[SOLVED] High cpu temperature

[Jozla123]

Hello, my pc was working fine and in msi afterburner my temperature was normal(55-60 while gaming). But i installed specy app and i saw that my temperature was too high (85 degrees on idle). I cleaned cooler and replaced thermal paste but temp is still too high. It’s strange that cpuz and specy are showing high temp and msi, core temp, open hardware monitor and even bios are showing normal temp (45-50) idle and in game (55-60), after cleaning it’s even better. So should i be worried or it’s just some kind of mistake?
Cpu: AMD Athlon X4 840 Quad Core 3.10GHz

P.S. I had no problems at all, no lags, blue screen or something. And i found somewhere that top limit for my CPU is 73 degrees.

 

[anotherdrew]

@Jozla123

Ignore speccy.

Use HWinfo.

Worry less ... hope that didn't sound too curt, but that's the gist of it.

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/speccy-shows-high-cpu-temperature.3487862/

 

[Jozla123]

Hwinfo says that average CPU(Tctl) temp is 19.3degrees and CPU Package 68.2 degrees on idle. Is that normal?

 

[anotherdrew]

Yes ... I think this explains it best:

https://www.hwinfo.com/forum/threads/cpu-temp-sensors-explanation.5597/

But basically, the real temperature of your CPU is CPU(Tctl) + some offset. The package temperature should be corrected.

So, 68 is high for idle ... too high really. But I have a hard time trusting it when BIOS is reporting a number about 20 degrees less. You happen to have an IR thermometer?

 

[Jozla123]

I don't have IR thermometer but as i can see, cold air is comming from cooler and everything works fine. I will provide you screen shots from a couple of programs for monitoring because i found out that specy and cpuid programs (cpuz and hwmonitor) can make some mistakes. I think Aida64 is the best.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img921/5131/Z0EHHc.png

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/9923/wBCIek.png

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/1894/vWgXb5.png

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