maxes out at around 60 degrees GPU is completely fine MOBO at 39 degrees HDD maxes at 39 degrees SSD maxes at 49 degrees That seems oddly high to me.

I recently installed and swapped some new hardware to my PC, but in terms of actual power draw, nothing considerable changed except the introduction of an SSD. PSU hasn't changed. Screenshot of temps and hardware attached below, along with task manager for current progranms and usage. The system isn't idle, but is at average use (non gaming intensive). At full load the CPU can go as high as 60 degrees. At idle it seems to hang around 45 degrees. Previous setup: Mobo: p8z68-v pro/gen3 CPU: I5 3570K GPU: GTX 660TI HDD: 5400RPM Green (something) Plus some optical drive (unchanged) New setup: Mobo: p8z68-v pro/gen3 CPU: I5 3570K GPU: STRIX GTX 970 SSD: 250GB Samsung 850 Evo HDD: 7200 RPM WD Blue Plus some optical drive (unchanged) The main case fan is side-mounted and has easy airflow access to the entirety of the machine. The only thing that I can think of which might attribute to the higher SSD temp is that it's mounted directly above the HDD, which is mounted at the bottom of the case. There's about 1 inch clearence between the HDD and SSD. When I opened up the case to transfer the hardware, I noticed the CPU heat sink and fan had a few dust bunnies and casually cleaned out the worst of it with an air duster. Maybe I blew some of the dust closer to the CPU (deeper into the ehat sink) I didn't get a system screen of the temps before I altered my system, but I don't remember the CPU in particular being this high. I'm mainly wondering about the CPU and SSD. The CPU because I don't remember it being that high and I can't see why it would now be considerably higher, and the SSD because that seems like a evry high temperature for average usage. Any comments on these kind of temperatures? Anyone have a similar desktop with stock coolers?

What is this witchcraft (Vsync settings changed in Nvidia control panel) Fullscreen no Vsync: unlimited frames and fluid controls, but lots of tearing and stutter. Fullscreen with Vsync (adaptive): 50FPS lock, awful input lag and some stutter, but no tearing. Windowed borderless no Vsync: 60FPS lock, smooth input, no stutter, no tearing. WTF