High temperatures in my Dell computer

I own a Dell Studio XPS 435mt. It's been a good creature comfort. But it's always been a great heater for my feet. At one point, both the mobo and the gpu were pumping out the bottom of . Course, it helps to live in the great state of Washington. Temperatures are more than often cool. What I want to know is, how much heat is normal for this computer (or for any computer)?

I've seen the mobo temps soar sometimes to 165F+ and I know that can't be good. I cook eggs at that temperature. I've done a few modifications to keep the temps down. Beefed up the inhale-exhale fans, experimented with various NB fans and heatsinks, added a larger PSU, got rid of the more complex programs to streamline processing, twice replaced the Radeon HD4850 video card it came with. Right now, on idle, it hits about 122/126F which I think is o.k. When I stream video, run mulit programs, or play a game, the mobo goes to 138F+ and the cpu hits132F. My old Pentium 3 & 4 computers never hit temps this high.

Dell/Intel 0R849J mobo, i7 920
Windows 7
XFX 750w psu
Kingston 8gb HyperX ram
WD 650gb green 7200 sata3
XFX Radeon HD7850 2gb
Deep Cool CC2 NB2 cooler

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DELL-Manshu S

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November 15th, 2012 01:00

Hi,

I would suggest you to run the diagnostics on the computer to troubleshoot the issue.

To run the diagnostics follow the steps below:

1. Restart the computer and tap “F12” key to access One Time Boot Menu.
2. Highlight Boot to Utility Partition and hit Enter.
3. Diagnostics would get initiated.

Please make a note of the error code, if you get any.

To run diagnostics you can also refer the Dell Article 266787 on www.support.dell.com by clicking the link mentioned below:

http://dell.to/oe1Qg1

Please update BIOS of the computer. To update BIOS, please click the link mentioned below which will take you to the drivers page:

http://dell.to/Qnizfs

Enter the Service Tag of the computer and choose the Operating System installed on the computer.

Also, would suggest you check the setup guide for more information on operating temperature of the computer.

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