CPU Overheating D:

[ryukcro]

Hello everyone 😀

So I bought my cousin a new machine and it looks like the cpu is overheating... It s on 60+ degrees on idle which is kinda much comparing with mine which is 30+ degrees. :/
I went to the BIOS and it looks like the voltage is on 1.3V or even more. When playing Far Cry 3 it goes to even 80+ degrees... That is not normal right?

CPU: AMD Athlon x4 740x
GPU: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X
MOBO: Biostar A88M
RAM: 4GB 1333MHz

 

[ghost878]

Reinstall the cooler with right ammount of thermal paste, or if the stock cooler is too old replace it with a custom

 

[ryukcro]

But everything is new :/ Everything is standard, bought it a week ago... Thermal paste was on and everything :S Could it be because it is a Mini Case?

 

[Super Batman]

Make sure you have good airflow.
Clean the fans.
1.3V is a little high, I'd turn it to 1.2 see how that works.

 

[ghost878]

Its a CPU heatsink problem mostly. It could be a mini case issue only if air vents are small, first try the cpu second install some case fans

 

[EvgaLover]

is he using the stock cooler?

 

[ghost878]

Even if he is 80+ deg points to something going haywire :/

 

[ryukcro]

@Ghost878
Okay, so I just checked the heatsink and everything is placed fine. Nothing is moving and it is static. There was some thermal paste when I bought it so that shouldn't be the case and it couldn't dry out in a week :/

@EvgaLover
Yep, but I am using a stock cooler and it is on 30+ degrees idle :S

@Super Batman
The voltage is changing all the time from 1.3V+ to 1.4V+ :/

 

[EvgaLover]

well bad airflow + stock cooler = not good

 

[ryukcro]

I just ran Unigine Valley Benchmark and the temp went to 86C. Can anything happen to the cpu?
The gpu temp went to 65C+, so I think that it is because of the mini case :/

 

[ryukcro]

I opened one side of the case and now it is a bit better... It went down to 55C 😀
Anyone knows any coolers that are pretty good and not expensive? 😀

 

[EvgaLover]

cooler master hyper 212 evo

 

[Basho123]

That is a pretty big cooler for a standard ATX housing. I would suggest http://www.directron.com/cnps9500aled.html, because i have it myself too, and works great! BTW for the voltage, set the bios to default values in case someone tampered with it, and with this cooler, you should not get above 40 degrees celsius under load with a room temperature of 20 degrees celsius.

 

[ryukcro]

The BIOS are on default for sure... I have put everything together. He bought every single part for itself and they don't know how to get to BIOS, so 😀