I got a replacement CPU and it is still throttling?

[SpiritusIgnus]

So about 2 weeks ago I received a AMD FX-8350 and it was messing up. When i put it under load it went from 20 Celsius to 200+ instantly, which is obviously wrong. So i wad advised to send it back, which I did and i received a brand new one, sealed. The same problems occurred. So i have been contemplating whether it's my motherboard. At the moment I have a cheap motherboard that i wanted to replace anyway. So what i'm asking is that if its possible for it to be the motherboard at fault? Or am i just extremely unlucky to have 2 faulty AMD CPU's?

This is the motherboard I will be upgrading to:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-286-MS

Thanks!

 

[turkey3_scratch]

200C? How did your house not burn down? I've never heard of temps that high in my life.

Is the fan running? Is thermal paste applied to the CPU?

 

[Zerk2012]

That chip won't go to 200+ can you say melt down inside the socket.
You have something else wrong. Motherboard or rechecking how your mounting the cooler.

 

[SpiritusIgnus]

200C? How did your house not burn down? I've never heard of temps that high in my life.

Is the fan running? Is thermal paste applied to the CPU?

Yeah its got thermal paste and my watercooler (Corsair H80i) is keeping it cool. Its a false reading because there is no buildup and the temperature of the fluid in my pump is still around 20 Celsius.

 

[Mr5oh]

I'm sure bad CPUs happen, however I have never heard of a bad CPU. Not alone at least. I've heard / seen cheap PSU take things out.

What motherboard do you have currently? What power supply?

200+ sounds like a false reading. How are you getting that temperature?

 

[martinch]

If you're using software to read the temperture (rather than via the BIOS), you could be getting a bugged read-out?

 

[SpiritusIgnus]

That chip won't go to 200+ can you say melt down inside the socket.
You have something else wrong. Motherboard or rechecking how your mounting the cooler.

My watercooler (Corsair H80i) is mounyed fine because my previous CPU ran fine with it and i have taken it off and mounted it around 5 times this week

 

[SpiritusIgnus]

I'm sure bad CPUs happen, however I have never heard of a bad CPU. Not alone at least. I've heard / seen cheap PSU take things out.

What motherboard do you have currently? What power supply?

200+ sounds like a false reading. How are you getting that temperature?

I have a MSI 760GM-P21 which i want to replace with the new motherboard. And I have a Corsair 600M PSU

 

[SpiritusIgnus]

If you're using software to read the temperture (rather than via the BIOS), you could be getting a bugged read-out?

Oops, i accidently picked as best answer. I know its not the software

 

[Martell1977]

Replace the motherboard and then see what it's reading. Probably a defective thermal sensor.

 

[Onus]

If you're using software to read the temperture (rather than via the BIOS), you could be getting a bugged read-out?

Oops, i accidently picked as best answer. I know its not the software

Unset for you.
The VRMs on the old motherboard may have been throttling.