G4560 idle temp 50C!?

[xnivx01]

Hi, I've got a new Pentium G4560 installed with its stock hsf.

The temp in the BIOS during the first boot was a shocking 52C! It is around 50C when idle with CPU usage <5%. Load temp is around 65C.

Is this normal?

 

[atomicWAR]

Depends on the temp in the room and the fact your running a stock heat-sink. I wouldn't say it is not normal depending. Did you apply thermal paste? If yes I wouldn't worry too much.

 

[xnivx01]

The room temp is around 32C and nope i did not apply thermal paste since its the stock cooler.

I've not had any intel processor hitting more than 40C at idle. Even my 8 year old i5 760 is 32C at idle without changing the thermal paste once.

 

[atomicWAR]

You need thermal paste, even on a stock cooler. Did the cooler have paste pre-applied? If no this is your issue. Apply thermal paste.

 

[xnivx01]

Umm of course there's pre-applied thermal paste on every stock cooler, I use them all the time and they hv no problem at all.

I'm not sure if this is my cpu issue or reading error. My motherboard is ASRock H110M-DVS

 

[atomicWAR]

Umm of course there's pre-applied thermal paste on every stock cooler, I use them all the time and they hv no problem at all.

I'm not sure if this is my cpu issue or reading error. My motherboard is ASRock H110M-DVS

There should be paste yes but on rare occasions stock coolers have come without it. As for an error it is possible but with out a thermal temp gun you won't be able to know for sure. Again your temps aren't that bad. You may need new thermal paste you may not. It's tough to tell just going by those temps. Did you remove all plastic covering the the CPU/heat-sink (hate to ask but one guy last week did not so, thus asking). If you have some spare paste around I would try that or buy some if you don't. This will help rule out a misread in the software/hardware. It is possible you have an air bubble in your paste or your heat sink has come loose. So check to make sure your heat-sink is snug.