Athlon X4 620 Temperatures

[raz1337]

I just had a system built with an Athlon X4 620 on stock HSF, Gigabyte MA770-UD3P and an Antec Nine Hundred case. At idle, I'm getting:

System: 27C
CPU: 32C
Core: 24C

At load:

System: 26C
CPU: 57C
Core: 50C

Does this seem right? I reapplied a container of a generic thermal compound I had bought because I saw it going up to 58-59C. I ran Prime95 after reinstalling the CPU last night and when I checked the system this morning, it had shut down prematurely. I'm going to try Prime95 once more today while I'm out just to rule out if Windows had done something during the night. If I start trying to OC it, which temperature should I stay below?

I'll likely buy some AS5 and an Arctic Cooler 64 Pro within the next week.

 

[xaira]

those temps are pretty common, core temps are supposed to be higher than cpu temp by approx 5deg c the 64 pro is aait, but id suggest the spire thermax pro
http://www.coolerguys.com/840556089278.html

 

[raz1337]

What's a safe temperature for stock cooling to OC? Also, why the thermax pro over the arctic freezer?

 

[OvrClkr]

what are you using to monitor your temps?

57c at load with stock cooler/stock clocks is too high.

 

[raz1337]

Speedfan. The temps in Speedfan match the ones in the BIOs.

 

[OvrClkr]

Get some AS5 and the Spire like xaira suggested. For the price the Spire is a steal....

 

[raz1337]

I downloaded CoreTemp, and my CPU temps at 3 Ghz in Prime95 were 26C Idle, 52C load. Why are they so different from SpeedFan and the BIOS? Should I trust only one of them?

 

[OvrClkr]

There is too much of a gap between idle and LOAD. I suspect its your thermal compound causing the issue. For example my CPU idles at 35c and LOAD temps never exceed 47c .... I use speedfan and core-temp and both show the same temps....

 

[raz1337]

Oh ok. I'll have it ordered by tomorrow or Monday. I'm curious though, the spire thermax has a 3 pin cpu fan connector. The MA770-UD3P has a 4 pin connector. How will that work?

 

[OvrClkr]

The mobo has a 4 pin header because not all cooler fans have 3 pin connectors. Some fans have a 4 pin connector's like the Xigmatek's among other brands. The connector has only one way to go in, you will see once you receive it....

 

[raz1337]

Oh, so a 3 works with a 4?

 

[EXT64]

Yes, they are backward compatible. The 4 pin is technically PWM (pulse), while the 3 pin is voltage controlled. In the BIOS, there is an option to set it to Auto (it chooses correctly) PWM or Voltage.