first gaming pc built!

Well first i would like to say hi to everyone on the forum and i love this site Ive been using it for years!

Any who i was wondering if you guys could help me cool my comp, I have a feeling that my comp is not running as fast as it should cause the heat.
I have one fan in the front one in the rear and then the ps,video card, and cpu. And so far after looking it up everyone says mounting the ps on the bottom is better?

well im wondering how in the hell there doing that cause if i did it the ps fan would rip my video card off the motherboard LOL if you look at my setup i am open to literally any advice?

i don't think you guys care but the spec's are
Windows xp
AMD Phenom II X2 565 3.4ghz
G.Skill ripjaws DDR3 4gig 1333mhz
MSI 870-G45 Motherboard
9800 GTX+ 1 gig
ultra 750 watt

 

They are most likely talking about cases that allow power supplies to be mounted on the bottom and them to intake air through the bottom of the case, your's does not allow this, and the way you have it mounted now is the only way you can do so.

Heat does not slow down a computer, it might make it crash under extreme heat but unless you are experiencing lock-ups and BSOD's then i wouldn't worry.

You could possibly buy yourself a new fan or get a can of air and blast some of that dust out though if you are worried about temps!

 

As you don't mention the temps we do not have enough info.
Any temps between 40c and 80c with the highest temps being during gaming or under heavy load are perfectly acceptable, if it starts going into the 90s then it is running warm.

Regarding the PSU, opinions are split as to top/bottom mounted but for me top is best, it helps create a vacuum inside the case and therefore sucks in more cool air through the front of the case.

 

Thanks for the answers

Burrell
What i dont understand is how you guys have your video card flat so that you can put the psu on the bottom?

BILLMCC66
Well when i have the side off and am say playing like dirt2 or somethin for only like 2 hours the vid card is like 152 Fahrenheit and the cpu is like 120! Im scared to put it on for along time even if i have to suffer the noise!

DavidGP
well its kinda hard to say cause lif i try to transfer stuff that works fine but just say browsing the computer it seems a little slow. if that makes any since and i'm pretty sure after i upgraded it from........
the 5200fx,pentium 4 3.0 hyperthread,and 1gig of 157mhz ram rolleyes the internet got slower cause on cs the latency is now like 310 min before it was around 260?

 

If by "having the side off" you mean that the case is open then the air flow is disrupted and components will get hot, the case is designed to work best when it is closed.
As i said your PSU is drawing air from the case and creating a vacuum to draw air in from the bottom front of the case also the front fan is sucking in air and the rear fan then expels the warm air but with the case open it is reliant on ambient temperature.

If it still gets hot you could always add another fan or replace the 80mm front fan with a 120mm to give a better air flow.

 

service pack 3
and i had to get a new harddirve which pissed me off
and its comcast with a router
and my security is
Bitdefender 2010 total secuirty, malwarebytes, and spybot search and destory-not running
and believe me im like the most strictest person when it has to do with process running or services for that matter all take a pic

BILLMCC66
And i was wondering this would be a lot of work but couldn't i just remount the mb up and than put the psu on the bottom? I don't no if i could say this but being on overclockers.net a lot of them just had it so the psu was on the bottom with it like only 2 inches away from the video card!!!

"Have you reset your router to factory settings then add your custom settings again, or just reboot it? ....errr well of course... how could i forget that geese what do you take me for in idiot :foolish

And all together my services are only 45 total started!

 

sorry about not responding homework all try it right now on speedtest and then safemode speedtest.
Oh and i was joking about the firefox and router settings i totally spaced out but all still try them

 

well its pretending:-o to be fast but this is a first i think it may have just needed:major

AHAHA well before i posted it i thought that i must be going crazy so i went to it and tried it again look at the drop:eek and its staying steady at it

 

Your PC case will determine if you can mount the PSU on the bottom of the case. Very very cases have the option to install the PSU at the or bottom; it's one or the the other: top OR bottom. I guess if you're really handy with metal working, and your case has enough room, you could mount your PSU at the bottom of the case if it originally a top mount, but keep in mind the case was built a certain way for a reason, so the air flow won't be the same, and the PSU cables may not be long enough; higher end PSUs have longer cables (generally speaking, but I've seen ubercheap PSUs with crazylong cables too). My case has a bottom mount PSU which is rapidly becoming more popular. It makes sense to me, since the the PSU is likely the heaviest component, keeping it at the bottom adds to the physical stability of the PC (meaning that it won't tip over as easily; GREAT if you have pets like a cat or dog). And in most (if not all) bottom-mount PC cases are built so the PSU can either draw in air from the PC and expel it out the back, or you can turn it 180 degrees and have it draw in fresh air from under the case, but this doesn't work real well on carpeting, since most cases have 'feet' less than a half-inch high. I'd recommend at least 1in of space between the carpet/floor and the bottom of the case if you chose to orient the PSU with the fan facing down....