50C idle even with a good cooler
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DonkeyOatie
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Lots of questions.
1. How long have you had the system?
2. Has it always been this hot?
3. Is it overclocked in any way?
4. What are all of the parts of the system (Make and model, and power/capacity/speed)?
5. What is your ambient temp (summer in the Outback of Australia, no A/C?)?
1. How long have you had the system?
2. Has it always been this hot?
3. Is it overclocked in any way?
4. What are all of the parts of the system (Make and model, and power/capacity/speed)?
5. What is your ambient temp (summer in the Outback of Australia, no A/C?)?
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Try using AMD Overdrive to measure Thermal Headroom. Both those programs can be unreliable with AMD. Is this new, or has it always been like this?
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HWinfo and HWMonitor aren't going to show you the correct information. Like Donkey was saying, use AMD Overdrive to get the Thermal Margin. Here's a good write on the basics of trying to get an accurate temp for AMD chips.
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2122665/understanding-temperature-amd-cpus-apus.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2122665/understanding-temperature-amd-cpus-apus.html
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So back to my questions. Has it always been this way and exactly what are we dealing with for the rest of your system, especially the motherboard and PSU.
Lol,the overdrive seems to be in reverse when im idle it shows higher temperatures than when im doing something
Donkey,im not sure if i understand your question,yes i always have 50C+- on idle so i bought better cooler for better temperatures but its still the same thats my problem
Donkey,im not sure if i understand your question,yes i always have 50C+- on idle so i bought better cooler for better temperatures but its still the same thats my problem
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Yes. I am asking if it has always been hot since you had the system, or whether this heat is something new that has occurred only recently.
When you are in idle, other fans may have ramped down too far. Do your CPU voltages drop when you idle, Fan RPM????
What motherboard are you using? some of them can run very hot.
When you are in idle, other fans may have ramped down too far. Do your CPU voltages drop when you idle, Fan RPM????
What motherboard are you using? some of them can run very hot.
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You read the AMD overdrive wrongly. The bigger the number on thermal margin the better it is. Look at the link that Donkey share about how to read thermal margin
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That motherboard as no VRM heatsinks, I think so that's not so good. Can you recheck the overhead measurement. A blue number shows how much more heat your CPU can take. What is that number, and is it blue?
DonkeyOatie
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AMD Overdrive is the most reliable temperature measurement available for the chip, although it may still be a bit off. We can help you better if you answer our questions.
Is this temperature an idle temperature or a load temperature?
Is this temperature an idle temperature or a load temperature?
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Then something needs to be changed on you cooler installation. It should be significantly lower. 80C is not safe for AMD CPUs. Take the cooler off carefully and look at the thermal paste between it and the CPU and take a photo of it and post it to this thread. I would expect that the paste needs to be applied differently, or the cooler needed to be seated evenly.
Ok,so ive tryed temp monitoring again and its showing me this on idle ( http://oi66.tinypic.com/m7bcrq.jpg ) and this on load ( http://oi65.tinypic.com/j0zeoi.jpg ) using prime95 to put it on load..........
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Those results are great. 66 degrees (blue) of thermal overhead is very good. The 46 degrees of overhead under full stress is normal.
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