HWMonitor is what I use.
Generally, staying below 60C is ideal, and going above 80C is problematic, though you won't necessarily get a forced shutdown at that point. My computer can go to about 102C/215F before it's forced to shut down, but that's, y'know, not exactly ideal, for a whole lot of reasons.
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I use a decent little program called Core Temp. It runs in the notification area, it's easily customized, and is very lightweight.
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
Also, you might consider looking into using VSync on your newer games if they have the option in the graphic settings.
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Once you try out one of these programs, run it while your CPU/GPU are under load (running CS:GO, for example). If temps get over 90 degrees Centigrade that is the point where you will run into some serious danger of overheating. If it maxes out around 80 or so, that seems to generally considered an acceptable but maybe slightly high maximum temp.
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I use OpenHardwareMonitor. It tracks your temps. in real time and then puts it on a notepad.
If you do end up having heating issues there are many solution.
Install more fans, 40mm fans are the best, the bigger fans the better (as long as they fit), most people do 2 in the back 1 in the front, any more than that usually dosen't make to much of a difference
If you GPU is pulling massive heat then on Amazon there are many PCI-E fans that sit under your GPU to increase the fan flow.
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I was trying to go for negative air pressure (2 in on front, 1 out in back, 2 out in rear of top), but I dropped a good 5-7 C having my more forward top blowing in. Not huge compared to the drop the other (front and back) fans made, but certainly worth if for some.
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I have exactly the same, 2 top fans, first one blowing in the 2nd one pulling air out.
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I agree, top fans are helpful, if your case supports it. My PC is super old and has no top ventilation slots for fans unfortunately. So I didn't exactly know the capabilities of top fans. Although having to many fans is fine, but adding more fans to what you already have might drop temp. by 1-2 deg. at this point. Which really isn't worth it.
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I user Real Temp. It gives the overall temp, as well as the temp of each core. If you add fans, make sure that the airflow makes sense. flowing from front to back, ideally causing through the top if you can as well, but some of that depends on your case and accessories. I personally like a positive pressure, meaning more fans (/pressure, if you have fans with different flow rates) coming in. Play around with it some, I actually get better temps with one of my top fans blowing in near my gpu, as well as 2 fron fans and the other top blowing out, as well as my rear going out I stick around 22C mostly, and bring it up to about 45C with new AAA games on ultra/very high.
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I recently finally got my new gaming rig to finally work and i'm pretty much 99.9% new to the whole computer scene. I've been a laptop lady for a long time and now i've finally got a custom built pc (I didn't really do much deciding the parts, I just constantly asked for different opinions and got a shit ton of help from a woman I used to talk to.)
I mention that basically to say I don't really know much about the finer details and even some of the basic stuff about computers (and I plan to learn some time after I move out of my house. After all i'm going to be a heavy pc gamer some day, i'm going to have to learn one way or another. Also not knowing much about computers makes me cringe on the inside too, don't worry.)
Regardless, I was playing CS:GO, testing out some stuff where I started to get extremely concerned when I tried to limit my fps to 60 since I didn't want any higher than that. I have no idea how to tell how hot my computer is getting (except from the air blowing out, maybe.)
I am looking for tips and help on how to tell if my computer is over heating or starting to get hot. Tips on how to limit fps and so on, being in this kind of situation not knowing jack squat about computers (I'm probably making my intellect about computers sound worse than it is.)
It's rather concerning to not know if my computer is sweating or not. I was used to just being able to tell what my computer could handle based on my fps on my laptop. The lower it was, generally the more my computer simply wanted to die because of the processing it had to do and I could feel the heat coming out. Anyways. I would sincerely appreciate all help and suggestions. Also if someone drops me a good website where I could start learning some basics and stuff about computers. I'd really appreciate that as well.
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