What should my CPU temp be at?

Michael Mcclellan

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Hi i have an amd fx4300 and i was looking to see at what temp my cpu is supposed to be at, and also what is the most i can take it to without damaging it? i have an asrock 970 extreme3 mobo also.
 

ohyouknow

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I would say run your core temperatures below 65C. Use a monitoring program like HWmonitor to see the temps of the cores. It is common to mistake CPU temp with socket temperature. Which are different things. Cheers.
 

Michael Mcclellan

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well i have 4 fans and my cpu cooler in an cooler master haf case. i have the fans down to 2 speed and it is running at 38C. when i have them all the way up, i run at 28C. it just gets loud with all of them.

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