My AMD phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz BE idle is 50c help guys...

[Serge69]

hi guys i just brought a AMD phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz BE i just wondering my idle temp is 50c and just surfing in the internet and when im playing games like bfbc2 the temp is turning 70-86c on full load and im using stock HSF with Deepcool z3 thermal paste.

my specs AMD phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz BE (Socket AM3)// MSI 785GM-E65 //Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333// pwrcolor HD 6950 2gb gddr5//550watts hec cougar+80bronze.

 

[rolli59]

Those temps are high. Cooler properly clipped in?

 

[Serge69]

yes sir they are properly clipped..

 

[rolli59]

I would redo the install either to much or to little paste.

 

[Serge69]

i already the reinstalling and i just install a peedrop of thermal paste. is that too or should i install more paste?

 

[ingtar33]

doesn't sound like your cpu is reading it's temps right. anyone who's had a phenomII will tell you they simply crash from heat at 58C-62C. Mine crashes right AT 58C (i think it reports its temps a few degrees low). most if not all crash by the time they reach 62C. it's a quirk with the archetecture... i know i've never heard of one reaching 70C without crashing

The "right" temps are usually around 1C-5C higher then the motherboard socket temp. download HWmonitor and find the hottest temp reported by your motherboard. that will be the socket temp. your "true" cpu temp will be a little hotter then that. generally PhII cpus report their cpu temps wrong... it's quite typical for them to report temps as much as 20C plus or minus the actual core temps. I'd believe your temps if your you took 25C off of them. That said even taking 25C off of them, your load temps are very high, indicating your cpu cooler isn't doing its job.

Check those socket temps... when in a pinch you can simply use those as your reference temps for the cpu, they're pretty consistently a little less then +5C of what the cpu temps are "supposed to be" reported as. Of course that puts you at the mercy of the motherboard temp probes which have no more guarantees of accuracy then the cpu temp probes.

 

[Gam3r01]

Hi, I am one of those Phenom II users, and mine hit 74 under Prime95 and still no crashing. It is probably not reading correct temps however. The stock cooler is exceptionally loud and well, bad, so a replacement is a good idea. But those temps seem wrong.
What program are you using to check this? Try the BIOS, core temp, speedfan, and CCC to be entirely sure.

 

[Serge69]

doesn't sound like your cpu is reading it's temps right. anyone who's had a phenomII will tell you they simply crash from heat at 58C-62C. Mine crashes right AT 58C (i think it reports its temps a few degrees low). most if not all crash by the time they reach 62C. it's a quirk with the archetecture... i know i've never heard of one reaching 70C without crashing

The "right" temps are usually around 1C-5C higher then the motherboard socket temp. download HWmonitor and find the hottest temp reported by your motherboard. that will be the socket temp. your "true" cpu temp will be a little hotter then that. generally PhII cpus report their cpu temps wrong... it's quite typical for them to report temps as much as 20C plus or minus the actual core temps. I'd believe your temps if your you took 25C off of them. That said even taking 25C off of them, your load temps are very high, indicating your cpu cooler isn't doing its job.

Check those socket temps... when in a pinch you can simply use those as your reference temps for the cpu, they're pretty consistently a little less then +5C of what the cpu temps are "supposed to be" reported as. Of course that puts you at the mercy of the motherboard temp probes which have no more guarantees of accuracy then the cpu temp probes.

thanks sir maybe my stock cooler is the problem because is kinda old but no dust i recently clean it... and im using HWMonitor and coretemp and now my idle temp is 43c on idle.. anyway thanks and im gonna change my stock hsf to aluminum hsf

 

[Serge69]

Hi, I am one of those Phenom II users, and mine hit 74 under Prime95 and still no crashing. It is probably not reading correct temps however. The stock cooler is exceptionally loud and well, bad, so a replacement is a good idea. But those temps seem wrong.
What program are you using to check this? Try the BIOS, core temp, speedfan, and CCC to be entirely sure.

sir im using HWMonitor and Coretemp

 

[Gam3r01]

Well if your temps are back down to 43 then it is better. Those are good ways to check.