What do you think of my FX 8320 Temps?

Stix zadinia

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Thanks for taking the time to read this, any-whom I'll spare you some time by getting right to it.

Prime 95 test, In-place large FFTs test, initiated at 11:20 - 64 C
11:30 - 70-71C
11:40 - 69 C

Ambient temperature 20 degrees Celsius. My idle was at 25 degrees Celsius

All cores were running at 3.5Ghz ( I personally don't care about the turbo boost speeds, I game and find them to be negligible in the grand scheme of things, I do no form of rendering or editing.

CPU used: AMD FX 8320 3.5Ghz Eightcore
Thermal paste used: Deepcool Z9
Heatsink used: Deepcool Gammaxx 300 @ 1700RPM 120mm Cooling Fan
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

There are also no fans inside my case, aside from a 120mm sickle flow down by my HDDs and of-course the CPU fan itself.

Though this is likely irrelevant, during games such as Guild Wars 2 and Battlefield 3 I reach around 65 Degrees Celsius, other less intense games such as Guild Wars 1, War Thunder, World of Tanks I sit around 55 Degrees (These temps are with my CPU at 3.7Ghz, also if it's of any use I have a Gigabyte HD 7850 2Gb OC edition that sits around 55 Degrees under BF3 maxed out.

So I know I seem rushed, and rude, but in all honesty what do you think of my temps, I hear a lot of smack about the 63 Degree threshold that Eightcore Vishera chips have and it disturbs me slightly, seeing as I go above that in some games and especially under a full load hitting 70 degrees within margin of error. However the other day I hit 78C playing BF3, though my room was closed with no fresh air, because well I'm a bit of a Numpty it seems.

Again thanks for your time and input, I don't mean to be so rushed or rude, I just don't want to waste you, the reader's time. Ciao ciao :)

 
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Initial temps are nice, which looks like your cpu cooling is good, but as they get hotter over time your case is clearly not exhausting the heat very well.

I would invest in an exhaust fan. It wont cost much ($20 max) and should stop your in case temperatures from rising so much over time.

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Initial temps are nice, which looks like your cpu cooling is good, but as they get hotter over time your case is clearly not exhausting the heat very well.

I would invest in an exhaust fan. It wont cost much ($20 max) and should stop your in case temperatures from rising so much over time.
 
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Well not to forget.
The 8-core 32nm 125TDP is a heat-head anyway.

You could always try to get a static pressure in your case. (more intake than out-take)

As far as I know the 'optimal' range is a max of 75-80. If it goes 85+ you know something is wrong.

The 8-core really loves a high-end cooler as far as I know.
 

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Yeah, you both seem to suggest that it's more of removing the heat from the area around the CPU that'd benefit the CPU in its current state, so I guess the question now is, which fans should I get?, I'm also a bit of a silence freak, a-lot of people suggest Noctuas of almost any description or Corsair SP/AF series. Any suggestions?
 

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The Noctuas with the low speed adapters are really nice, but expensive.

I can also recommend the Fractal design silent fans.

If silence is important, its better to get more fans and run them at slower RPM, than less fans at higher RPM.
 

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I got 12 noctua's in my case (Yes I know overkill..) But its hella-silence ^^

You can even use the ULNA (ultra-low-noise-adapters)

You could always get some 'splitters' to connect the fans to the mobo so you can control em in bios!
 

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Awesome I just played around in the BIOS and set my front 120 to silent mode, and it's really silent I like it, I'm sure these Noctuas will be even better thanks guys. I'll be sure to let you know, though it wont be for a couple days atleast ^^
 

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Awesome! :D