Concerned about pII x4 980 temps

[stickg1]

Hey fellas I just took out my FX-6100 and popped in a PII 980 and at stock voltages and stock clock speed my idle was 35-38C and prime95 would take me to mid 60s. I have a Zalman 9900MAX cooler and I never got close to this temp on stock with the 6100. Was going to overclock but not if my temps are so high already. Do I need to wait for my thermal grease to set a while or is something wrong? Stock voltage was 1.375v is this higher than normal?

 

[Z1NONLY]

Not sure about the voltage, but the temps seem too high.

Maybe try removing, cleaning, and reinstalling the heatsink with fresh thermal grease.

 

[GI_JONES]

Those temps are a bit high unless your room is quite warm. I have the 975, with a zalman cnps 9700, and I idle at about 30, and overclocked to 3.8, I can play BF3 for an hour and only be at 51 or so.
Does your case have dcent cooling?. Mine only had a 120mm in the back when I got it, and my temps were 3-4 degrees higher, until I added another 120mm to the front to bring in some cool air

 

[stickg1]

I just applied thermal grease today with the two line method, i completely cleaned the heatsink and cpu before hand. I have decent airflow, 2 120mm fans up front pulling in, 1 120mm fan in the back pushing out, and 1 140mm fan up top pushing out. maybe i used to much thermal grease, ill reapply this weekend.

 

[stickg1]

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