Recently, my CPU started showing strange temperatures that were 10*C higher at idle than the day before. I tried folding at home for about half an hour, and it maxed out at 56*C, while using 100% of my CPU, so I decided not to worry.
But now, my CPU at idle is showing fluctuating temperatures: between 17*C and 31*C at idle. My ambient room temp is 24*C. I normally wouldn't worry since it's just idle, but I tried folding at home again, and the cpu hits 100% usage, but the temperature maxes out at 44*C, and that has me worried that due to non-sufficient heat reports, my CPU may be going higher than what is actually being said and my heatsink cannot do its job properly.
My build:
NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic Enthusiast ATX Full Tower Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811146067
CORSAIR CX750M 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139051
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128514
SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820147189
AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8150FRGUBOX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103960
EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130625
Kingston HyperX 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C10D3B1/8G http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820104301
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO Aftermarket Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
But now, my CPU at idle is showing fluctuating temperatures: between 17*C and 31*C at idle. My ambient room temp is 24*C. I normally wouldn't worry since it's just idle, but I tried folding at home again, and the cpu hits 100% usage, but the temperature maxes out at 44*C, and that has me worried that due to non-sufficient heat reports, my CPU may be going higher than what is actually being said and my heatsink cannot do its job properly.
My build:
NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic Enthusiast ATX Full Tower Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811146067
CORSAIR CX750M 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139051
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128514
SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820147189
AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8150FRGUBOX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103960
EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130625
Kingston HyperX 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C10D3B1/8G http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820104301
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO Aftermarket Heatsink
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
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