Bios, cpu, and overheating

[jselent]

Recently I installed HwMonitor to look at my CPU and GPU temps. It was reading about 50 degrees on my CPU which is what I mainly care about. When I went into bios though, it said my CPU had a temp of 70 degrees which is way to hot. Any help on why or how this is happening would be great.

 

[neieus]

Intel or AMD? The bios temp should be the most accurate and depending on the CPU some temp monitors aren't always accurate when the system is under heavy load. What CPU heat sink are you using? How's your case air flow?

 

[jselent]

Well I have the AMD FX 8350 with the stock fan, but not overclocked. I also have the Zalman z11 plus witch has ok air flow.

 

[neieus]

Install and overdrive and check your thermal limit. Amd CPU's are tricky on temps because you have the core temp and the package temp which can be higher. The only accurate way to know your true temp is to use that and see what it reads for your thermal limit. Also keep in mind the stock cooler is pretty basic and personally I would not use it as your temps will always be higher than any other after market cooler.

For more on thermal margin check out this link.http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2122665/understanding-temperature-amd-cpus-apus.html

 

[jselent]

ok, i got overdrive and was looking at the cpu status and only found info on the thermal margin. Is that the same thing as the thermal limit?

 

[Guest]

Recently I installed HwMonitor to look at my CPU and GPU temps. It was reading about 50 degrees on my CPU which is what I mainly care about. When I went into bios though, it said my CPU had a temp of 70 degrees which is way to hot. Any help on why or how this is happening would be great.

Download Speed Fan and Realtemp.
SpeedFan reports the CPU temp from the T Case
and Realtemp reports it from the Thermal Junction
then post the temps from both of those, also make sure your BIOS are up to date for all its worth.

 

[neieus]

Yes thermal limit and margin are the same thing. Please let us know what it's reporting. My guess right now is that you're over heating. Try opening the side of your case and see if that makes a difference also.

 

[jselent]

Ok according to overdrive my CPU is running between 45 and 50 degrees or that is what the thermal margin is jumping.

 

[jselent]

Also, the side of my case is open.

 

[neieus]

That 45-50 is that at idle or while gaming? I'm not sure if you read the guide on the Thermal Margin value counts down so basically you don't want the thermal margin to reach or approach 0.

 

[jselent]

45-50 while in idle