AMD FX 8320 Temperatures?

baconboy27

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So I recently got an FX 8320 and a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 evo cooler. I've read in a lot of places that the maximum temperature for this chip is 61-62*C, is this correct?

Also, when I'm using CPUID HWMonitor to check my temperatures, I don't know WHICH temperature that is. One temperature is shown under the motherboard section, labelled "CPU", and another is shown under the section for my processor and is labelled "Package". Which of these do I need to keep below 62*C?
 
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In HWMonitor, the temp under the motherboard section is your socket temp, or how hot the area immediately surrounding you CPU is. Anything under 75C there is good to go--70C under load is a nice place to sit.

The temp under the processor section is your core...

bluehowell

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The CPU will throttle performance at 70C to prevent damage so under 70C it will run at full speed, however you will want to keep it around 60 so it will never throttle in extreme circumstances. Package is the one to read in HWmonitor
 

baconboy27

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At the moment I've got it overclocked to 4.3GHz, but I don't think the package temp has never gone above 50*C? Is that a good thing, or do you reckon the temperature monitor is busted? :p

Also, I'll try installing coretemp and see what that says...
 

s4in7

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In HWMonitor, the temp under the motherboard section is your socket temp, or how hot the area immediately surrounding you CPU is. Anything under 75C there is good to go--70C under load is a nice place to sit.

The temp under the processor section is your core temp, or the temperature of the processor itself as reported by the processor. Anything under 60C at load is good there so you've got some overclocking headroom yet.

I have my 8320 at 4.6Ghz at 60C load, they have quite a bit of overclockability :)
 
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baconboy27

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Ok, so in coretemp the temperatures displayed for 'CPU #0', the only one shown, are the same as the package temps in HWMonitor (just in case you're interested...)

Despite the fact that the temps are pretty low, prime95 has come up with an error for one of the cores... I assume that I just need to raise the voltage and retest? (Sorry that this is turning into a bit of an overclocking question when originally it seemed like an easy one to answer :p)