- Jun 17, 2016
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I just build my parents a new home PC featuring the AMD A10 7870K.
During testing the CPU and making sure that everything is running OK I noticed that the idle temps of the CPU is at 50 degrees and when put under full load it jumps up to 93 degrees.
I used HWMONITOR to check the temps. I then googled some and read somewhere that HWMONITOR does not read the temps correctly for APUs.
I also installed AMD Overdrive where it displays the number of degrees your CPU's temp is from it's max operating temp. According to it I'm +-27 degrees away from this max, and from what I found the A10 7870K max operating temp is 72.4 degrees. So from this it means that the CPU is only running at +- 45 degrees under full load.
So my question is whether or not HWMONITOR actually does read the temp wrong and the Overdrive temp is correct or there is something else wrong.
During testing the CPU and making sure that everything is running OK I noticed that the idle temps of the CPU is at 50 degrees and when put under full load it jumps up to 93 degrees.
I used HWMONITOR to check the temps. I then googled some and read somewhere that HWMONITOR does not read the temps correctly for APUs.
I also installed AMD Overdrive where it displays the number of degrees your CPU's temp is from it's max operating temp. According to it I'm +-27 degrees away from this max, and from what I found the A10 7870K max operating temp is 72.4 degrees. So from this it means that the CPU is only running at +- 45 degrees under full load.
So my question is whether or not HWMONITOR actually does read the temp wrong and the Overdrive temp is correct or there is something else wrong.
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