Healthy CPU temperature for AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz 6-Core?

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Utagaii

Utagaii

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Hi!

I just recently built my first PC and I've been keeping track of my temps, and had a question about my CPU temperatures.

At the moment, my idle (well, with a media player, Chrome, Skype, and some other basic "always-on," programs running) temperature from CoreTemp measurements is usually at 20 C. HWMonitor also reports a temperature of 20 C, with a max of 27 C.

When my CPU is under some sort of load (games), I max out at temperatures of around 51 C (I get to this temperature specifically when playing games like FarCry 3 at high settings or Bioshock 2 at max).

My CPU is not overclocked and is using the stock cooler with the pre-applied paste. My room temperature is 30 C, and where I am, we are in the heart of summer.

I was wondering if these temps are okay or if I should look into buying an aftermarket CPU cooler? I did some research myself beforehand and found that the max temperature for my CPU is around 71 C, and that would mean I am comfortably resting 20 C below that, but I'm not sure if I'm comfortably away from max recommended temperature or the CPU's absolute limit, since the two can have two consequences.

Thanks.
 
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8350rocks
AMD socket temperatures on many motherboards are fairly often mildly inaccurate at idle. (Not sure of the cause of it, but this has been reported semi-frequently here) At load however, they are typically accurate and indicate that you are good.

Max Socket Temp for AMD is 62C. HWMonitor will give you as close to accurate readings as can be expected, though your idle temps are likely a bit off (My guess would be about 5-6C).
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Around 60C is considered the maximum safe temperature. It should definitely go no higher than about 65C.

You're fine, don't worry :)

But, if you need to put your mind at ease, you could pick up an aftermarket cooler, to pull temps lower 😀
 
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Those readings are suspicious - if I'm understanding you correctly, your semi-idle temps are reading lower than the ambient temperature of the room, which doesn't make sense unless you've got some vapor-phase cooling (like a refrigerator) on the cpu or case. I don't see how a stock air cooler could do that.
 
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@JRAtk94
Thanks for the assurance. I probably won't be getting an aftermarket cooler but perhaps I will toss in the 30ish dollars for one sometime since it can't hurt.

@MauveCloud
I'm not sure what to say. I'm not expert at this. My case temperature reads 32 C and my house's heating system shows a 30 C. And all my CPU measuring programs read 20 C. Not sure what could be causing that. Is it possible all the programs are wrong?
 
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Might be miscalibrated temperature sensors in the motherboard/cpu, or it might be sending some extra data needed to correctly calculate the temperature that most monitoring software would ignore. Have you tried this one:
http://openhardwaremonitor.org/downloads/
 
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I actually checked speedfan and it is reporting CPU temperatures (or at least I think that is what Temp 1, 2 and 3 represent, since it never actually says what its measuring exactly. I assume those are 3 cores) of 40-45ish C during semi-idle, sometimes branching to a max of 48 C. I also played Bioshock 2 (by play I mean just leave it on and move around a bit) for about half an hour and reached a max of 60 C, more closer to 53 C. However, it definitely caps at 60 C.

Trying out your program right now as I type... and its fluctuating a lot with the CPU temperature, but the lowest I've seen so far is 23.8, with the highest at 33.8 during semi-idle.
 
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Okay, sorry for the double post, but I keep getting 404 errors when I try to edit my last post. Just wanted to include that the program also states that my Max is 45.3 C.

Also, the CPU temp is still fluctuating, but the range of values has actually risen. Before it was, as I said, 23.8 - 33.8 C, now it is more like 25.8-38.8 C.

And, another thing. The program you suggested also gives my CPU's max speeds, and for those, it is showing me 4100 MHz and one core's max at 3800 MHz. The thing is, I know that 4.1 and 3.8 are both overclocked speeds, but I have never overclocked my CPU? Does the program just supply me with my processors limit speed or is that a speed it has reached? If so, then that would make my temperature readings far higher than they should be?
 
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Oh okay, sorry about that! This is what I meant when I said I'm no expert. Thanks for the clarification MauveCloud, I'll try my best not to make that mistake again.

Any comments on the temperature stuff then? I asked a buddy of mine who's pretty experienced with this stuff and he told me that even if my CPU is at 60 C, it's nothing to worry about, and at worst will decrease the longevity a bit and can be remedied with an aftermarket cooler?
 
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Okay! Thank you MauveCloud for your help and info. I really, really appreciated it!

I'm going to look into an aftermarket cooler sometime soon and go down with my gaming to stay on the safe side.

I have a question though, and if this is out of place, do tell.

