CPU temp info needed

[caribbean87]

I just built my 1st PC it has a fx8350 4ghz with stock hs on a MSI 970 g43 mobo and a radon r7 260x oc video card. My CPU is idling at 61c is this to high

 

[gwapito]

Thats is not normal and thats very hot temp. Did you oc your cpu? are you running with a stock cooler?

 

[caribbean87]

I didn't oc the CPU and yes its the stock cooler

 

[Karadjgne]

Yes, for idle temps you should be looking at more like 10-20° over ambient. For 61° that would make ambient temps somewhere around 40-50°C, deep desert temps.

 

[gwapito]

I didn't oc the CPU and yes its the stock cooler

What app you using to check your temps? Can you post it?
I suggest running hwinfo64 as it will give you min, max, and average.
Better reseat your stock cooler and make sure enough(not too much and not too little) thermal paste. Rice grain like as they say

 

[caribbean87]

The temp is from MSI bios page thing . I'm still installing Windows. I don't have a DVD drive so I couldn't install drivers could this cause a false reading.

 

[gwapito]

No, drivers doesn't have to do anything with the bios temp reading. Download hwinfo64 after you install windows and let me know the temps and we troubleshoot from there. It will still run even without the drivers installed

 

[Karadjgne]

Stock coolers usually come with pre-applied thermal paste, so that shouldn't be an issue as long as 2 steps were followed correctly. Step 1. Remove the clear plastic protective film from the thermal paste. Step 2. Press the cooler down firmly until it snaps in, with a minimal amount of sideways motion. You did do step 1, didn't you?

 

[caribbean87]

Yes but I will remove and reapply the paste in the morning and see how it works I have cooler master thermal 400 paste is that going to be good to use?

 

[caribbean87]

Just put a DVD drive in. Tried to load windows from disc but window run into an error and shut down. The luck of the 1st build I guess. Lol going to format the HDD again to make sure its clean (no windows installed if it was before) the HDD came from my old computer that the local computer shop said That wiped out.

 

[caribbean87]

I repasted my CPU cooler and it still shows a 61°

 

[gwapito]

try resetting bios to default settings

 

[caribbean87]

Speccy is showing the CPU at 5° and motherboard at 30° is that good?

 

[Karadjgne]

Speccy can be hit or miss with Amd boards, its great with Intel however. I'd look into realtemp as an alternative

 

[caribbean87]

Core temp is reading at the same Temp's 5-7° idle and 28-35° with need for seed rivals a movie and 6 windows open while downloading music

 

[caribbean87]

The need for speed rivals is on max settings