- Aug 22, 2014
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Whenever I play my games such as Far Cry 4, Battlefield 4 and Watch Dogs my CPU temps are higher than I would like
They are 55-62(C). In the case of BF4 it gets to the point where the game lags and skips when the CPU hits 60 or higher.
I have an R9 280X Dual X OC Edition 3GB. I get 55-60FPS on all high in BF4
Here is an overview.
I have an AMD FX 8150 3.6GHz Black Edition
1) First year stock HSF worked great, something happened temps were suddenly 70-80C in BF4, PC shutting down.
2) New HSF (CM Hyper N520) new paste, arctic silver 5
3) Temps are still too high for my taste.
My temps idle in the mid to upper teens and fluctuate to the 20s. They go into the 30s if I open something heavy like Photoshop or steam and what not. That's all fine, but 55-60 while gaming?
I have a BIG open case with TWO count em TWO 200MM fans and a 120MM exhaust fan. My Push Pull on the Heat Sink Fan blows the air out of the back of the case.
Today I blew out the HSF with some air and it did knock some dust out and I guess I saw a 1-3(C) difference but it still hit 62(C) at one point. The safe zone for the FX 8150 is 61(C).
I know this is true because if I go over it the game lags. I should probably confess I did the X method when I replaced my paste: [This is before I put the HS on backwards and wasted that paste](http://puu.sh/dDbLB/f96759e764.png) I had to re-do it but forgot to take the picture because I was mad. The actual paste method was proportionally similar to this.
Is this a good method? Could it be my issue? Do I need to go Liquid? Do I need to go Intel? I know for a fact people have lower temps with this CPU, they have admitted it to me on here and in BF4.
They are 55-62(C). In the case of BF4 it gets to the point where the game lags and skips when the CPU hits 60 or higher.
I have an R9 280X Dual X OC Edition 3GB. I get 55-60FPS on all high in BF4
Here is an overview.
I have an AMD FX 8150 3.6GHz Black Edition
1) First year stock HSF worked great, something happened temps were suddenly 70-80C in BF4, PC shutting down.
2) New HSF (CM Hyper N520) new paste, arctic silver 5
3) Temps are still too high for my taste.
My temps idle in the mid to upper teens and fluctuate to the 20s. They go into the 30s if I open something heavy like Photoshop or steam and what not. That's all fine, but 55-60 while gaming?
I have a BIG open case with TWO count em TWO 200MM fans and a 120MM exhaust fan. My Push Pull on the Heat Sink Fan blows the air out of the back of the case.
Today I blew out the HSF with some air and it did knock some dust out and I guess I saw a 1-3(C) difference but it still hit 62(C) at one point. The safe zone for the FX 8150 is 61(C).
I know this is true because if I go over it the game lags. I should probably confess I did the X method when I replaced my paste: [This is before I put the HS on backwards and wasted that paste](http://puu.sh/dDbLB/f96759e764.png) I had to re-do it but forgot to take the picture because I was mad. The actual paste method was proportionally similar to this.
Is this a good method? Could it be my issue? Do I need to go Liquid? Do I need to go Intel? I know for a fact people have lower temps with this CPU, they have admitted it to me on here and in BF4.
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