Heat is a computers enemy, it damages the hardware of the computer that can lead to issue with computer performance. Computers are designed with ventilation to allow heat produced by the computer to escape by help of the fan. Typical computer usage shouldn't cause the computer to overheat by anyway. An overheating computer can lead to issues with the computer down the line such as BSoD, freezes, video card issues. There are several reasons why a computer can be overheating, computer fan full of dust, the fan is unable to remove the excess heat due to the large amount of dust clogging the vents and devices. You can monitor the temperature of your computer in different ways. Different CPUs and graphic cards have different temperature ranges based on what they are used for. The BIOs has temperature values to allow for monitoring of computer temperature. Another way to monitor this is to download programs to show the temperature such as SpeedFan and HWMonitor.
To prevent computer overheating try these steps:
Dust Out Case occassionally over time dust will build up in the computer case. Dust accumulation causes issues with pc ventilation which henders the computer from cooling itself properly.
Ensure Proper Ventilation put the computer in a location where it can properly ventilate. Don't push the computer up against the wall or side of a desk this blocks are from getting to the computer to help with the computer temperature.
Verify the fans are running properly, once you start the computer you should hear the computer fan running to keep the computer cool.
Tune Up Heat Sinks, if the computer if overheating the heat sinks might not be seated correctly or the thermal paste is old. A new thermal paste may need to be added to reset the heat sink.
Overheating is a definite danger when trying to overclock you computer or graphics card. Components tend to run hotter when overclocking your computer. To ease overheating throttle back the overclock.
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