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hello everybody!

My CPU temperature arrives up to 66 c! ( in gaming & ... )
Is it normal? What is the usual temperature of these CPUs?
with the default fan. the fan speed is around 5500 - 6800 rpm.(were should I ask about fans)

(I have shuch problem in my other pc devices like vga, MB, etc.)

cpu: amd athlon 64 X2 6000+
vga: xfx 8800 gt alpha dog edition
ram: ocz 2GB dual 800Mhz
MB : Asus M2N-SLI
Power: Green 580 EPS

Thanks and sorry about probable irregularity in finding the right thread. :??: I'm New Hear :)


Message edited by J U N I P E R on 07-09-2009 at 10:20:30 PM
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Have you reapplied thermal paste recently? That would be my first step. I had one with a thermal right 120 and it never got above 45C.

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Reply to leadtrombone
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the athlon x2 6000 runs hot, i have the Windsor version of that CPU and I will hit 61-63c while gaming.

Reply to ct1615

What are you using to monitor the temp? If it's a program that came with the motherboard it is probably pretty accurate, but many programs out there will give wildly different readings.

Reply to inglburt

leadtrombone wrote :

Have you reapplied thermal paste recently? That would be my first step. I had one with a thermal right 120 and it never got above 45C.



No, I bought this system about 16 months ago and yesterday when I picked the heat sink up I saw the thermal paste, do I need to reapply it?
Thanks

ct1615 wrote :

the athlon x2 6000 runs hot, i have the Windsor version of that CPU and I will hit 61-63c while gaming.


I have windstor version too, how many fans do you use?
thanks

inglburt wrote :

What are you using to monitor the temp? If it's a program that came with the motherboard it is probably pretty accurate, but many programs out there will give wildly different readings.



Its PC Probe II in the mobo driver cd. i tested the temp with several programs, all of them reported this heat,
thanks

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I dont have any extra fan!
2 fans for my PSU, 1 for CPU and 1 for GPU. The side door of case is open.
Do I need some?

Thanks in advance :)


Message edited by J U N I P E R on 07-10-2009 at 10:34:11 AM
Reply to J U N I P E R
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my old laptop amd cpu reached his shutdown trigger temp of 102C... so on my opinion, the temp is ok.

Reply to Daggs

If I understood your comment correctly, you removed the heat sink yesterday but didn't reapply thermal paste? Any time you lift you heat sink off you need to remove the old past and apply new.

Reply to loneninja

Windsor core is more hotter than others. Do these things:
1) You need to clean/blow away dust from the CPu fan.
2) Connect another two fans with 3 pin to the chasis connectors provided on the motherboard.

Reply to meodowla

Daggs wrote :

my old laptop amd cpu reached his shutdown trigger temp of 102C... so on my opinion, the temp is ok.



wow! 120 C!
Its really hot but least ways this temp is hot too. thanks.

loneninja wrote :

If I understood your comment correctly, you removed the heat sink yesterday but didn't reapply thermal paste? Any time you lift you heat sink off you need to remove the old past and apply new.



thanks! so I will reapply the thermal paste and report the result,thanks again.

meodowla wrote :

Windsor core is more hotter than others. Do these things:
1) You need to clean/blow away dust from the CPu fan.
2) Connect another two fans with 3 pin to the chasis connectors provided on the motherboard.



I have cleaned the dust, and I try to buy fans,
thank you!

Reply to J U N I P E R
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Have you thought about getting a new CPU Cooler. I use to run an Athlon 6000+ and then switched to a Phenom II 940 (another 125 processor). Had what seemed like high temps with both (idle around 50 max in the 60's) until I switched my CPU cooler. Tried about 3 aftermarkets without much difference but then I got a Xigmatek S1283. This dropped my temps WAYYYY down. I now Idle in the low 30's and max in the high 40's. After putting a Xigmatek on my Phenom I built another system around my old Athlon 6000+ and put the same Xigmatek in that system. Temps dropped to the same range as my Phenom. Had been running the Athlon 6000+ for over a year at the high temps with no trouble but if you want to drop your temps look at a Xigmatek cooler.

While going thru this process I also thought that more airflow in the case would help. I went thru 3 cases (Last two where Thermaltake Armour MX+ and my current an Antec 1200). While getting a case with more airflow did help the difference was nowhere near as drastic as when I changed CPU coolers.


Message edited by AdioKIP on 07-11-2009 at 02:15:32 AM
Reply to AdioKIP

Thanks everybody!

I reapplied The Thermal paste
now:
core #0 : 46C
core #1 : 51C

while gaming:
max temp : 63C

Is it normal?

Thanks

Reply to J U N I P E R

That is only 3 degrees less than your initial question.
If you get the thermal paste on either too thick or too thin it wont work very well.
Its tricky to do.
It should be basically about 1mm thick when everything is in place.

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