Amd Athlon X4 760K High Temps?

[Itanimulli]

I recently built a new pc with the Athlon X4 760K and I started to use HWMonitor to check my cpu temps while gaming and i noticed pretty high temps with a max of like 90c with the stock cooler. Bios temps were like 40-50c.

I later decided to buy the Hyper 212 Evo and noticed good temps in bios 37-40c but when gaming using HWMonitor it showed around the same temps for my cpu with the max being 90c.

I am worried that my cpu is overheating but i haven't noticed any shutdowns under load, could it be that hwmonitor isn't reading the temps correctly?

I have tried using different programs to check temperature, but everything except my cpu temp would show up.

 

[clutchc]

APUs and Athlons are notorious for poor readings with 3rd party software. For best results use the AMD Overdive and check your Thermal Margin instead.
(distance to throttle)
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4645-amd-overdrive.html
I'll bet you have plenty of TM left.

 

[Itanimulli]

APUs and Athlons are notorious for poor readings with 3rd party software. For best results use the AMD Overdive and check your Thermal Margin instead.
(distance to throttle)
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4645-amd-overdrive.html
I'll bet you have plenty of TM left.

So under load would 40c thermal margin be good?

 

[CHOCOLATEkevin]

yes, check my previous threads.You'll find a lot of info on this here http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2289436/good-temperature-software-760k.html

 

[clutchc]

APUs and Athlons are notorious for poor readings with 3rd party software. For best results use the AMD Overdive and check your Thermal Margin instead.
(distance to throttle)
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4645-amd-overdrive.html
I'll bet you have plenty of TM left.

So under load would 40c thermal margin be good?

That would be excellent. Are you sure that was under a heavy load? Try it with prime95 or Intel Burn Test.
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5679-prime95.html
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4965-intelburntest.html

 

[Itanimulli]

APUs and Athlons are notorious for poor readings with 3rd party software. For best results use the AMD Overdive and check your Thermal Margin instead.
(distance to throttle)
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4645-amd-overdrive.html
I'll bet you have plenty of TM left.

So under load would 40c thermal margin be good?

That would be excellent. Are you sure that was under a heavy load? Try it with prime95 or Intel Burn Test.
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5679-prime95.html
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4965-intelburntest.html

Ok i ran Prime95 for a few minutes and my thermal margin stayed around 35c

 

[clutchc]

That is excellent. Lots of thermal margin left. Must have done a good job installing the cooler.

 

[Itanimulli]

That is excellent. Lots of thermal margin left. Must have done a good job installing the cooler.

Thanks I'm glad to hear that