Hey, everyone. I have a CM 212 EVO for my 8320. I've got it clocked to 4.0 on stock voltage, NB running at 2600. I idle at about 30c, sometimes 28-30c. I ran Prime95 today after reapplying my thermal paste (arctic silver 5 HD polysynthetic silver) since I had the heat sink off fixing my fans, and I was getting close to 70c after about 20 minutes.
I've read that the 62c mark is pretty high for these FX CPUs, but I thought it was pretty common for CPUs to run high 60s on air cooling under hard loads.
Anyways, ambient temperature is about 23-24c. Here is a pic of my case: http://tinypic.com/r/35an81d/5
I have a little 80mm fan for the lulz pulling a bit of air from the top bays that have holes into the 120mm also pulling air into the fins, with the 2nd one exhausting straight into the exhaust fan. Also, there is an intake on the bottom and another intake on the bottom front. I also changed CM fan cause I read that having 2 exact fans is better than mixing them. The CM fan is on the bottom intaking air.
I think airflow is pretty good, but Idk. What do you guys think? Is 68c pretty high for this 8320 at 4.0 with this EVO cooler? Is it dangerous? Does my airflow seem alright?
I've read that the 62c mark is pretty high for these FX CPUs, but I thought it was pretty common for CPUs to run high 60s on air cooling under hard loads.
Anyways, ambient temperature is about 23-24c. Here is a pic of my case: http://tinypic.com/r/35an81d/5
I have a little 80mm fan for the lulz pulling a bit of air from the top bays that have holes into the 120mm also pulling air into the fins, with the 2nd one exhausting straight into the exhaust fan. Also, there is an intake on the bottom and another intake on the bottom front. I also changed CM fan cause I read that having 2 exact fans is better than mixing them. The CM fan is on the bottom intaking air.
I think airflow is pretty good, but Idk. What do you guys think? Is 68c pretty high for this 8320 at 4.0 with this EVO cooler? Is it dangerous? Does my airflow seem alright?