My computer temperature is very hot. what can be the cause?

Question

the computer temperature gets very hot after few minutes of running with cabal. the video card, ram, and power supply gets very hot. what can be the cause of the problem. i am running with windows xp intel[R] pentium 4 CPU 1700mhz, 1.12GB ddr 2700 of ram, and 32mb video card.. thanks

Answer 1

there is a lot of cooling systems

buy fans or the best cooling system is the water system, it's gor 20-30$

and download some temperature monitoring software there is plenty of them on the net

they even tell you the source of the problem

Answer 2

its because you playing games, everything is trying to keep up with the graphics and such, you might want to invest in a water cooling fan for your pc.

Answer 3

well if it gets hot after games my bet would be the graphics card maybe you should get some more fans thats the only way to cool it down.

Answer 4

Actually a very common cause of computers overheating, is dust inside of it. A thin layer of dust forms on your mother board and graphics card over time and you don't even realise it. This can cause massive overheating if you have a powerful computer. Buy some pressurised spray from an electronics shop. It's highly pressurised and blows dry air onto electric stuff without damaging it, and will clean the dust off. Costs abut $20 for 1 can.

Answer 5

Dust. Buy some canned air.

Answer 6

Just make sure all of the fans are operational and plugged in :), otherwise buy more fans.

Answer 7

ok well, its most probably your graphics card, i think your best idea would be putting in some extra fans or getting a new fan that's more powerful.

Tip - if your computer starts to crash, this could be because of overheating and i would get a fan straight away because you don't want to melt your motherboard.