Replacing stock cooler( Athlon X4 750K)

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Recently, I ran prime95 on my stock Athlon X4 750K cooler, and my temps reached ±104°C!!! I immediately shut down my computer for the processor to cool down. I'm extremely worried for my processor as, the temperatures during idle are at 45°C-55°C. And when I do some light gaming (like some Garry's Mod) the temps go up to about 75°C - 85°C! Any of you Athlon users had this problem with the stock cooler ?

So I've decided to get an aftermarket cooler, something like the 212X or the 212 evo, haven't really made up my mind, but can anyone kindly tell me how much difference there is between the Hyper 212X and the Hyper 212 evo?

All help is greatly appreciated :)
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In practise, there's little difference between them. Might be Haswell compliance or something. They should perform the same. I have the 212 EVO - great cooler for the price.
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The evo should be compatible with my FM2 socket, correct?

 
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The Hyper 212 X is the next generation of the Hyper 212, after the EVO. It hasn't really hit the U.S. Markets yet, so its knowledge isn't widespread, even though it is listed on the Cooler Master website. The difference is that the "X" variant has an updated (non-sleeve bearing) fan, and some air-flow optimizations to the aluminum fins to allow it to dissipate heat better by eliminating hot-spots. ( http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/hyper-212x.html )

I would get ahold of multiple thermal sensor reading programs. APUs have had notorious difficulty with getting correct readings. Try Coretemp or AMD Overdrive (if you have a Radeon GPU) to get a good reading on your CPU Core temperatures.
 
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Which should I trust now lol AMD Overdrive says that it's running at 45 degrees but HWMonitor says 95 degrees
 
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Honestly, without any hard data, no one can really say for sure. I don't want to sell a product short before it has had a chance to show itself.

That said, I wouldn't be surprised if the differences are that marginal. The difference between the Hyper 212 Plus and the Hyper 212 EVO was that small of a difference, and they modified the heat-pipes configuration.

Is the Hyper 212 X more expensive?
 
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Which should I trust now lol AMD Overdrive says that it's running at 45 degrees but HWMonitor says 95 degrees
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Ah!

Is this at full load (gaming, or using a torture test of Prime95)?
 
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Ah!

Is this at full load (gaming, or using a torture test of Prime95)?
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This is running a SmallFFT torture test on prime95
 
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Ah!

Is this at full load (gaming, or using a torture test of Prime95)?
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This is running a SmallFFT torture test on prime95
 
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Awesome
Aida64 says 45°C too!
 
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Min temp now Is 2°C! On both Overdrive and Aida64!
 
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Excellent! That means that AMD Overdrive and Aida64 read your CPU Core temperatures. They're great for reading temperatures at load, but give weird, sub-ambient temperatures when at idle. This is because the data from the sensor is fed through an "algorithm" that helps it to give more accurate readings when at load. This is as opposed to the CPU Socket temperatures, which are great for idle temperatures, but often display 5-15C higher temperatures when at load.

... With APUs/FM2 platforms, temperature monitoring software seems to pick up a couple extra sensors. HWmonitor gives overly high readings for my CPU as well.

Anyway, long story short: Great! You found your actual Core temperatures, and they are 45C, which is pretty good, actually. Unless the noise of the stock fan drives you completely nuts, like it did to me, there is no reason to spend the extra money on aftermarket cooling.
 
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One last thing, say I overclock my CPU to 4.3GHz, what voltages do I need, or do I just continue with stock voltages?
And can you kindly explain to me why my GPU is running at 300-400MHz when it's supposed to run at 800??? And how do I change that?
 
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Is it always running at 300-400 mghz, or does it just intermittently change frequencies? If you have such features like "Cool 'n' Quiet" or some other Energy Saving software, then that will allow your hardware to regulate the amount of power it uses. (In other words, it prevents waste, because you don't always need your GPU or CPU running at full tilt all the time.) If it is constantly running at that speed, even with power saving features turned off, I honestly don't know what to say. Hopefully a graphics card expert will chime in. :\

As for overclocking... Every chip is different. You might not even be able to make it to 4.3ghz. With the stock cooler, even though you have good temperatures, I wouldn't attempt overclocking. All you currently have is pretty much a hunk of aluminum which would probably get quickly overwhelmed with even a small frequency increase. Here's a pretty good video to give you an idea of the overclock process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckeAmnDeTk
 
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