Crazy Overheating processor

[kalil_miles]

My cpu is overheating like crazy! I've checked the voltage and the thermal paste etc but i can't cool it down. It gets to 95°c in less than 10 minutes in idle. What do I do?

 

[Ecky]

What CPU? What cooler? What motherboard? What are you using to monitor temperatures with?

 

[MnMWizard]

You do need to put your specs, but try seeing if your CPU fan actually spins, it may be broken.

 

[kalil_miles]

Gigabyte AM3+ AMD DDR3 1333 760G HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Motherboard GA-78LMT-USB3, AMD ADXB26OCK23GM Athlon II X2 B26 3.20GHz Socket AM2+/AM3 Regor CPU Processor, and just a fanless heatsink on the cpu

 

[Max1s]

Lol fanless heatsink? Did you take the fan off?

 

[kalil_miles]

Didn't come with one and I'm monitoring the temp with hwcpuid. It get so hot you can't even touch it

 

[Ecky]

That CPU is close to 8 years old, has it never had a fan on it, and not overheated until now?

 

[kalil_miles]

I just bought it. And the heatsink was made fanless. I built everything last night.

 

[Ecky]

What heatsink? You need one that's capable of dissipating a continuous 65w.

 

[kalil_miles]

I kinda just rigged this to it : Dell P4 CPU Heatsink Assembly Xeon Nocona Prescott SMT/TMD

 

[geofelt]

You need a cooler with a fan. $30 buys you a cryorig H7.
Until you get one, take the case covers off and direct a house fan at the innards.

 

[Kurz]

You NEED a Heatsink with a FAN ON IT.

 

[kalil_miles]

It climbs to nearly 100°c, would a hsf really help enough to get it below 60°c?

 

[Ecky]

Yes, that's what they exist for. Most CPUs come with a heatsink and fan when purchased.

 

[kalil_miles]

Alright. What cooler would you guys suggest under $65?

 

[Ecky]

Frankly I would not recommend dumping much money into that old CPU. The Athlon x2 is worth 99 cents on eBay.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR9.TRC2.A0.H0.Xathlon+x2.TRS0&_nkw=athlon+x2&_sacat=0

The components in your PC are ~8 years old and for anything more than basic desktop usage they'd probably end up going to a recycler, to be melted down for their rare earths. If you still have the ability to return the components you can probably do much better.

EDIT: Pick up any AMD stock cooler, it should work. You might be able to get it for free.

 

[kalil_miles]

what would be a good substitute processor around $65?

 

[Ecky]

Since you already have an AM3+ motherboard (which I would not have recommended), something like an FX-4300 might be found in that price range, and it will come with an adequate cooler. It will also be more than twice, possible close to 3x as fast as the Athlon X2. Be aware that it's also a 4 year old CPU though and is basically discontinued.

 

[kalil_miles]

would an AMD FX 4100 4-Core Processor, 3.6 4 Socket AM3+ FD4100WMGUSBX work as well?

 

[Ecky]

The FX-4100 would be an improvement, but the FX-41xx, 61xx and 81xx are notoriously bad CPUs. AMD's Bulldozer architecture performed very badly when compared with Intel's processors at the time, and were even a bit slower than their previous CPUs that they replaced, the Phenom II's.

I would suggest either a Phenom II x4 or an FX-4300, depending on what price you can get.

 

[jghaverty]

Keeping it simple...

1) did you remove the plastic on the bottom of the heatsink?
2) did you apply TIM?
3) did you apply it properly?