While awaiting delivery of a new cooler Noctua NH-L12 I thought I'd do some temperature checks on my new system currently Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H & AMD A10 6800K cpu still using the stock cooler (noisy). CPU temps in bios jump between 65c - 67c, in Windows 7 using HW Monitor I'd expect temps a bit higher cos the OS is running along with other background programs, according to HW Monitor temps seem lower than the bios at idle.
To be honest with you guys I'm not too sure on how to properly read HW Monitor or safe cpu temps. I ran Prime 95 only for a few minutes then I chickened out and stopped the test when I seen cpu temps going over the 100c figure, I was afraid I'd damage the cpu.
I have taken a screen grab of HW Monitor the left pic is at idle and right side one is with Prime 95 running. Could someone tell me if these figures are something to be concerned about. I'm hoping the new colloer will be better for the CPU and my ears
To be honest with you guys I'm not too sure on how to properly read HW Monitor or safe cpu temps. I ran Prime 95 only for a few minutes then I chickened out and stopped the test when I seen cpu temps going over the 100c figure, I was afraid I'd damage the cpu.
I have taken a screen grab of HW Monitor the left pic is at idle and right side one is with Prime 95 running. Could someone tell me if these figures are something to be concerned about. I'm hoping the new colloer will be better for the CPU and my ears