AMD FX 8320 High Temps?

D32013 · Mar 23, 2014

http://imgur.com/8WGeG1o

For thermal compound I used about a grain of rice size application. I checked my cpu and nothing is leaking or anything. I did the middle dot.

Just a little over 12 hours ago I used the Arctic Silver 5 with my EVO 212 Cooler and just played 3 games of League of Legends. In that picture can you tell me if these temps are too high?

I understand Arctic Silver 5 has a 200 hour break in period and I didn't tint my heatsink or cpu. Please someone say my temps are ok.

Romeru · Mar 23, 2014

I'm inexceperienced with that cooler wether your temperatuers should be lower or not.
But they are not to high at all.
If you peak at 72c it's just fine, but overall temperature should not go above 62 when stressing it.

ShadyHamster · Mar 23, 2014

Temps look fine to me.
What temps do you get when stressing the cpu with say prime95?

Remember max temps for amd cpus are:
70c for socket
62c for cores

D32013 · Mar 23, 2014

ShadyHamster :

I'll run prime95 now and let you know. brb thanks guys

edit: where is a legit place I can download Prime95 for my windows 8.1 x64 bit, could someone provide a link?

D32013 · Mar 23, 2014

Oh god, I ran the Heaven Benchmark 4.0 (On extreme) look at this http://imgur.com/tSDwLdD Is that real? 114 c??!! wtf

zachparr2442 · Mar 23, 2014

take off you heat sink and look and make sure the thermal paste spread correctly i always put a pea size then put a zip lock bag on my finger and spread it evenly till i can barley see lettering on the processor and then i wipe the edges off a little bit

D32013 · Mar 23, 2014

zachparr2442 :

This was taken an hour after the last screen shot, why does the TMPIN2 still read 128C?

http://imgur.com/ZDSzqqC

And I use Arctic Silver 5 it says for my CPU to do the middle dot, It says "Do NOT spread thermal compound over cpu"

zachparr2442 · Mar 23, 2014

yah thats what they says but just about everyone that builds computers does that and ive been doing it for years and i overclock and everything

D32013 · Mar 23, 2014

zachparr2442 :

Okay, so rice sized grain in middle and even it out over whole cpu?

zachparr2442 · Mar 23, 2014

thats what i do make a thin layer like i said i do it and cover the while cpu and barely see the lettering then i wipe the edge off a little bit with a paper towel, dont touch with your bare fingers the oils and dead skin can cause a overheat

ShadyHamster · Mar 24, 2014

114c doesn't sound right, thermal throttling or thermal shutdown should of kicked in well before that temp. What bios version are you using? updating might fix that. Could also be that the cpu is not quite seated in the socket properly.

I get the exact same temp on TMPIN2, i would just ignore that to be honest.

There is no right or wrong way for applying thermal paste, ive tried a few ways of applying it (pea, rice and pre-spreading it) and found no real temp difference, maybe a degree or 2.
I will say though arctic silver is quite old now and generally not recommended any more, i suggest using arctic cooling mx-4, noctua nt-h1 or even a paste from gelid.

joho5 · Mar 24, 2014

I have an 8320 and a Cooler Master TX3 (smaller fan and heatsink than the 212) and when I run Prime95...mine maxes out at 61 degrees.

D32013 · Mar 24, 2014

ShadyHamster :

I'm on version 2104 which is the latest.

http://imgur.com/qkjlTl4

D32013 · Mar 24, 2014

joho5 :

Can you provide me with a link of the Prime95 that you use, I found a lot of downloads but I don't known a trusted site.

ShadyHamster · Mar 25, 2014

Here's where i downloaded it from:
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/

D32013 · Mar 25, 2014

ShadyHamster :

Awesome! When I get off work I will download this and monitor my temps. Thanks!

zachparr2442 · Mar 25, 2014

I use hwinfo to moniter temps and everything clock speed gpu temps voltage fan speed

aka313 · Dec 2, 2014

hey guys i have the same prob
please look at the screen shot
http://imgur.com/3OGj8lN
i have fx8320 gtx650ti
psu= corsair vs45
i was thinking about adding a custom coller master fan to my rig to make it cool
ps i m using stock amd cooler

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