- Apr 3, 2016
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Hello all,
So after succeeding to overclock my AMD FX-8350 to 4.4GHz at 1.408v I was quite happy since my Cooler Master Seidon 120v keeps it under 60°C at Prime95 small ffts.
Yesterday though, I did notice my northbridge was getting really hot. I could barely touch the heatsink ( I have a MSI 970 Gaming motherboard) so I decided to re-apply the thermal compound on my northbridge. So today I took off the heatsink, removed the overload of thermal compound and added some Cooler Master thermal compound that was delivered with my Seidon 120v ( great thermal compound, stays cooler then AS5). I just rebooted and saw my nortbridge temps going down by 12°C, is that normal? I'm using CPUID Hardware Monitor pro, and according to the TMPIN1 the northbridge temps went from somewhere in the 50°C to 38°C, and also, it feels quite colder actually.
So after succeeding to overclock my AMD FX-8350 to 4.4GHz at 1.408v I was quite happy since my Cooler Master Seidon 120v keeps it under 60°C at Prime95 small ffts.
Yesterday though, I did notice my northbridge was getting really hot. I could barely touch the heatsink ( I have a MSI 970 Gaming motherboard) so I decided to re-apply the thermal compound on my northbridge. So today I took off the heatsink, removed the overload of thermal compound and added some Cooler Master thermal compound that was delivered with my Seidon 120v ( great thermal compound, stays cooler then AS5). I just rebooted and saw my nortbridge temps going down by 12°C, is that normal? I'm using CPUID Hardware Monitor pro, and according to the TMPIN1 the northbridge temps went from somewhere in the 50°C to 38°C, and also, it feels quite colder actually.
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