I have been experiencing higher than normal temperatures ever since I have upgraded from 4 to 8 GB of RAM.
Replacing the RAM involved removing the after-market cooler, and re-applying thermal paste.
I made some progress today in re-applying the thermal paste and dropped my temps be a few degrees, but I am not sure if the high temperatures that I am encountering are due to ambient temperatures, or possibly some kind of RAM problem (or possibly more RAM somehow adding to the core temps?).
It's my first build:
Phenom II 965BE 3.6 GHz @1.35v | AC Freezer 64 Pro | MX-2 thermal compound
4Gx2|GSKILL F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL@ 1333 8-8-8-24
XFX 5870 1GB
MB MSI 870A-G54 AM3
PSU ANTEC|EA650
CASE CM|haf-922
The major thing that is making me confront this issue is that my CPU core temps were going too high while running Prime95 at stock speed while under-volted.
I ran Prime95 for maybe 4-8 minutes using the above configuration and core temps were around 60-62.
ambient temperature may be 27 degrees Celsius or above.
Replacing the RAM involved removing the after-market cooler, and re-applying thermal paste.
I made some progress today in re-applying the thermal paste and dropped my temps be a few degrees, but I am not sure if the high temperatures that I am encountering are due to ambient temperatures, or possibly some kind of RAM problem (or possibly more RAM somehow adding to the core temps?).
It's my first build:
Phenom II 965BE 3.6 GHz @1.35v | AC Freezer 64 Pro | MX-2 thermal compound
4Gx2|GSKILL F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL@ 1333 8-8-8-24
XFX 5870 1GB
MB MSI 870A-G54 AM3
PSU ANTEC|EA650
CASE CM|haf-922
The major thing that is making me confront this issue is that my CPU core temps were going too high while running Prime95 at stock speed while under-volted.
I ran Prime95 for maybe 4-8 minutes using the above configuration and core temps were around 60-62.
ambient temperature may be 27 degrees Celsius or above.