50 degrees at idle with amd fx 8320

[marcoandrade]

Hi i have a amd fx 8320 and a cooler master hyper tx3 evo on a msi 970 gaming motherboard. its between 40-60 degrees in the bios. I have applied thermal paste correctly.. What do i do ?!?!

 

[alichowdry]

you sure you are putting the right amount of thermal paste on the cpu?
I also have a fx8320, i originally put too much thermal paste on and it shot up to 60 degrees at load!! then reapplied it correctly and it wont exceed 30 degrees at idle and wont go above 40 degrees under load with a similar cooler to you

 

[GhislainG]

Hi i have a amd fx 8320 and a cooler master hyper tx3 evo on a msi 970 gaming motherboard. its between 40-60 degrees in the bios. I have applied thermal paste correctly.. What do i do ?!?!

I know you've already picked a solution, but I doubt a CM TX3 Evo can keep the 125W FX-8320 really cool when it can't keep an 84W i5-4590 below 80°C at full load in a room at 23°C while getting rather noisy.

Edit: While in the BIOS the CPU isn't idle, nut it also isn't that busy. Use AMD Overdrive to check the thermal margins at full load.

 

[alichowdry]

I just think some people don't know how much thermal paste to put on, trust me I put a normal pea sized amount on and it was too much! I put a little less and it never exceeds 40 degrees even when turbo core is enabled to 4ghz!

 

[GhislainG]

A normal pea size is way too much thermal paste; the size of a grain of rice should be enough. Honestly I'd never consider a TX3 Evo for a 125W CPU; I'd use it for a 95W or less CPU. I'll move my TX3 Evo to an i3-4150 and get a better cooler for my i5.

 

[marcoandrade]

Hi i have a amd fx 8320 and a cooler master hyper tx3 evo on a msi 970 gaming motherboard. its between 40-60 degrees in the bios. I have applied thepaste correctly.. What do i do ?!?!

I know you've already picked a solution, but I doubt a CM TX3 Evo can keep the 125W FX-8320 really cool when it can't keep an 84W i5-4590 below 80°C at full load in a room at 23°C while getting rather noisy.

Edit: While in the BIOS the CPU isn't idle, nut it also isn't that busy. Use AMD Overdrive to check the thermal margins at full load.

i might get a new cooler... either a hyper 212 evo or a h55 liquid cooler

 

[GhislainG]

A 212 Evo would be a significant improvement while not that much more expensive.