Why is My Phenom 9950 BE 125W Running At 50C idle?

[nytrus90]

Hey guys

Just as the title states

My CPU is running at 50-53 degress idle and 55-59 when gaming, i have not tampered with the heatsink or thermal paste, i just used it straight out of the box. so im running all on stock.

ive tried reseating the heatsink but that come to no anvil.

Anyone got any stories on Sugestions on this matter?

Kind Regards

Nytrus90

The System:

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
AMD 9950 phenom 125w Black Edtion (quad-core)
Sony DVD+RW
Alphapower 1050watt
HIS Radeon HD 4870
Asrock 780gxh (780g chipset, with Crossfire support AM3 CPU ready, FSB 2600)
4gb Patriot 800mhz DDR2

All temps recorded with HWmonitor and AMD Overdrive.

Hope this helps

 

[XD_dued]

Use cpuz and see what the voltage is, it should be less that 1.3v. If its greater, then set it to 1.3 in bios...if it is under that voltage already, maybe you got a bad chip...RMA

 

[someguy7]

The older Phenom will run warmer than the current ones. Not only is your cpu 65nm compared to 45nm of the current ones. That cpu is generally just going to run warm period.


Make sure cool n quiet is enabled to drop the clock speed down when idle. If that is already on then your are pretty much of luck lowering the temps. You can try a better cooler and lowering the cpu voltage.

 

[XD_dued]

The older Phenom will run warmer than the current ones. Not only is your cpu 65nm compared to 45nm of the current ones. That cpu is generally just going to run warm period.


Make sure cool n quiet is enabled to drop the clock speed down when idle. If that is already on then your are pretty much of luck lowering the temps. You can try a better cooler and lowering the cpu voltage.

Even though they are warmer, it's shouldn't be that warm...mine would idle 45C stock cooling @ 3.0 WITHOUT cool and quiet on.

 

[keithlm]

When you say "running all on stock" we're going to assume you mean no overclocking?

You didn't mention what kind of case or how many fans are present in addition to the fan in the power supply. The 4870 is known to run fairly hot. They often idle at about 50C. If you don't have enough case cooling then CPU would also be at 50C since that would be the average temperature in the case.

 

[nytrus90]

i have 2 fans, one at the front (80mm) and one at the back (120mm) with the same one the PSU. and yes no overclocking here

you are correct my GPU is idling at 50C my system temp is at 44C

as for my voltages, its goes from 1.34-1.36 any problems here?

Kind Regards

Nytrus90

 

[someguy7]

Even though they are warmer, it's shouldn't be that warm...mine would idle 45C stock cooling @ 3.0 WITHOUT cool and quiet on.

Still. You take into consideration the gpu. The case air flow. The ambient temp. He may have a chip that needs more volts than yours as well. Is it a little warm? Yes. Is it abnormally warm/hot. I would say no. Would I worry about it? Nope. The load temps are still under 60.

nytrus90. Why do you have a 1050w psu in that machinea anyways.

 

[loneninja]

i have 2 fans, one at the front (80mm) and one at the back (120mm) with the same one the PSU. and yes no overclocking here

you are correct my GPU is idling at 50C my system temp is at 44C

as for my voltages, its goes from 1.34-1.36 any problems here?

Kind Regards

Nytrus90

I would say so, my 9850 does 3.0Ghz with 1.325V and the stock 2.5Ghz with only 1.2V.

 

[cragzman]

I had exactly the same problem with my Phenom 9950BE. I found the the stock cooler was inadiquate and bought a decent Zalman cooler. Solved my constant crashes and BSODs. Even ran Prime95 without any issues. Mine runs now at 48c at full load instead of hitting 65c and then binning out.

 

[nytrus90]

ok guys seems to be a voltage issue maybe, how do i sort this i am a complete noob when it comes to all this voltage stuff so please excuse my ignorance.

i am have stated the mobo i am running, could someone give me detailed instructions on how to drop the Vcore, also is there any protenial danger here and could anything go wrong?

Kind Regards

Nytrus90

 

[nytrus90]

BUMP

 

[loneninja]

You need to find something called CPU VID and just lower it, I'm not familier with ASrock boards so I can't tell you exactly where to go.

 

[nytrus90]

Ok then Thank you, does anyone else have any info on this matter?

Once again thank you for your help.

Nytrus90

 

[nytrus90]

Ok i have found something in the lines of under volting my CPU, but when i set it to manual i have to set my NB and SB voltages also, i dont know what the hell i am doing so i left it back on auto and left the bios (didnt save ofc) so back to sqaure 1

Any dangers if i was to get the Vcore to 1.28v and leave the SB and NB untouched. im really confused please HELP!!!

Regards

Nytrus90

 

[nytrus90]

With some Research i have come across this.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2009/asrock/A780GMH-128M-Review/g4.htm

this is exactly what my mobo bios says, except i am running a 9950 phenom with a max voltage of 1.55v :S when set to auto

what do i do so that i can set my Vcore to about 1.28V?

please let me know if you need any additional information

Kind regards

Nytrus90

 

[nytrus90]

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[nytrus90]

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[nytrus90]

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[nytrus90]

BUMPs

 

[dunklegend]

Great way to pad your post count bump boy!

 

[nytrus90]

XD

 

[XD_dued]

Press f2 at system boot up to enter set up. Look for advanced options in bios, or something like that, it varies between mobos. Do you have the manual to see for reference?

 

[nytrus90]

nope i dont have the manual


Kind regards

Nytrus90

 

[jennyh]

Is it crashing or causing any issues? You don't seem to have mentioned that.

If not, leave it alone. The more you meddle with a pc the chance of something else completely unrelated going wrong increases exponentially.

 

[nytrus90]

there is no crashing present, only issue is the heat. this is a gaming rig and reaching 62+ degrees when gaming is not a means to ingore when the max my CPU can take is 61 degrees so yes i guess there is an issue here.

Kind Regards

Nytrus90