Overheating Phenom II X4 955 BE

[rocketracer]

My Phenom II X4 955 BE at stock settings is overheating. Its full load temp is 61c and Idle is 42c. I wanted to overclock it alot, but at these temps I can't. Whats going on?

 

[Deleted member 362816]

Those temps look rather normal.. what heat sink do you have

 

[amuffin]

Heatsink? Case airflow? Please elaborate.

 

[rocketracer]

Stock heat sink. Not sure what you mean by case airflow but here is my case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

 

[amuffin]

Change the heatsink to the cooler master hyper 212+ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

 

[Anonymous_26]

Those temps really seem THAT bad. Either way though you really aren't going to be able to over clock with either a stock AMD or Intel heatsink. The stock heatsinks just can't dissipate the extra heat caused by the overclocking process. If you want to overclock you'll need to go with a aftermarket fan/heatsink or water cooling.