Athlon X4 845 High temps, wrong temp readings or something else?

[FXingSerious]

Hi there

I have noticed that the core temps are very high whenever I put a little load on the CPU. If I let it idle, it goes down to 17C or less which makes no sense. It goes above 70C always! I am using speedfan because most programs can't seem to detect the temp sensors on this cpu. Speccy, coretemp.. non of those work. Here is a picture of my BIOS temps... You can see its 70C+ too.

I have done reapplying the thermal paste twice... no difference. The cooler is a Raijintek Zelos and the thermal paste is a Tuniq TX2. I also added a 140mm Silverstone fan to my HTPC case. Not helping either.

 

[CountMike]

Did you try AMD Overdrive program ?

 

[FXingSerious]

Did you try AMD Overdrive program ?

Yes.. will not start. Says "cannot find AMD CPU or current CPU doesnt support overdrive". I also tried AMD System Monitor. Gigabyte's System Monitor crashes if I try to start up. Core temp gives me "0" temp.

 

[CountMike]

That's too bad. Did you try HW Info, I find it closely corresponding temperatures with AOD.
Your main concern is temps at high loads, idle temps were never accurate with AMD processors.