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Alright so I have done a fresh build due to a motherboard failure from a Core i7 Ivy Bridge back in 2012 where that was the latest and greatest thing at the time, and I had to change all that to an AMD 8350-FX, with Gigabyte's GA-990FXA-UD3 R5 motherboard, both sockets being AM3+, and Corsair's RMi series power supply (connected to the motherboard's USB 2.0 header labeled "F_USB3" ("F_USB30" is my USB 3.0 header for the front of the case). This same series power supply unit has the ability to monitor the voltages of the 12v, 5v and the other last voltage I spaced at this time. Now Corsair Link (the software that you would have to download separately for this to work and connected to the motherboard's available USB 2.0 Header), also is reading the CPU temperature.

Now I'm getting weird temperature readings as I have read in another forum post that Core Temp doesn't give a good reading for AMD Processors, and also looked up AMD Overdrive for Thermal Margin, which I'm still trying to figure all that out thoroughly and more clearly. Unfortunately I also am looking at EasyTune6, which is the utility that comes with the motherboard. Currently this processor is NOT overlocked, but it is an unlocked processor. I'm getting different weird readings when it takes loads, my question is, which CPU temperature monitoring software's reading do I believe? Corsair Link is reading low ranges of 19.6 - 25 degrees Celsius, I have AMD Overdrive's Thermal Margin reading in the ranges of 39.2 to 52 degrees Celsius. EasyTune6 kept reading the CPU at 50-53 degrees Celsius so I'm at a confusing turn of events on which reading(s) to believe the most.

This also relates to the question but for temperature monitoring purposes I need to do this, but which utility would I use to stress test and monitor the temperature readings of the CPU? In AMD Overdrive I have AMD Smart Profiles setting enabled, so I'm not sure what that really does for temperature monitoring or if it relates to why I'm getting odd readings for Thermal Margin readings.
 
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Thermal Margin are the most accurate way to know your temp. To read Thermal Margin you have to know the max temperature of your CPU then deduct it with the thermal margin (it's doesnt necessary). Usually thermal margin above 20 are really safe. Just keep the thermal margin so it doesnt touch 0 - 10 Celcius
 
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I'm ranging from 17.2 - 30.2 degrees Celsius Thermal Margin according to AMD Overdrive. I also forgot to mention I'm using Antec's DF-85 series Chasis, so I'm not sure if the thermal margin reading could be better or not. 3 front 120mm fans blowing into the chasis, 2 rear 120mm blowing hot air out and 2 140mm fans on top blowing the air out, I also have a side fan but that one is blowing air out as well, should that side fan be changed, because the rest of the fans I left at default as they were, only took the 2 120mm and 2 140mm fans out to clean them and then put them back on. I'm wondering if that can help improve the thermal margin even if it is slightly with the side fan blowing inward instead of outward.

 
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It's safe, but if you want to super safe AMD FX nned more than stock cooling. Go ahead to Liquid / water cooling
if you want overclock, or go to good air cooler for stock use. FX chips are really hot
 
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Not planning to overclock at the moment so the stock one would work for now. This was also to be my gaming rig..at least a mid-range gaming rig because I can't afford to do the high end stuff. I also wanted to step away from getting after-market heatsinks primarily because that might have caused my previous motherboard's demise was the Cooler Master V6 GT for my Intel Core i7 processor, which died and caused me to change over to this AMD processor and motherboard. Any idea on how to use AMD Overdrive to stress test how it would perform in games in particular, even though it would be both GPU (video card) and CPU. Thus why I'm asking all these temperature monitoring questions so then after the temperature gauging is all done, I can then monitor it less often and do maintenance to maintain that temperature range, and thermal margin.
 
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Well it's actually a mistake to move from i7 sandy bridge to FX. i5 or even i3 should do better on gaming at same price. Well you already had the FX
To use AMD Overdrive stress test just click the start button and set your test time. If you want tools that really load your CPU (sometimes could destroy it if you use stock cooling) use Prime 95.
 
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What is Prime 95 and is it a free one? This one didn't come with a stock heatsink but it was made by Cooler Master, so it doesn't have the AMD logo on this particular heatsink, and it was the ivy bridge back in 2012. I don't see the option to stress test it, unless it's the stability test, though how long would be good to run the stability test if anything else?
 
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Prime 95 are free you can Google it. Prime 95 are standard for overclock because it's detect errors, but AMD overdrive will fine for stock load. So you use Intel stock heatsink? Or you get it from the FX box. You should run test for 2 hours minimum
 
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The heatsink that came with the AMD FX-8350. It was a Cooler Master heatsink that's similar to the OEM Stock Heatsinks from AMD. What settings in AMD Overdrive should I set for doing this test for 2 hours while monitoring thermal margin and hopefully CPU temperature? More importantly these test settings, should they be done while in AMD Overdrive in the Stability Test section of AMD Overdrive? Easy Tune 6 came with the motherboard but is not giving me a proper reading, so I need to find a program that will properly gauge the actual CPU temperature in direct relation to the Thermal Margin.
 
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