A10 7700K - Stock cooler vs Gammax 300 - Same temps(?!)

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Patikol

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Hello everyone,

I was experiencing overheat problems with my CPU as I was using the stock cooler and had temperatures at ~60-65c idling and ~75 on full load. (I use HWMonitor for temps)

I would also like to note that I've turned my integrated graphics off because I use a dedicated GPU.

So I bought a new cooler for my cpu, the Gammax 300. I've read numerous positive ratings by people that overclocked their cpu to even 4.5GHz and had temps of ~55-60 at full load.

I haven't overclocked at the moment (3.4 - 3.8ghz stock) and my temperatures are exactly the same as my old stock cooler. ~60-65 on idling and about 75 on full load.

What could it be?

I am pretty sure I've set up the cooler correctly and applied paste and seated it right.

Could it be a sensor problem? Or HWMonitor's?

I've tried RealTemp but does not support my CPU, and also tried CoreTemp but for some reason it just shows "16c" at all times and only Core0 (does not have the other 3 cores).
 
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I'm not accusing you of doing this, but many times, people put on way too much thermal paste... You need about the size of a pea. Please be sure that you didn't apply too much because this would slow the transfer of heat between the APU and cooler.

Also, your CPU is 95 watts and your cooler is rated for 125 watts, so there shouldn't be a problem there. Please check your application of thermal paste. Don't be afraid to apply a small amount of downward pressure and twist the cooler back and forth a few times when mounting to spread out the paste.
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weberdarren97

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I'm not accusing you of doing this, but many times, people put on way too much thermal paste... You need about the size of a pea. Please be sure that you didn't apply too much because this would slow the transfer of heat between the APU and cooler.

Also, your CPU is 95 watts and your cooler is rated for 125 watts, so there shouldn't be a problem there. Please check your application of thermal paste. Don't be afraid to apply a small amount of downward pressure and twist the cooler back and forth a few times when mounting to spread out the paste.
 
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Patikol

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I actually used a card to apply the paste on the whole cpu's surface, I think I did it ok as I made the thinnest layer possible.



These are the temps after a while running the program. Its weird because the Overdrive's margin is quite big (33c) since HWM says it got 86c.

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Hwm doesn't read the temps right, nothing to worry about. Trust the AMD tool.

You should try the pea method to apply thermal paste, or just remove the cooler again and wipe the thermal paste completely off the heat sink of the cooler and just let the paste on the CPU. Reinstall the cooler again and be sure the pressure on the CPU is even and installed plainly.
 
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