Hello,

I was wondering basically what is the normal temperature components run at in a computer, but also, basically my main concern was why comp computer started running at the temperature it is.

You see, not too long ago, my CPU and GPU used to run in the 40°C range, when not doing much, but now it seems to run most of the time in the 50°C-s (right now: 52&54).

Here's specs:
Motherboard: Asus K8V-X
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @ 2.0GHz
Memory: 1536Mb PC3200 DDR SDRAM (512Mb stick + 1Gb stick)
Hard Drives: Seagate 7200rpm 80GB + Maxtor 7200rpm 200GB
Video Card: NVIDIA XFX GeForce 7600GS 256Mb AGP8X
Sound Card: Creative Labs SBLive! 24-bit (PCI)
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
Optical Drives: LG DVD-ROM + Lite-On Lightscribe DVD-RW
1 Floppy Drive
Power Supply: 430W (if not mistaken)
There's 2 (80mm fans I believe) in there.

At some point I thought... Well... Maybe it's the PSU not high enough, that impacts on heat sometimes... But... A calculator gave me that I needed in the 300s, so, I don't think it's that.

Quote from Knight_Atack :

I was wondering basically what is the normal temperature components run at in a computer

It depends on the component.

Dust over heathsinks?
GPUs run on quite high temps under full load.

The amperage of the PSU is more questionable than anything.

The CPU shouldn't go over 55°, and the GFX card shouldn't go over 75-80°

65° is the max CPU temp if it's a Venice, the GPU should be able to deal with 100°.

Keep 5 to 10 degrees away from the max temp to make sure you don't get any problems on hot days.

CPU specs are here: http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm

I've never seen a list for GPUs but nvtemplogger will tell you the max for your Nvidia card. Don't know about ATI.