My motherboard doesn't have the standard 4 screws for mounting coolers, or at least, they are taken by a thing that my stock cooler latches onto. The stock cooler for the
FX-6300 doesn't actually screw on, it uses some sort of torque latch thing to literally snap onto the struts that pop out of the motherboard.

Here's a picture, since its very hard to explain:
Mobo pic

If you can see, there are black strut like things that pop on both sides of the CPU socket on which my heatsink latches onto. Because of those, I'm not sure how to proceed with an aftermarket cooler installation. I have looked at it and they seem to be screwed into the motherboard so perhaps I need to take them off in order to install?
 
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I'm familiar with AMD's clip mounting for the stock cooler - I replaced the cooler once on a Phenom X4 9600 that I had put in my father's computer after I upgraded from it. Some coolers, such as the Zalman CNPS7000C-AlCu I put in for him, actually use the clip-mounting mechanism. Others, such as the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, require removing it so you can mount the special backplate that comes with it. Once you get your cooler, the instructions that come with it should make it clear whether you need to keep the default bracket it in or remove it.
 
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This thread is 1 month old but I think something needs to be out there. Temp 1,2, and 3 are not your core temps. They are CPU, Socket, and Northbridge temperatures. Some motherboard manufacturers put this in a different order so to test to see which is which start at idle (as little as you can) then launch any benchmark or stress test program and open Speedfan, when the Usage his 100% look to see which is the hottest and that will be your CPU Temperature, The second hottest will be the Socket temp (it is slower to rise and slower to cool and can vary +/- 10 degrees), and whichever is left will be your NB temperature. To be noted on Intel platforms because the NB is integrated on the CPU it will report Southbridge temperatures.
 
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AMD socket temperatures on many motherboards are fairly often mildly inaccurate at idle. (Not sure of the cause of it, but this has been reported semi-frequently here) At load however, they are typically accurate and indicate that you are good.

Max Socket Temp for AMD is 62C. HWMonitor will give you as close to accurate readings as can be expected, though your idle temps are likely a bit off (My guess would be about 5-6C).
 
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I can confirm Utagaii's data. I've also installed an FX-6300 and am getting 20 at idle and max at 50, playing L A Noire at Quality settings. I'm using an aftermarket cooler, Cooler Master TX3 and find it quite impressive. So his stock cooler is doing a great job. I'd say to leave it.
 
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I bought an AMD build from IBUYPOWER it has the AMD FX 6300 Vishera, and I have liquid cooling on my CPU and temps at idle are of avg 30c...
 
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I decide to clear all doubts of the user who fear of their high amd fx 6300 processor.

I have AMD fx 6300 with Asus M5A97 R 2.0
With 4gb kingston hyper 1866mhz ram
And stock fan.
Idle tem is from 14 °C to 30 ° C with simple loading browser , vlc , team viewer and some other task.

Most of the user here comparing temperature when playing game so let me clear few thing while we play game then our cpu is not stressed too much. Its all about video processing so your gpu will work and heated up the most.

Coz cpu is generally made to do to arithmetic and logical operation and some complex calculation.
So if u play game and measure the temp then it would not be fare.

So how can we test the cpu temperature.

Simple answer....use that apps which uses processor and stesses it.

Simple example is.
Video converter.
I request to all AMD fx 6300 user to please run any video converter and see the temp rises.

In my case.
I used free mp4 video converter from dvdsoft

So if u all uses the same then it would be easy to compare.

I took 3 movies mp4 around 1gb each and coverted to full hd.

And observe the temp rise.
After few minute my temp rises to 73 °C ..and constant at this.

After convert.....it went to 23°C

So with a stock fan its temp control is very bad

I m upgrading to cooler master tx3 evo
And i will upgrade...

Please send the temp result of yr pc with this
 
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oh f==k mines 64 degrees 4.3ghz OC deymn
 
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Constant OC to 4.1ghz with H55 AIO cooler (with SP120 Fan) idle on average 20c and never exceed 43c, that's while video editing or gaming. I suspect I could get a very nice overclock from my FX6300
 
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Sorry to dig this up but im also wondering about temps....my system is idle at 43C and now after some GTAV gaming its 64C i only look temps through MSI's Control Center cause all other apps saying i had 20C temps which isn't normal also this app controls my fan speed through PWM...any thoughts?
 
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When using MSI command centre (I use it too). Do you minimize the window so you have the smaller window which just shows 3 (by default) details of temp and CPU speed? If so, press the little spanner and you need to select CPU temp, System temp and that's it (I have those 2 temps showing) perhaps you only have it set to iGPU and system (by default)
 
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Even with command centre or control center its still 52+-C the fan is low at 1200rpm but still the temps if your saying the normal temp is 30ishC is high!
 
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