Please Help. Confused over CPU temps.

charcoalarugula

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Hello all. I'm having some concerns as I'm not sure what's going on. I have an amd athlon x4 630. I recently reapplied the thermal paste because it looked like the temps in HWMonitor were getting hotter then normal. Granted, not panic inducing hot, but figured I'd reapply anyway .

I have a cooler master tx3, 4 intakes and 3 exhaust fans. Afterwards, I checked HWMonitor and the TMPIN0 temp is skipping around in big jumps. Like from 29c to 55c to 32c then to 64c back to 50c. The core temps (0-3) has a max right now at 49c while running prime95. My question is, which one should I be paying attention to? Should I be concerned? I think the max temp for this CPU is 71c. I haven't seen the tmpIn0 jump around so much. Could it be the paste settling? TmpIN0 wouldn't get above 55c before I reapplied and I applied it no differently (pea method). Thanks for your time.
 

Jacob Bowerman

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i could be wrong, and if i am can someone please correct me. but i believe any cpu's max temp is 99c since 100c is melting point. however perhaps maybe the temperature sensor has been damaged. when you play games or something cpu intensive, does the temperature go up? maybe take the cpu out and put it back in, along with the headsink/fan cables associated with the cpu. maybe uninstalling and reinstalling the program may help
 

charcoalarugula

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I'll try reinstalling HWMonitor. And see what happens. I do play CPU intensive games like Planet side 2, but TMPIN0 still didn't fluctuate so out of wack like it does now. I had disconnected and reconnected the fan as well as the cpu during the reapplication of the thermal paste.