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Heat issues

So I'm having heat issues with my computer. This all started when I added a higher end video card. This doesn't make too much sense to me because the video card has 2 fans of it's own, and it's drawing power from the power supply, not the motherboard.

And these heat issues are not while gaming. It seems to run hot for 5 minutes and then back to normal for 5 minutes and so on. These fluctuations are happening even while just browsing the web. Here is a graph:

The above graph shows the high temp in the low 60s but it's fairly typical to have that top be 75.

Any ideas?

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nobus

are you sure you have a heat problem?
identify the temp 3 sensor first - it could be a reading that speedfan does not know for your board..
..do you feel excessive heat?

hrolsons

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So I get down on the floor and pulled the computer out to inspect that all fans are spinning and which direction the flow was. Everything seemed good so I hoped back on my machine.

WAIT A SECOND!!! MY TEMPS ARE DOWN!!!

Turns out, the side of my computer was too close to a set of shelves. I had it about an inch away and I thought that would provide adequate air flow. Obviously I was wrong.