- May 3, 2016
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Hi,
I upgraded from an fx4300 with an Akasa AK-876 HSF to an fx8320 and an Arctic freezer 7 Pro. Asus M5A97 R2.0 Board.
I'm having temperature issues and looking to upgrade to a Cooler Master Hyper 212x HSF. My temps are low to mid 40's idle after bootup with nothing loaded.
With up to 25 browser windows open and a couple of office apps, CPU utilization at between 4%-35% (it spikes up and down a LOT, this is another issue that was there before my CPU upgrade. It is averaging 20% at the moment while I'm writing this post), my CPU temperatures are rising up to 49-54 deg with the CPU fan and the case fans @ 50% speed set manually using Asus Fan Xpert. Ambient room temp is 17-20 deg. The motherboard is at 31 deg.
1300rpm on the CPU fan, 700rpm on the case fans getting c. 50 deg on the CPU. With the above programs open. I also have the Akasa fan from my old HSF taped to the top of the heatsink of the Arctic Freezer sucking the air out. It runs at 1400rpm I don't know if it is doing any good, but heat is rising out of it as it sucks. These speeds keep the noise at a tolerable level for now until I get better cooling.
If I were to start watching a Netflix movie in a window it will jump from say 49 deg to 54-55 deg.
Right now it is at 15% CPU use and 50 deg c.
If I load more programs, bringing it up to, say, 60% CPU utilization I struggle to keep the CPU temperature below 55 deg.That is with all the fans turned up to 100%, which is very noisy indeed.
I have x4 Arctic F12 PWM fans, x2 front intake, x2 exaust: x1 at the rear and x1 at the top of the case.
My old 4300 CPU could run at 95% utilization with the fans at 55% speed and 55 degrees on the CPU. I can't run any more than 25% of the apps and browser windows that I would normally before the upgrade. I used to run 120 browser windows and 20-30 applications no heat problems, except it was maxing out the CPU.
I don't game much, the only 3d I do is Second Life, and watching Nvidia demos, but I do use a lot of different programs at once. I thought I would be able to run even more with the 8320 as I was maxing out the 4300. That's why I upgraded.
AMD Overdrive reports an average of 35 deg of Thermal Margin @ 50 deg CPU temp. it fluctuates between 27 and 38 deg. Why is this margin so high as I am only 12 degrees below the 62 deg limit on the fx8320 ? I'm VERY paranoid about burning out the CPU if I go above 62 deg.
Is it advisable to switch on Cool & Quiet in the BIOS ? Should I switch off the Turbo boost ? Would this just make the CPU work harder and not solve any of my current temperature problems ? CPU speed seems to stay at 3.7 Ghz all the time. I have no plans to overclock the system. I like to run at stock and stable.
I also think I need to replace the PSU. The Corsair CX600 isn't a good PSU, and it has developed a "Coil Whine" after the upgrade. Although it may have been there before, perhaps I just didn't notice it.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post,
Onomatik.
SYSTEM SPECS:
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 MOTHERBOARD
CORSAIR CX600W PSU
AMD FX-8320 CPU. ARCTIC FREEZER 7 PRO 2.0 HSF
EVGA Nvidia 750GTX GPU
16GB CORSAIR VENGANCE LOW PROFILE RAM DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600Mhz (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) (4x4GB)
CREATIVE LABS SOUNDBLASTER Z SOUNDCARD
X1 SANDISK 240GB SSD SATA 3
X1 SANDISK 120GB SSD SATA 3
X1 SEAGATE 1TB HDD SATA3 ST1000VX 000-1ES162 HDD
X1 SEAGATE 1TB HDD SATA2 ST310005 28AS HDD
AKASA INFINITI CASE
I upgraded from an fx4300 with an Akasa AK-876 HSF to an fx8320 and an Arctic freezer 7 Pro. Asus M5A97 R2.0 Board.
I'm having temperature issues and looking to upgrade to a Cooler Master Hyper 212x HSF. My temps are low to mid 40's idle after bootup with nothing loaded.
With up to 25 browser windows open and a couple of office apps, CPU utilization at between 4%-35% (it spikes up and down a LOT, this is another issue that was there before my CPU upgrade. It is averaging 20% at the moment while I'm writing this post), my CPU temperatures are rising up to 49-54 deg with the CPU fan and the case fans @ 50% speed set manually using Asus Fan Xpert. Ambient room temp is 17-20 deg. The motherboard is at 31 deg.
1300rpm on the CPU fan, 700rpm on the case fans getting c. 50 deg on the CPU. With the above programs open. I also have the Akasa fan from my old HSF taped to the top of the heatsink of the Arctic Freezer sucking the air out. It runs at 1400rpm I don't know if it is doing any good, but heat is rising out of it as it sucks. These speeds keep the noise at a tolerable level for now until I get better cooling.
If I were to start watching a Netflix movie in a window it will jump from say 49 deg to 54-55 deg.
Right now it is at 15% CPU use and 50 deg c.
If I load more programs, bringing it up to, say, 60% CPU utilization I struggle to keep the CPU temperature below 55 deg.That is with all the fans turned up to 100%, which is very noisy indeed.
I have x4 Arctic F12 PWM fans, x2 front intake, x2 exaust: x1 at the rear and x1 at the top of the case.
My old 4300 CPU could run at 95% utilization with the fans at 55% speed and 55 degrees on the CPU. I can't run any more than 25% of the apps and browser windows that I would normally before the upgrade. I used to run 120 browser windows and 20-30 applications no heat problems, except it was maxing out the CPU.
I don't game much, the only 3d I do is Second Life, and watching Nvidia demos, but I do use a lot of different programs at once. I thought I would be able to run even more with the 8320 as I was maxing out the 4300. That's why I upgraded.
AMD Overdrive reports an average of 35 deg of Thermal Margin @ 50 deg CPU temp. it fluctuates between 27 and 38 deg. Why is this margin so high as I am only 12 degrees below the 62 deg limit on the fx8320 ? I'm VERY paranoid about burning out the CPU if I go above 62 deg.
Is it advisable to switch on Cool & Quiet in the BIOS ? Should I switch off the Turbo boost ? Would this just make the CPU work harder and not solve any of my current temperature problems ? CPU speed seems to stay at 3.7 Ghz all the time. I have no plans to overclock the system. I like to run at stock and stable.
I also think I need to replace the PSU. The Corsair CX600 isn't a good PSU, and it has developed a "Coil Whine" after the upgrade. Although it may have been there before, perhaps I just didn't notice it.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post,
Onomatik.
SYSTEM SPECS:
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 MOTHERBOARD
CORSAIR CX600W PSU
AMD FX-8320 CPU. ARCTIC FREEZER 7 PRO 2.0 HSF
EVGA Nvidia 750GTX GPU
16GB CORSAIR VENGANCE LOW PROFILE RAM DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600Mhz (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) (4x4GB)
CREATIVE LABS SOUNDBLASTER Z SOUNDCARD
X1 SANDISK 240GB SSD SATA 3
X1 SANDISK 120GB SSD SATA 3
X1 SEAGATE 1TB HDD SATA3 ST1000VX 000-1ES162 HDD
X1 SEAGATE 1TB HDD SATA2 ST310005 28AS HDD
AKASA INFINITI CASE
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