amd fx-9370 it runs without a water cooler, I am using my stock 8350 heatsink/fan

[Panicsferd]

I am posting this here, it really isn't a question but to let other people know that this CPU isn't as hot as they say and for me it is working on my stock 8350 heatsink/fan.

Backstory is my brother bought this pre-built tower from someone that had some parts he wanted to upgrade his PC... it had the new MB that supports that fx-9370 and the CPU itself. My brother took a few of the parts that he wanted: RAM, PSU, and GPU. But then gave me the case, the MB and CPU, he also took the water cooler that was in the case.

I then decided to just hook up my stock 8350 heatsink/fan and behold it was working and my highest temps for the CPU underload was 68c, my GPU was running like 71-72c.

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I also just have the three default fans that came with the case.

Specs:
Corsair 780T Graphite Black Case
ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z
FX-9370 4.4Ghz (I think OCed to 4.7?)
Gigabyte 7870 GHz OC Edition 2GBs
CoolerMaster 650w 80+ Gold PSU
8GBs 1600 RAM
70GB HDD (WIndows)
1TB HDD(Applications/Data)

 

[Panicsferd]

Update: I got my water cooler and after playing a lot of my different games before everything is cooler now and here is my prime95 test video after the water cooler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEQyCvldEHA

I only did it for like 6 minutes, but as you can see it is an improvement than the stock cpu cooler and I noticed on here even though the HWMonitor cpu temp was pretty high (I'm not sure if this is the VRM?) it never gets that high when playing high demanding games. When I was playing ARK (which is a pretty demanding game) the max the HWMonitor cpu temp got was 65c, and the CPU was a max of like 54c, but it stayed around 44-48c.

 

[Themastererr]

When you make the switch to liquid cooling you strip all airflow from the VRM's. Most AMD FX enthusiasts Zip-tied CPU fans to the VRM areas to avoid overheating when coupled with liquid cooling.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Yep, that's exactly what I said, several times now. Usually some kind of DIY cooling is needed for the voltage regulation and chipset components (VRMs, Northbridge) when you remove the air cooler because you lose any residual airflow over them. Memory tends to sometimes suffer too, depending on the configuration and settings.