Critical temparature? AMD FX-8350 66°C

Director8 · Jul 21, 2014

Hi everyone,

i do not know whether 66°C is critical temperature on my cpu AMD FX-8350. This happens when i play Battlefield 4 for example. Even my cooler (Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO) is on 100% rpm at that temperature.

Thanks for any advice.

6R1M01R3 · Jul 21, 2014

The tx3 ain't that good for handling the temps of that processor, you should get a 212 evo or better.

Eximo · Jul 21, 2014

Yes, maximum recommended core temperature is 61C for the FX series. You need to see if the thermal paste was properly applied and the heatsink properly installed. You may not have enough airflow in your system as well.

If you are overclocking, or using automatic settings to overclock, you might try manually lowering the voltage provided to the cores.

zachparr2442 · Jul 21, 2014

redo TP, re seat heat sink, clean your case air duster and make sure you have good airflow.

coolcole01 · Jul 22, 2014

zachparr2442 :

this is the correct thing to do that heatsink is very capable to cool that cpu at stock

zachparr2442 · Jul 22, 2014

at stock you'll be fine with this cooler even if you have the turbo on it should be good, the 212 evo would have been the better choice but some people have clearance issuse with it just add redo the heatsink and TP and add a couple fans to the system, clean the case out and if on the floor move off the floor and move at least a couple inches from the wall also, if anything take your side panel off and play that way it can lower temps by 5c sometimes

acacar · Jul 22, 2014

Is it the core temp or socket temp ?

Director8 · Jul 22, 2014

So i'm going to buy new cooler 212 evo and new PSU (EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2) instead of the old 600W Corsair becouse i found it was not enough.

Thanks all of you.

Director8 · Jul 22, 2014

acacar :

Man thanks for your question. Where can i find socket temp?

DubbleClick · Jul 22, 2014

Director8 :

850W psu? Are you running dual 780's or what?

zachparr2442 · Jul 22, 2014

I use a 1000w with occasional 8320 and dual 660ti and I like having the head room you won't use the full watts just what you need

DubbleClick · Jul 22, 2014

zachparr2442 :

I use a 500w psu with i7 4790k and 660 ti/680 gtx.

acacar · Jul 22, 2014

Director8 :

Install hwinfo and you will find cpu temp, motherboard and cou 0 (cpu package).
Cpu temp shouldn't go over 70 C, and cpu 0 (package) over ~61 C.

Director8 · Jul 22, 2014

acacar :

Something like this?: http://

acacar · Jul 22, 2014

Director8 :

This looks ok.
During test ?

Director8 · Jul 22, 2014

acacar :

During Battlefield 4 within 20 minutes. Even i do not know how to test CPU. Maybe now its dangerous for test, i must wait for a new cooler.

zachparr2442 · Jul 22, 2014

You can use a stress test like prime 95 and monitor it with hwinfo

acacar · Jul 23, 2014

Director8 :

As zachparr2442 said run prime and see whats going on with the temps. If they go beyond the limit I told u then its not good.
Is your cpu OCed ? Or the graphics card ?

Director8 · Jul 24, 2014

acacar :

Not anymore.. Probably i had some overclock by this: http://
This is a utility program for my motherboard.
Before i have it on "Auto" then i got high 67°C. Now i have it on "High Performance" and i have max 64°C. Yet.

acacar · Jul 24, 2014

Director8 :

Always use bios for OC

Director8 · Jul 24, 2014

acacar :

Also in the BIOS i had the fullest. ----> http://

acacar · Jul 25, 2014

Director8 :

No, I meant OC manualy using settings in BIOS, not this settings "high perfromance".

jayjay5396 · May 28, 2018

my FX8350 is 66c while playing GTA 5 and I have a water cooler corsair H75. my pc has literally just been serviced by a store 2 weeks ago I told him that 60c is pushing it to its limits but the store says its fine.... he told me to bring it to him once a year to repaste it and clean out the radiator granted his work is cheap! he advertises pc service for £45 however only charges me £25, I spent a lot of cash on my pc so im scared to touch it myself.

its currently 28c idle only Microsoft edge and hwinfo in use at the moment but its hitting 65-70c while running a game.

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