Best Cooling for under $75? CPU is 81 CELSIUS

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dunnousername

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I have about $75 I can put toward cooling. I always use stock CPU fan, but I think I need an upgrade.

I had one computer running prime95 (on Linux, no X running), and it said something like:
CPU0... threshold...
I think it was about tempurature 🙁

Now I have a six-core AMD, integrated graphics (and sound), 8GB DDR3 RAM.

I happened to check temperature. From "sensors" on the command line on Linux Mint (lmsensors or something):

atk0110-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
Vcore Voltage: +1.37 V (min = +0.80 V, max = +1.60 V)
+3.3V Voltage: +3.36 V (min = +2.97 V, max = +3.63 V)
+5V Voltage: +5.10 V (min = +4.50 V, max = +5.50 V)
+12V Voltage: +12.03 V (min = +10.20 V, max = +13.80 V)
CPU Fan Speed: 3358 RPM (min = 600 RPM, max = 7200 RPM)
Chassis Fan Speed: 1753 RPM (min = 600 RPM, max = 7200 RPM)
CPU Temperature: +81.0°C (high = +60.0°C, crit = +95.0°C)
MB Temperature: +38.0°C (high = +45.0°C, crit = +75.0°C)

fam15h_power-pci-00c4
Adapter: PCI adapter
power1: 91.75 W (crit = 94.99 W)

k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: +80.4°C (high = +70.0°C)
(crit = +83.5°C, hyst = +80.5°C)

And HDDtemp says:

/dev/sdb: WDC WD2500JS-60MHB1: 44°C

(/dev/sdb because 2TB other drive shows up as /dev/sda)

[strike]I think this is bad.[/strike] I know this is bad.

Thank you in advanced... concerned 🙁
 
Solution
Unolocogringo
At 80c you processor starts to throttle from overheating.
You case only supports 2 fans which come prinstalled.
Your best option is an aftermarket CPU cooler.
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Thanks for the hasty response!
I have Linux, but I will try it with Wine. (It is a Windows binary)
I never reboot, but I know I have AMT BIOS, not sure what mobo brand it is, forgot at the moment.

Results:

Needed to install wine, but I ran it and:
It 'cannot detect my AMD CPU'
I thought it might need to be root, so I did "sudo wine ..." and it said ".wine is not owned by you" or something...
I tried again without sudo and it still cannot detect my CPU.

Anything else I could do?

Thanks in advance.

Update:

According to lshw, mobo and cpu is:
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: M5A78L-M/USB3
vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
physical id: 0
version: Rev X.0x
serial: 151158185800716
slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 2101
date: 12/02/2014
size: 64KiB
capacity: 1984KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot bi
osbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: AM3R2
size: 3GHz
capacity: 3500MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_api
cid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_
core perfctr_nb arat cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold vmmcall bmi1 cpufreq
configuration: cores=6 enabledcores=6 threads=6

wait... 200MHz?
 
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Sure looks promising... way more than a stock cooler :pt1cable:

I have a Rosewill FBM-01, wonder if it will fit in the case... it looks big.

And I am guessing there is no water cooling/peltier/irresponsibly throwing computer in mineral oil (tee hee) solution that could be under $75? That is all I want to spend...

Thanks in advance.

Update:
Looking at http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1865662/hyper-212-evo-intel-stock-cooler.html, it seems very good... thanks for showing me that!
 
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PLEASE reassure me this is a bad idea:

Sticking an oven thermometer near the CPU Fan

I am 99.9% sure this is a really bad idea... but is that the only way to get an accurate reading?

Oh, and I get 81.0C on Gkrellm. Also, my computer is lagging INSANELY, while I am typing this.
 
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If you are running Nvidia drivers you can monitor temps in the Nvidia Xserver.
To control fan speed.

sudo nvidia-xconfig
sudo nvidia-xconfig --cool-bits=4
Restart and you have manual fan control.

Or for more control download file for your driver version.
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/

Sorry posted to wrong thread. you are running intergated HD3000 graphics.
 
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So is 2 fans not a lot? My mobo only supports one case fan, the other is connected by molex. I bought the case because I thought it had a lot of fans... I used that case for all of my builds (2 so far)
 
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For a small case with the CPU & GPU running @ 100% load it is the minimum needed. More fans moves more cooler air through the case.
Your CPU and most GPUs dump their heat into the case, which the fans remove.
An easy test is to feel the sides ,top and back of the case with your hands while it has been loaded for a while.
If the case is warm compared to your desk it could use more airflow.
Another easy test is to remove the side panel. If temps drop a lot, you need more air flow.

It is not a bad case, it just was not designed for high wattage component cooling, that is why it has 1 120mm intake and 1 80mm exhaust in the back.
Plus the AND stock heatsinks are not designed foe 100% constant load.
Especially Prime95 which loads the cpu very hard and constant.
My case has
1 200mm intake
1 140mm intake
1 120mm intake
3 120mm exhaust
plus 2 120mm CPU cooler fan and 1 100mm Video card fan.
They all run at slow speeds except the CPU which is @ 100% and the GPU which is @50-60%.
And it is quiet because the intake and exhaust fans run 500-800 rpms.
 
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He is running @ default speeds ,and throttling according to his posts.
The CPU is @ 3GHZ under prime95 .Stock is 3.5ghz and boost is 4.0ghz.
 
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