So as of now my new build is about 2 days old and I've instantly ran into some problems. While idle the CPU temp seems to slowly rose ticking into the mid to high 60s(C*) and while running any games, even on the lowest settings, can hit 95-105 and will just freeze. I only have a 850w seasonic power system and I am well aware that the gigabyte r9 280x requires 600w, it has the wind force 3 fan setup. I've paired it with an AM3+ gigabyte mobo with a 4.7ghz vishera fx-9590. The case has 7 fans, 4 of which have LED. I have a coolmaster hyper-N520 CPU cooler but even with that the whole thing seems to get warm before I even open a browser. Do I need a larger PSU or is there precautions and changes I can take/make to lower the temperature of the parts before ditching my old supply? Thank you in advance.
Do I have enough power?
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Gam3r01
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Its not the PSU, you answered the question by listing the temps. (The 280x dosent draw nearly 600w, its under 300w)
The FX lineup shouldnt pass 62C, over that it starts to throttle then it will shutdown.
You need a better cooler, or a better motherboard (specific model?) to support the FX-9xxx series. They are a large heap of thermal garbage.
The FX lineup shouldnt pass 62C, over that it starts to throttle then it will shutdown.
You need a better cooler, or a better motherboard (specific model?) to support the FX-9xxx series. They are a large heap of thermal garbage.
If your heatsink is not attached properly then your cpu can show you such temperatures see to it that there is no gap between the processor and the heatsink surface
use a thermal paste called arctic silver 5 is drops temperatures by 10 deg secondly your have an amd processor amd always draws more power than intel as this one has 8 cores so your comp showing around 60 to 65 is normal as your processor only draws a power of about 120 whatts but exceeding 80 deg is a worry
use a thermal paste called arctic silver 5 is drops temperatures by 10 deg secondly your have an amd processor amd always draws more power than intel as this one has 8 cores so your comp showing around 60 to 65 is normal as your processor only draws a power of about 120 whatts but exceeding 80 deg is a worry
... Your idle temps are really high almost like your cooler isn't installed correctly I'd check to see if your cooler is seated correctly and is tightened enough to firmly touch the CPU's surface without crushing it. Regardless of the CPU being a FX-9590 the idle temps shouldn't be that high with that cooler.
I'd like to thank you for the quick replies. The mother board is a GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard. Today I will attempt to reinstall the CPU cooler properly and see where that takes me. I do still need to know why my graphics card gets very got to the touch when running low end games such as WoW WITH MANY 2004 models. Either way I'll see if this fixes it.
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It sounds like the motherboard is also an issue here.
the 970 chipset isnt the best for FX processors, and the 9590 isnt listed as supported http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4717
Due to its 220w TDP.
the 970 chipset isnt the best for FX processors, and the 9590 isnt listed as supported http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4717
Due to its 220w TDP.
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