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AMD A8 6600k High idle and load temps

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June 9, 2014 9:54:55 PM

Hi everyone,

So my friend was having some temperature problems on his new computer, and he introduced me to Speccy. I decided to try it out on my new PC and noticed some alarming temperatures.

My computer is brand new. It was built for gaming (AMD A8 6600k, 8GB RAM, Raedon R9 GPU), and is in a Rosewill challenger U3 case that comes with 3 fans. It is running Windows 7. I have no experience building computers, so my local Canada Computers built it for me.

I have only installed a handful of programs: malware bytes, advast antivirus, speccy, and some games.

So speccy shows that the CPU is idling at about 55c. Whenever I do any minor task, such as go to a new website, open speccy, open steam, or even open a new tab, the CPU temp spikes about 20c. When I had speccy and a few other program open the CPU spiked at 90c after opening a game. Pretty much anything I do results in a large temperature spike.

The games I'm playing are not very intensive considering my specs. It runs Dawn of War 2 smoothly but at over 70c.

The computer is in a cool room on a carpet.

Should I be worried about this? Most people seem to say around 40c is a normal idle...

Thanks.

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June 9, 2014 9:55:45 PM

Post your complete build.

Post the Speccy screenshot
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June 10, 2014 12:33:47 AM

Please ignore speccy. Use AMD overdrive's 'thermal margin' or your BIOS' CPU temperatures.
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June 10, 2014 12:57:04 AM

i7Baby said:
CNET thinks Speccy is OK - http://download.cnet.com/Speccy/3000-2094_4-75181811.ht...

I hope to see it in action.


Speccy is a great program but unfortunately it doesn't seem to read AMD's APU platform accurately. There are posts on THW every week from people with a 750k / 760k / A8-xxxx / A10-xxxx reporting very high temps in speccy that just aren't accurate.

My A10-6800k reports 85° with speccy while gaming (it's supposed to start throttling at 70!)
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June 10, 2014 1:22:54 AM

Hmmm OK - OP can you try HWInfo - Sensors and see if you get the same temps (CPU package temp)?

I think there is also limitations with different mobos as to what sensors that have.
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June 10, 2014 2:14:31 AM

i7Baby said:
Hmmm OK - OP can you try HWInfo - Sensors and see if you get the same temps (CPU package temp)?

I think there is also limitations with different mobos as to what sensors that have.


The package temp in HWinfo has a similar problem (reading the TCTL signal incorrectly), however HWinfo should provide the CPU socket temp under the motherboard sensors group, which is definitely worth a look at.

Here's a guide to understanding temperatures with an AMD processor: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-2122665/understand...
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June 10, 2014 2:22:18 AM

I would've also thought the cpu pinout included individual core temps, the junction temp and the cpu case temp. I thought this'd be standard in every cpu. Same with Vcore and individual core voltages and temps and power and core speeds.
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June 10, 2014 2:51:36 AM

i7Baby said:
I would've also thought the cpu pinout included individual core temps, the junction temp and the cpu case temp. I thought this'd be standard in every cpu. Same with Vcore and individual core voltages and temps and power and core speeds.


Individual core temperatures would be great, but that's purely an intel thing - AMD has one temperature for all cores unfortunately. It's just so much easier to read temperatures with Intel :( 
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June 10, 2014 2:56:45 AM

Thanks for the info.

I think I ask for HWInfo - Sensors reports a few times a week here. I'm still learning what the info actually is. There's a lot eg AUXINtemp etc that are just ghost readings. But I'm not up with it enough to work out what to expect on a lot of motherboards. Some don't even give the 12v, 5v and 3.3v psu readings.
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