Hey everyone. Just got a new AMD FX-8320E Vishera 8-Core 3.2GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor to replace my older AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus Quad-Core 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Desktop Processor last week and the temps alarm me!!! First, here's my specs
my New AMD CPU...lol
MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970 mobo
8 gigs ram
radeon 7800 series video card
When i first installed the new CPU and started my computer, MSI Control center was registering the temps of the processor at 50 degrees... in idle mode!!! I thought maybe the preplaced heat sink material that comes stock on the fan and heatsink was bad so i took out the cpu got all the old heat sink material off and put on some of my Artic Silver. Same temps! My processor isn't overclocked either. I have three 120mm case fans blowing air into my computer and 2 120mm fans sucking air out of my computer. With the same setup my previous AMD quad core never went over 30 something degrees at idle.
I took the side of my computer case off as well to see if it made a diff and it only made about a 3 Degree difference. When i play a game, which currently is Project Cars, the temps shut up to 65 degrees. Currently as I'm typing this the temp is 50 degrees. I've checked and rechecked everything multiple times. Made sure everything was connected and that nothing was blocking the cpu fan and so forth. I've check my bios and MSI control center to make sure something isn't set wrong like voltage, base clock or the multiplier. My computer is running the CPU like its supposed to.
I'm not having any issues like freezing, stuttering, and or slow downs that one might get when a cpu is running to warm. I've downloaded other cpu temp monitoring programs like Coretemp, HWmonitor, and something else but they all give diff temps and is confussing. I tend to stick with the MSI control center because it's been reliable in the past. I bought the CPU from Newegg and thinking maybe I've gotten a bad processor and need to sent it back but i wanted to get everyone's advise on it before i go down that rout. Thanks for any help in this matter.
my New AMD CPU...lol
MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970 mobo
8 gigs ram
radeon 7800 series video card
When i first installed the new CPU and started my computer, MSI Control center was registering the temps of the processor at 50 degrees... in idle mode!!! I thought maybe the preplaced heat sink material that comes stock on the fan and heatsink was bad so i took out the cpu got all the old heat sink material off and put on some of my Artic Silver. Same temps! My processor isn't overclocked either. I have three 120mm case fans blowing air into my computer and 2 120mm fans sucking air out of my computer. With the same setup my previous AMD quad core never went over 30 something degrees at idle.
I took the side of my computer case off as well to see if it made a diff and it only made about a 3 Degree difference. When i play a game, which currently is Project Cars, the temps shut up to 65 degrees. Currently as I'm typing this the temp is 50 degrees. I've checked and rechecked everything multiple times. Made sure everything was connected and that nothing was blocking the cpu fan and so forth. I've check my bios and MSI control center to make sure something isn't set wrong like voltage, base clock or the multiplier. My computer is running the CPU like its supposed to.
I'm not having any issues like freezing, stuttering, and or slow downs that one might get when a cpu is running to warm. I've downloaded other cpu temp monitoring programs like Coretemp, HWmonitor, and something else but they all give diff temps and is confussing. I tend to stick with the MSI control center because it's been reliable in the past. I bought the CPU from Newegg and thinking maybe I've gotten a bad processor and need to sent it back but i wanted to get everyone's advise on it before i go down that rout. Thanks for any help in this matter.