- Mar 12, 2014
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3 days ago I installed my new FX-8350 on an ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0, cooled by a CM V8. Obviously for the first few days I've been keeping an eye on my tempertures. The core temps are fine as far as I can see (while playing GTA 5 I've never seen the thermal reserve measured through AMD Overdrive go any closer to throttling than 27c, which as far as I know is quite good) but the socket temp generally settles around 55c, jumping up to 58c occasionally and staying there.
The reason I'm making this thread is because I've been having trouble finding solid information on how high the socket temp can go before you have to start worrying. I've read the figure 62c a lot, put out by AMD themselves, but no one seems to know whether they meant the socket or the core itself. So my question is: what is the max temp for the socket before you have to start worrying?
Thanks in advance for any answers.
PS: I wasn't sure if this thread should go in CPUs or CPU cooling, if I chose wrong I would be grateful if a mod could move it.
The reason I'm making this thread is because I've been having trouble finding solid information on how high the socket temp can go before you have to start worrying. I've read the figure 62c a lot, put out by AMD themselves, but no one seems to know whether they meant the socket or the core itself. So my question is: what is the max temp for the socket before you have to start worrying?
Thanks in advance for any answers.
PS: I wasn't sure if this thread should go in CPUs or CPU cooling, if I chose wrong I would be grateful if a mod could move it.
congrats and thanks for the update!
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