Cpu package temperature getting to 97 degrees (c) on stock speeds. HALP!

[HugoBruins]

So I recently upgraded my a6 5400k to an x4 870k (870k was cheaper at that moment for some reason) but the CPU is getting to really hot temperatures at stock speeds?!

I have some money laying around, is it worthed to upgrade my stock (near silent) amd cooler to a
cooler master hyper 212x to overclock my CPU to around 4.3-4.5 GHz?!

oh and HW monitor shows 97 degrees (c) on CPU package while AIDA64 (trial) shows around 60 degrees (c) CPU temperature, wich one do I trust?!

 

[Makentox]

Weird, if i check HWmonitor and AIDA show similar results. Can u post screenshots?
I would not spend money on such cheap cpu, however u can buy a good cooler that you could use for the future upgrades. So i would suggest cryorig H7, compared to 212 evo, cost 10$ more, very silent, cool better.

 

[HugoBruins]

here is the screenshot from both at the same time on idle/medium load

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Oh and good suggestion on the H7, it does seem a little bit better than the EVO and i can get it for cheaper in my country!

 

[Yukizuna]

May I ask what you are using to monitor temperature speeds? I would recommend AMD Overdrive to monitor.
If you are using a stock cooler, then changing to a new cooler is definitely a good choice. AMD stock coolers aren't exactly the best around.

However, keep in mind that AMDs generally have two different temperatures to consider.

Resource for your convenience: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-2122665/understanding-temperature-amd-cpus-apus.html

Hope this helps!

 

[Makentox]

Did u take picture of HWmonitor under any stress test? Cpu utilization stays low but frequency and voltage high.. Post screenshot of hwmonitor when idle. Preferably use prime95 if u have one installed.

 

[HugoBruins]

a few seconds of stress testing with prime 95, I don't know what's wrong....

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[aquielisunari]

So I recently upgraded my a6 5400k to an x4 870k (870k was cheaper at that moment for some reason) but the CPU is getting to really hot temperatures at stock speeds?!

I have some money laying around, is it worthed to upgrade my stock (near silent) amd cooler to a
cooler master hyper 212x to overclock my CPU to around 4.3-4.5 GHz?!

oh and HW monitor shows 97 degrees (c) on CPU package while AIDA64 (trial) shows around 60 degrees (c) CPU temperature, wich one do I trust?!

Neither. You only use AMD Overdrive with AMD CPUs.

 

[HugoBruins]

Do i have to undervolt my cpu and to what voltage? It came with 1.475 volts stock?!

 

[aquielisunari]

Do i have to undervolt my cpu and to what voltage? It came with 1.475 volts stock?!

Why undervolt? We still haven't verified what your temperatures are.

 

[HugoBruins]

Because I undervolted it to 1.3 volts and now it's running at 80 degrees while stressing... Thanks for saying the voltage was way too high though, this worked!

 

[aquielisunari]

Because I undervolted it to 1.3 volts and now it's running at 80 degrees while stressing... Thanks for saying the voltage was way too high though, this worked!

Nice. Which program did you use to find that temperature?

 

[HugoBruins]

Because I undervolted it to 1.3 volts and now it's running at 80 degrees while stressing... Thanks for saying the voltage was way too high though, this worked!

Nice. Which program did you use to find that temperature?

I used HWmonitor and amd overdrive to confirm the right temperature.

Now I am running it at 4.2 GHz with a voltage of 1.42 V and it is going trough 10 minutes of the stability test. Sadly 4.3 GHz didn't quite get through at 1.42 V, it bluescreened after 20 seconds of stress/stability testing. Temperatures around 85 degrees here.