AMD Phenom II X4 965 running hot on idle

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EdibleBears

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I downloaded Speccy to check my temps and noticed my CPU was running hot. 62c when not doing anything, and jumped to 70c when watching twitch. Pulled it out of the case and it was super stuck to the heatsink. Finally got it off and reapplied a small line of paste to the heatsink.

Now it's running a little cooler. 63c when watching twitch with a thermal margin of 7c.

Settings in BIOS were all on auto as far as I could tell.

I had a friend build my setup for me a while ago and don't know much about hardware. This temp seems high and I don't know why. Is it OK? Or what can I do to lower it?

Thanks!
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Screenshot of CPU temps and Thermal Margin: http://imgur.com/H4kIzkP

Hardware info:

Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 63 °C
Deneb 45nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A87TD/USB3 (AM3) 27 °C
Graphics
ASUS VH232H (1920x1080@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (EVGA) 46 °C
Storage
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1002FAEX-007BA0 ATA Device (SATA) 38 °C
149GB Western Digital WDC WD1600JD-00HBB0 ATA Device (SATA) 35 °C
Optical Drives
DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NS70 ATA Device

 
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63 celsius on idle is definitely not okay but... it's still better than 83 celsius ._.
Change thermal paste, change cooler and everything might be back to stable temps.
But don't worry about those "high" temps. They won't do anything.
I personally bought amd phenom II x4 965 BE few years ago and it's still working on my pc.
However, temps are not that stable as yours. Your thermal margin shows 7-9 Celsius mine shows... -15 Celsius ._.

Here are the core temp and amd overdrive temps: http://i.imgur.com/GvtdZfX.png
Screenshot made when PC was idle with only 2 programs launched.
Everything is stock since i bought it (cpu obviously, cooler and paste, nothing changed)
Under heavy load (example playing gta5, or other cpu depending games) the...
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So long as the thermal margin does not hit 0C you should be fine (I would say keep it at 5 or more).
What case do you have? You may need more fans for proper airflow, but more importantly the stock AMD cooler is trash, and you should look into replacing it.
 
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EdibleBears

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It's got to be the stock cooler on there. I have a Cooler Master HAF 932 case, it's huge.

I've never checked the CPU temp before so can't be sure if this is a new thing.

I'll check into a better cooler for it. Thanks!
 
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Cheyebau

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63 celsius on idle is definitely not okay but... it's still better than 83 celsius ._.
Change thermal paste, change cooler and everything might be back to stable temps.
But don't worry about those "high" temps. They won't do anything.
I personally bought amd phenom II x4 965 BE few years ago and it's still working on my pc.
However, temps are not that stable as yours. Your thermal margin shows 7-9 Celsius mine shows... -15 Celsius ._.

Here are the core temp and amd overdrive temps: http://i.imgur.com/GvtdZfX.png
Screenshot made when PC was idle with only 2 programs launched.
Everything is stock since i bought it (cpu obviously, cooler and paste, nothing changed)
Under heavy load (example playing gta5, or other cpu depending games) the fan goes louder and the temp goes to ~80C
And now i'm considering about changing the thermal paste
 
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