Help Keeping PC Cool?

[Soul-Chicken]

Hai Gaise, my PC Overheated a While ago and i was wondering if anyone Had any tips for Keeping it Cool.I was playing L4D2 Demo and it froze and went all Pixely, Green and Prpl

Speedfan wont let me control my Fans, or even read them :/
I took off the Side plate,
and moved it to a Cooler Spot, Any other Pointers.

Im gonna get a Desk Fan as thingsy recommended as put it in the Side or something.

[Paper-Burn]

and if you've got loads of money, you could ALSO get a new fin,

[sleepy]

Text walls for life!

I suggest getting new heat-sink there cheap as anything, good ones like 14 GBP you can pick up decent stuff depending on what CPU you got. may be its the layout of your case clean out of dust get some new TIM (Thermal Interface Material) suggested a good tube but don't use too much its pointless (this goes on CPU if you don't know) other ways to keep it cool make sure your cables are not blocking intake or exhaust fans if you even got both if not is your case compatible? if it is get another fan always helps. I do not endorse the idea of desk fans since desk fans only move warm air which can make system hotter if the air can not escape quick enough. Other suggestions depends on how much money you got to play with if any since you can latterly spend quid's for a quick fix or thousands on specially manufactured hardware. But either way weigh up the options as above and if you have got a few more quid to spend cases fans water cooling are all great investments just check its compatible with your hardware before you get clicking buying things on websites, check reviews on products and generally ask people who have had upgrades similar before on forums to do with there hardware or here!

[Soul-Chicken]

Asked my Parents to get a Fan 

They are out now, if they buy it, thats that, if not, ill ask them not to.
I havent got too much money to play with, Although Opening the Window and keeping the case off seems to drop it by about 10 Degrees, but when i started L4D2 up it went through the roof, up to about 77 degrees!

is there anything i could do to make it Cold, instead of just moving the heat away, like Something thats actually Cold?

[sleepy]

Whats system spec?

[Matt]

Get your baby sister / brother to blow on your PC all day.

[Soul-Chicken]

System Specs Comin Right up!

- Dell XPS 420

- Vista Home Premium 32-Bit
- SP 2

- Dell  
- 5.5 Rating of some sort

- Intel Quad core 2Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40 Ghz

- 4.00 Gb RAM

The GPU is at 64 Degrees Celcius Right now, the lowest ive ever seen.
The 4 Cores all hover around 45 Degrees, and go up to about 52 when i turn on a game.

[sleepy]

Dell... see theres your problem...

[Soul-Chicken]

Uncool
Throw your eMachine out the window before it kills you in a fire.

[thingshappen]

Oooh, Fighting over makes now... ASUS enters the ring... Wins.

At least Sleepy's PC works with Speedfan... Also, do pretty much what sleepy's text wall said, mainly with the thermal gel, that can do loads. Oh yeah, and a nice 12cm fan.

[sleepy]

Oooh, Fighting over makes now... ASUS enters the ring... Wins.

At least Sleepy's PC works with Speedfan... Also, do pretty much what sleepy's text wall said, mainly with the thermal gel, that can do loads. Oh yeah, and a nice 12cm fan.

As we know from 70c idle with old tim new tim down to 40-50 active!

[thingshappen]

Yep, one thing I do remember

[Dotmister]

Depends what overheated. What did overheat? If it went green I'd say graphics card but I could be wrong.

[sleepy]

The GPU is at 64 Degrees Celcius Right now, the lowest ive ever seen.
The 4 Cores all hover around 45 Degrees, and go up to about 52 when i turn on a game.

CPU seems fine its the GPU which seems to be overheating by the posts.

[Paper-Burn]

Take a look here, has almost the best fins:
http://coolermaster.com/index.html