Occasional random crashing, possibly temp issues, any ideas?

[Stingray]

Howdy Y'all,

I have put together a new computer: E8400 CPU, Gigabyte P35 board, 4gb of ram, and an ATI 4870 video card.

I have had it completely crash and reboot a few times while playing IL-2, which I find very alarming.

[Tonar]

I use ATI Tool to monitor my GPU temp. I hover in the 50's with an X800 w/ Arctic cooler.

[Oldtimer]

Hi Stingray,

I run an E8400/ATI 4850 and suffered some random re-boots as well.

[Stingray]

Howdy OldTimer, thanks for the tip!

[Tonar]

Nice,,,

70 is high! I hope that does it for you. I was there once. I then added 2 120mm fans. (Cut big holes in the side and back)

she ain't pretty, but she stopped sweating .

[Jabo]

I have a Thermaltake (same make as case) water cooling kit ready to fit into my rig, but I'm sticking with air cooling until I next change the CPU & Mobo (don't fancy having to drain the system to strip the thing down) so I'm running 2 120mm fans (1 front 1 rear) plus a Zalman 'Flower' copper CPU HS/Fan plus the stock fan on the gfx card and am acheiving low-mid 40deg temps in GPU and CPU. I've found that installing the gubbins in a tidy manner and minimising clutter in the case will maximise airflow and therefore improve substantially improve cooling. Since I'm using so-called 'silent' fans, I've also found that locking the fan controls to the maximum means more air without too much additional noise. The only problem is that it keeps sucking the cat into the air vents on the front of the case.

~S~ Jabo

P.S. Overclockers.co.uk do a nice range of quiet fans and I believe they ship overseas too.

[Oldtimer]

Stingray,

I use 2 profiles - a "normal" running at 35% and an "IL2" running at 50.