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It happen few secs ago again.
I was rendering a heavy mixdown in Cubase and my Intel temp monitor alerts.
The CPU reach 72 deg celsius+
My PC stand in a corner under a table, the case is open but it seems that the air couldn´t refresh enough.

Alas I haven´t got a big room, so I can´t move the PC elsewhere.

My question, is it worth to change the CPU vent from the original Intel P4 vent to a better, more powerful one.
When yes, have anybody a good suggestion which vent is worth to get bought?

I have an additional case vent already.

cheers

Afaik if you have the case open is much worst than having it closed and with a good fan system. It's good also to have some space in the back to make easy the airflow. Put some powerful fans and close it, it will be less noisy anyway if closed, take it out from under the table as hot air should be free to go up.

My 0,02€

run a hose to fresh air outside....

and set the alert threshold to 80 degrees...
but seriously: it's probably your HDs that spoil the party. In boxes like the one under the table they are almost 'uncoolable' as you usually cannot direct an airstream over them.
I'd use one of those table fans for office apps (preferably a slowly rotating one) and let it blow right into the open box - in this special case.

anyway, no need to worry as the CPU will throttle down when temperature gets critical, as least imho.

cheers, Tom

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To answer the original question, yes it can be good to install a high-quality cooler, as the bog-standard ones supplied with CPUs are not that great. As to which one is best, that depends totally on how quiet you want it, and how much you want to spend.

I'm not sure it will help much in this heat though, if there's no airflow in the room. The heat needs to go somewhere, and if there's no air movement then there's nowhere for it to go. Maybe have a look at getting air conditioning, or a ceiling fan maybe.

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