Hey there, this is my first build and I'm using a FX-8320 and a Asrock 970 Pro3 motherboard. The CPU idles at temperatures that seem way to high. AMD Overdrive tells me that with just Chrome active it is sitting at 37 degrees Celsius, and hardware monitor says it is at 33 degrees Celsius.
Bear in mind I have not touched any settings such as voltage or clock speed, and I added two extra 120mm noctua case fans to help airflow inside the case.
I have tried moving the CPU cooler, I have cleaned the old stock paste and reapplied it with Arctic Silver and it still reaching temps way too high for what I'm asking it to do. When running all 8 cores after about 5 minutes of game play the whole system shuts down, I assume because it is too hot. I reduced it to 4 cores, and it still reaches 65 degrees with CS on low settings, a temperature I do not feel comfortable running on for hours at a time. Also, interestingly, Overdrive reports that the CPU is at an ice cold 20 Celsius when gaming which is obviously wrong.
Please help, any advice or assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks- Sirthatal.
Edit: I also have a GTX 750ti which should make short work of CS on low settings, right?
Bear in mind I have not touched any settings such as voltage or clock speed, and I added two extra 120mm noctua case fans to help airflow inside the case.
I have tried moving the CPU cooler, I have cleaned the old stock paste and reapplied it with Arctic Silver and it still reaching temps way too high for what I'm asking it to do. When running all 8 cores after about 5 minutes of game play the whole system shuts down, I assume because it is too hot. I reduced it to 4 cores, and it still reaches 65 degrees with CS on low settings, a temperature I do not feel comfortable running on for hours at a time. Also, interestingly, Overdrive reports that the CPU is at an ice cold 20 Celsius when gaming which is obviously wrong.
Please help, any advice or assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks- Sirthatal.
Edit: I also have a GTX 750ti which should make short work of CS on low settings, right?
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