AMD A8-5600k weird temperature

[Kyle Toralba]

my amd a8-5600k has a temp of 50-72 idle temp. I dont know what to do. so hot. I am using deepcool ice wind pro , but in the past weeks it turns upto 50-72 idle temp. it has new thermal paste tho... no oc or whatver. please help.... it is so hot in my room.

 

[LucoTF]

Speccy sucks at reading FM2 processors, don't panic I used to have an A10 that showed 95° under load in speccy

Download AMD overdrive and monitor your 'thermal margin', this is your distance from max operating temperature so should shrink under load

 

[Kyle Toralba]

okay I will try it now thanks

 

[Kyle Toralba]

the temp is telling the truth 🙁 how to fix it guys

 

[LucoTF]

66 degrees is good, not bad!

AMD overdrive reports how many safe degrees you have left - when it gets to 10 or under you should start to worry, anything over 10 is fine

 

[Kyle Toralba]

66 degrees is good, not bad!

AMD overdrive reports how many safe degrees you have left - when it gets to 10 or under you should start to worry, anything over 10 is fine

but is it normal even if it is in 74 degrees? I can feel the heat wave hahaha.... I have 4 exhaust 1 intake af120 fan, my heatsink is clean, even in mobo it shows 50-74temp... so weird... but is there anyway to turn it down ? I use to have it at 35-40 last december

 

[LucoTF]

It is normal for the temperature reading in speccy to be completely wrong, yes

I will bet that your thermal margin never drops below 25 degrees, even when gaming

 

[Kyle Toralba]

yey thank you. btw I will get corsair h100i this feb I hope it does help too... can you pm me your contact info?

 

[LucoTF]

yey thank you. btw I will get corsair h100i this feb I hope it does help too... can you pm me your contact info?

Don't get a h100i for that chip, it isn't needed - you could cool the A8 easily with a cheap TX3 evo

Are you using the integrated graphics or a dedicated graphics card?

 

[Kyle Toralba]

I am using r9 270x toxic, with asrock fm2a88x extreme6+ mobo... hmmm.....

 

[LucoTF]

That's a great board, you should definitely try overclocking your CPU using your current ice wind pro cooler - just watch the temperature limit in AMD overdrive and keep it above 10 degrees and you'll be fine

 

[Kyle Toralba]

I will try it for sure as long as I get my h100i xD can you help me please? can you send your contact info so I can call you or message please