AMD A10-5800K high temperature problem

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Freddy120

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Hello. I'm having some troubles with my CPU. I've recently put together my first gaming computer and it's come to my attention that my CPU (AMD A10-5800K) is going way over the normal temperatures. It idles at 50C and when I turned on BF3 on max settings it went even to 105C! My computer specifications are the following:

CPU- AMD A10-5800K
RAM- 8GB G.SKILL Ares series 2133MHz DDR3
Motherboard- ASRock FM2A55M-DGS
GPU- AMD 7950XFX 3GB GDDR5
HDD- 500GB WD
Tower- CM haf xm

This computer is nearly a month old now and I thought maybe I'd wait a bit for the thermal paste to settle in but that didn't happen. I've tried various CPU temp measuring programs and CoreTemp showed me the temps go as low as 0C which is really questionable, I then tested it in Speccy and it showed me basically the same that CPUID HW Monitor showed me (105C at max load and rising and 50C at idle). But the program ASrock Xtreme Tuner shows me that the CPU temp is 35C. I also tried putting my hand close to the CPU and I noticed a temperature change when idle and under full load, there is a temp increase but It doesn't feel as it is 105C :) I'd appreciate if anyone can shed some light on this issue of mine.
 
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cyder

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The 105 C temperature could indicate some weird stuff is happening with your MOBO's sensor. Try a BIOS update / rollback and see if it helps with the detection.
Look at the CPU cooler and make sure that it is running continuously. Try an app that gets it to speed up and slow down and see if there is good response.
When push comes to shove, got to take out that CPU cooler, scrape the old thermal paste off and put on new stuff. Now, be careful as this stuff should be like micrometre thin. There are YouTube videos showing you what to do, especially with arctic silver.
Lastly, take a look at your voltage inputs coming in from the PSU and see if at the 105 C stage if the bios shows anything off.
 
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FidoSkeeterson

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Very similar situation as Freddy120, same processor (stock heat sink), similar components.

I originally tried CPUID and got readings as high as 255C (491F). I then tried SpeedFan, and got temps as high as 50C. (AMD Max states 74C http://products.amd.com/pages/desktopapudetail.aspx?id=44&f1=&f2=&f3=&f4=&f5=&f6=&&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1)

At first I was worried because I seen the flames next to the temp, but i read in the Help Guide the following:

"Those flames are not actually a problem. They are due to the fact that SpeedFan has been initially configured (by me) to expect lower values."

Best answer IMO. Thanks ur6beersaway
 
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