AMD FX 8150 Temp Problem

[Osborne91]

I recently bought a build off a guy who was selling it. He has a lot of experience building PCs so I was comfortable buying it. It ran great for a while and he stress tested it to make sure it was stable. Just a few weeks ago the temps starting to get hotter. My cousin likes to play Runescape and after an hour or so it gets too hot and the PC shuts down. I ran Prime95 and the temp will go up to 70-80C within a minute or two so I have to stop the test. I tried reapplying the thermal paste two times. Granted it was my first time, the 2nd attempt looked much much better than the first.

My idle temps are 2-3C if that helps.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106102 this is the heatsink he put into the build. I was thinking about downgrading to something smaller because this heatsink doesn't fit 100% on the CPU due to the Sentey fan above it.

Specs for reference:
AMD FX-8150 3.6GHz Eight-Core CPU
AMD XFX HD 7850 1Gb
8GB G. Skill Rip Jaws
ASUS M5A78L-M LX Plus AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX
Sentey Optimus Extreme Division case

I'm very new to fixing things inside the computer so maybe I am doing something wrong, but I have no clue where to go from here. Very frustrating to say the least. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If I forgot any information or you need me I'll try to provide it.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

Some of the 'Basics'
Open Computer, Can Air dust out the bunnies and use paint brush on the vents, coolers, fans, etc.
Make sure the wiring is tucked out of the way. Up can check airflow with simple incents, just watch the smoke and see, does the air suck in cold air and blow out hot? Is the hot air dissappaiting or is it just being sucked back in? Also helps to not have the system say inside a enclosed desk shelf that there is no where for the hot air to go but back inside.

Download and run SPECCY, copy and paste the first tab to show your idle temps
Download and run MSI Afterburner, run some of the games that crash, what temps are you getting when underload?

Sometimes you may have malicious stuff in the background hammering a system which can as well cause issues.
Remove whatever AV your using and go to www.filehippo.com and download AVAST! or AVG and do a full system scan - this repeatedly has resolved alot of people issue relying on MS Essentials.

Download Malwarebytes do a full system scan (AV doesn't pick up alot of malware) - this resolved almost ALL other similiar posts to date as most had Malware the AV didn't pick up.

Repeat the AV/Malware scans till the system comes up clean.

Turn off any OverClocking (OC) and see if this helps, maybe someone 'thought a little more' was good but now causes the instability.


New patched and fixes come out all the time, even after a great 'build', so
Did you install all Windows Updates? Including options except BING? Check them and repeat till ALL are installed.
Download and run Slim Drivers, install all the latest updates but you don't need to reboot until you do the last update
Check the Mobo maker's website and see if there is a BIOS update that may also address this.


Let us know each result please

 

[Osborne91]

I air dusted three or four times already 😛. I have two fans blowing air in, one being a huge one on the side, and a fan blowing out the rear. Also, the heatsink has a decent fan right in between the coils.

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX-8150 12 °C
Zambezi 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 812MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. M5A78L-M LX PLUS (AM3R2) 29 °C
Graphics
2367 (1920x1080@60Hz)
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series (XFX Pine Group) 26 °C
Storage
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-75ZF5A0 ATA Device (SATA) 24 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH40L ATA Device
Audio
AMD High Definition Audio Device


I used his Runescape account and monitored. Gpu usage was around 85-90% in Afterburner. Temp was max 35C for GPU.
CPU
AMD FX-8150 59 °C
Zambezi 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 812MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. M5A78L-M LX PLUS (AM3R2) 62 °C

These temps were from SPECCY while the game was open. Turned it off because they were going higher.

Currently already using Avast and Malwarebytes. Nothing came up on Avast. 1 thing on malware which was a PUP from a version of Coretemp I was trying to download. I don't believe anything is being OCd at the moment.

Going to restart from a few optional windows updates then will try Slim Drivers on reboot. Stay tuned!

EDIT: So I ran Malwarebytes after I installed everything and I had over 100 new PUPs...

 

[Osborne91]

Well, after doing everything you said, I tested Prime again and temps went over 61C before I turned it off. Meh. I bought a new heatsink off Amazon. Should arrive tomorrow. Hoping it will fit more onto the CPU then my current one does and fixes this annoyance...

 

[Tom Tancredi]

Uhm okay let's back up a step, your upset about hitting 61C?????? That is awesome and your other temps are best in class. I am not sure where you think you are 'bad' or unacceptable. What range DO you think you should be at? Single digits?

 

[Osborne91]

Well, considering I said I turned it off at 61C because it was going over that. My temps are getting into 75-85C... I turn it off before I do any long-term damage.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

Agreed if you hit 85 or so, 90 is max, but still acceptable, 100 is the bad spot. "Gpu usage was around 85-90% in Afterburner", you rgetting hard tasked for simply Runescape. I know how much it can graphically demand, but it isn't BF4 or such, even if all on 'Ultra' settings it should be cranking your card that high much less severe heat issues. I am thinking the source of your heating is in the GPU, and not CPU. So I am of the idea that either the fans aren't working right or (as I suggested) it is just blowing heat into the case and not expelling it to cause a negative effect on the opposite side grill and pull in cooler air. I again suggest two simple test, pull off the case door and run a fan on it while you do the 'play runescape shutdown in a hour' and see if you get past that point. IF you do, that is the culprit (overheating) alright. I then would do the incense trick and watch the stream of smoke and see where things go. It doesn't matter what this 'expert builder did' , we are just trying to establish what the issue is and why.