Fx 4100 hitting 60C under load

[jonno121]

i have a tx3 evo cooler and the fan doesnt seem to spin very fast and under load my fx 4100 hits 58-60 C and the fan spins at around 1100 rpm, is this a normal temperature? also how can i increase the fan speed?

 

[mocchan]

Have you overclocked your CPU at all? Also, is the mount for the cooler properly installed? Also, what is your ambient temperature?

 

[jonno121]

nope, its still at stock speed (3.6ghz) and the cooler is mounted right with heat paste and i dont know the ambient temperature

 

[mocchan]

How much thermal compound did you apply?

You may want to check some things inside the BIOS regarding the CPU fan spinning up if this problem persists.

 

[jonno121]

right now its running at 57C on minecraft, i put a pea sized blob of thermal paste on and ive tried changing the fan speed in bios but it didnt work

 

[mocchan]

How is the cable management inside your case? Is there ample room for air to move towards the CPU cooler?

Also it would be great if you could show me a screenshot of CPU-Z with your CPU under load, I'm concerned about the voltages now.

 

[jonno121]

 

[noob2222]

are you monitoring the internal cpu temp or the motherboard socket temp? if thats the mb socket, thats fairly normal. If thats the internal cpu temp, may be a bit high.

 

[mocchan]

^ Thanks for pointing that out, forgot about the socket and core temps :lol:

However, those voltages seem pretty high for a stock FX-4100...I think you should be able to lower it down to the 1.3xv range. My Phenom II ran stock at 1.3v, no doubt a more power efficient chip would be able to.