CPU over heating?

dor3y

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Jan 31, 2014
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Hi, I just built my very first computer. I seem to be having an issue.
M cpu temps are reaching 45 degrees celsius (using clickbios's cpu temp reader) but on hwmonitor it is saying they are reaching and idling 70 degrees. I recently had a bsod and didn't know if that was what caused it or what so I changed the potential RAM stick I thought may have done it (crossed a basic kingston 4gb with corsair xms 4gb, thank fully i had another crappy kingston from a retial bought pc) and switched hard drives and it hasn't done a bsod yet. But, my cpu temps on click bios were idling 32 degrees the other day. What could cause this do, i need to buy thermal paste and clean / reapply?
 
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If you find that your CPU is over heating, the best course of action would be to swap out the stock heat sink with either a new heat sink, or a liquid cooler. If your over clocking, you may want to consider installing various fans throughout your case
What are your specs?

It's possible that you were looking at the core temp in clickbios and the socket temp (which is generally higher) in HWMonitor.

Don't cross RAM models, only use identical sticks.

Idling at 32C is normal.
 

dor3y

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- Rosewill Challenger case
- Raidmax rx600w psu
- 8 gb Kingston RAM
- MSI fm2-a75ma-e35 mainboard
- 1tb seagate barricuda hdd
- AMD a10-5800 trinity 3.8 stock (4.2 turbo) APU
- Gigabyte gtx 750 ti

Like I said it was Doing fine idling @ 32 degrees (in click bios). Then I was @ work and my gf said is did a bsod, out of nowhere. So I changed the RAM back and switched to a new seagate harddrive with a fresh install of windows. Hasn't done a bsod yet, but click bios is showing my temps idling 35* (while browsing and dling games on steam *EDIT), and HW monitor was showing a package temp of 51 to 60 degrees (now), is this okay or should i get new thermal paste or swap out stock fan and heatsink for some more power?
 

Grooger

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If you find that your CPU is over heating, the best course of action would be to swap out the stock heat sink with either a new heat sink, or a liquid cooler. If your over clocking, you may want to consider installing various fans throughout your case
 
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