Originally Posted by Ravelvan
Increasing the clock speed will make you computer run faster, decrease stability, and not really affect temps that much.
In order to get the stability back, you have to increase the voltage, and this is what causes the temps to rise.
|
No actually, both overclocking (increasing CPU clock speed by whatever means) and voltage increases can increase teperatures.
In terms of the problem, also get a second opinion from another program. There is the potential that Speedfan doesn't support your CPU/motherboard yet. In which case it might provide incorrect data.
Is it a brand name computer or assembled? Some brand names do not provide temperature sensor chips that programs like Speedfan can poll properly (for example, Dell is/was infamous for not providing such chips on consumer PCs).
Also, do you see feedback in Speedfan for your motherboard temperature? If so and its not elevated, a good chance the problem is with your CPU+heatsink+thermal paste/pad specifically.
A decent (CPU only) monitoring program for a second opinion:
CoreTemp
. Also, if you enter most computer's BIOSes on bootup these days, there should be a screen you can access that will show you the temperatures of your CPU, motherboard, fan speeds and so on. Much like Speedfan, but in a less fancy format. But again, not likely to have that on some brand name PCs.