My CPU is to hot!

[Poseidon8734]

Here is my part list: Part List

My CPU has been getting really hot and I haven't really wanted to fix it until now but any idea's. I was thinking about switching to water cooling so if you have any good water coolers in mind please put them down. I asked my friend who does this kind of stuff for a living and he said that water cooling generally works for AMD CPU's but if you have any other idea's please tell me 😀.

 

[Andrew Buck]

How hot is it getting?

 

[Poseidon8734]

I can't be sure because currently I can not access it (on vacation), but I would estimate around 50c but I am not 100%.

 

[Andrew Buck]

50 C is very cool. Under what conditions? I wish I could stay low like that in stress tests.

 

[bmacsys]

I can't be sure because currently I can not access it (on vacation), but I would estimate around 50c but I am not 100%.

So you have no clue but are wasting your time and everyone else's? Why would you post this question while on vacation? That doesn't even take into account you don't know the temps and didn't give one scant detail of your hardware. By watercooling your friend must mean AIO units and not custom water loops. There are many standard tower cpu coolers like a Noctua NH-D14 that are just as good as those units so your friend is misinformed.

 

[Poseidon8734]

I can't be sure because currently I can not access it (on vacation), but I would estimate around 50c but I am not 100%.

So you have no clue but are wasting your time and everyone else's? Why would you post this question while on vacation? That doesn't even take into account you don't know the temps and didn't give one scant detail of your hardware. By watercooling your friend must mean AIO units and not custom water loops. There are many standard tower cpu coolers like a Noctua NH-D14 that are just as good as those units so your friend is misinformed.

LOL some people can be *******. Sorry kid but if you are older than me then you are very immature. Manners these days. All I wanted was help. Here is a simpilar question for someone like you: My CPU is getting very warm! Will putting a water cooler in my PC make every thing cooler if I am using something like a CoolerMaster 212? BTW anybody else see my hardware Part List or is that just me?

 

[slyu9213]

I can't be sure because currently I can not access it (on vacation), but I would estimate around 50c but I am not 100%.

So you have no clue but are wasting your time and everyone else's? Why would you post this question while on vacation? That doesn't even take into account you don't know the temps and didn't give one scant detail of your hardware. By watercooling your friend must mean AIO units and not custom water loops. There are many standard tower cpu coolers like a Noctua NH-D14 that are just as good as those units so your friend is misinformed.

LOL some people can be *******. Sorry kid but if you are older than me then you are very immature. Manners these days. All I wanted was help. Here is a simpilar question for someone like you: My CPU is getting very warm! Will putting a water cooler in my PC make every thing cooler if I am using something like a CoolerMaster 212? BTW anybody else see my hardware Part List or is that just me?

I saw the list but in defense to other members who didn't see it, it's a bit hard to see without paying attention super carefully. When members are trying to find an answer and help at fast speeds people may miss it because it doesn't look like a link. Nothing on your fault as you literally said 'Here is my part list. I'm going to check your hardware and see what may be a problem.

 

[slyu9213]

Alright I just checked through your build and everything seems pretty sound as far as performing well. The thing with AMD CPU/APUs is that sensors are a bit whacky and there are more than one sensor. I would recommend you get AMD OverDrive (software) and check the Thermal Margin of the 6800K when you get back home from vacation. The Thermal Margin is the amount of Temperature headroom you have until you have hit the Max Operating Temperature for the CPU. 70C is usually the highest number for Thermal Margin and means you have 70C in headroom before you may get throttling. If you are getting relatively high numbers while idling 50C+ and temperatures in the ~20-30C while at full load your CPU should not be overheating.

I have a 860K which is an 7850K without the IGP and several programs would say my idle temps were in the ~50C. But my Thermal Margin would be around 50-70C when at idle. Get the Max Operating Temperature of your CPU (74C) and then subtract the Thermal Margin you are getting and the difference you get is approximately the temperature of the CPU. Additionally download a few programs that monitor temps like HWMonitor HWInfo and look at the Various CPU temps they give. The sensor that gives a temp similar to the difference from the Thermal Margin is probably the more accurate sensor. Most programs got the temps wrong for my CPU but AIDA64 seemed to get the right temps for the CPU and it's cores.

 

[Andrew Buck]

Sly is right. I now remember how my 760k was. I believe that the temperature shown is from max temperature. When load went up, my temperature went down, meaning that it was probably backwards. For bmacsys, I would note that it is rediculous if you were assuming I meant a custom loop, because an APU with fully custom watercooling? Rediculous.

 

[Poseidon8734]

Alright I just checked through your build and everything seems pretty sound as far as performing well. The thing with AMD CPU/APUs is that sensors are a bit whacky and there are more than one sensor. I would recommend you get AMD OverDrive (software) and check the Thermal Margin of the 6800K when you get back home from vacation. The Thermal Margin is the amount of Temperature headroom you have until you have hit the Max Operating Temperature for the CPU. 70C is usually the highest number for Thermal Margin and means you have 70C in headroom before you may get throttling. If you are getting relatively high numbers while idling 50C+ and temperatures in the ~20-30C while at full load your CPU should not be overheating.

I have a 860K which is an 7850K without the IGP and several programs would say my idle temps were in the ~50C. But my Thermal Margin would be around 50-70C when at idle. Get the Max Operating Temperature of your CPU (74C) and then subtract the Thermal Margin you are getting and the difference you get is approximately the temperature of the CPU. Additionally download a few programs that monitor temps like HWMonitor HWInfo and look at the Various CPU temps they give. The sensor that gives a temp similar to the difference from the Thermal Margin is probably the more accurate sensor. Most programs got the temps wrong for my CPU but AIDA64 seemed to get the right temps for the CPU and it's cores.

Thanks guys. I'll try that.

 

[bmacsys]

Sly is right. I now remember how my 760k was. I believe that the temperature shown is from max temperature. When load went up, my temperature went down, meaning that it was probably backwards. For bmacsys, I would note that it is rediculous if you were assuming I meant a custom loop, because an APU with fully custom watercooling? Rediculous.

Do you mean 'ridiculous"? Read Damric's guide on thermal margin using AMD Overdrive. That is the only surefire way to know if your cpu is running hot. ESPECIALLY if it is an apu which no programs seem to correctly work with the algorithm's except AMD's own software.