Normal temps for Anthlon x4 750k?

[SCPlague]

Wanted to know what are normal temps for an Anthlon x4 750k. At idle i'm 40c -50c and at load i get up to 71c. Are these temps too high? I'm also using a hyper 212 evo with stock paste.

 

[clutchc]

That's not dangerous, but quite high. Especially considering you are cooling it with the 212 EVO. What make/model case is it in?

 

[SCPlague]

My case is nxzt 210 source

 

[SCPlague]

I'm also using hw monitor to see the temps but in my bios it say 34c for idle

 

[clutchc]

That case should be fine for that CPU/cooler as far as air flow goes. Do you just have the stock rear fan only for cooling? I'd add a front fan to start with. But I don't think that's your problem. I would re-check the mounting of the EVO. I have the EVO on both of my desktops and the mounting is a little bit tricky. If you can twist it from side to side easily, it may not be making good contact with the CPU's heat spreader.

 

[clutchc]

I'm also using hw monitor to see the temps but in my bios it say 34c for idle

Do you have C&Q enabled in BIOS? Also check Ctrl Pnl/Power Options to see if you have it on High.

 

[Calculatron]

Try getting a hold of Core Temp, and Prime95, and see what it tells you what your temps are at load.

 

[clutchc]

Did you put a lot of thermal paste on? Sometimes excessive paste will hinder heat transfer from heat spreader to heat sync. A thin film is all that is needed. Or a dab about the size of a tiny pea.

 

[SCPlague]

no i just put a pea size of thermal paste

 

[SCPlague]

Ill use prime 95 to see my full load but i tried core temp and i wouldn't give me my temps so I've been using hwmonitor

 

[SCPlague]

I only have stock rear fan and my evo is mounted pretty good. It doesn't move easily and I'm thinking of getting another fan for the push/pull configuration.

 

[clutchc]

I did a quick search of your issue and found a bunch of folks having trouble with monitoring temps with their Trinity's. And thinking back on my one experience with APUs; the A10-5800k, I seem to remember having a similar problem. Couldn't get accurate temp readings. If I remember correctly (and that isn't for sure), it seems that AMD's Overdrive was all that worked.

 

[clutchc]

Correction: Overdrive didn't work either. It's all coming back to me now...

Here is what I found when searching for the problem with my APU:
"The other problem I ran into was the inability of any temperature monitoring software to correctly monitor the APU’s temperatures. Even the EasyTune6 software from Gigabyte would not give correct temperatures. I ran a stress test at 1.5 V to the CPU and it showed 40 °C as a maximum temperature; I think not! AIDA64 showed 27 °C; no way. This pattern held true for the many monitoring utilities I tried. Even AMD’s own Overdrive software was whacked out when it comes to temperature monitoring; have a look at the picture below. the screen shot was taken while sitting idle at the desktop with the CPU clocked to 4.4 GHz."

From: http://www.overclockers.com/amd-trinity-a10-5800k-apu-review

 

[SCPlague]

So what should i use to get the most accurate reading for my temps? I also just finished running prime95 and the highest i got was 72c based on what hwmonitor said.

 

[clutchc]

Since idle temps matter little, I would just go with the high end temps you get stressing the processor. I believe that was what I finally ended up doing. My idle temps were way off, but the stressed temps seemed normal. I'm afraid that is just an anomaly of that line of processors. Google it and you'll see what I mean.

72C is OK-ish for Prime95. But is the EVO fan speeding up to full speed when that temp occurs? And is 72C just a peak or does it stabilize at 72C when running Prime95?

 

[SCPlague]

72c is the peak.

 

[SCPlague]

It stayed at around 67-69c after it got that high.
The fan wasn't speeding up

 

[clutchc]

OK. I assume the fan didn't speed up because the 72C temp didn't stay around long enough. High 60s are good temps in Prime. When you are stressing the processor with prime95 for an extended period of time, you may want to turn off C&Q in BIOS so the fan can run at its highest speed. Then switch back to C&Q after testing. After all, you're just trying to see if an O/C is stable.

 

[Alin Prema]

Wanted to know what are normal temps for an Anthlon x4 750k. At idle i'm 40c -50c and at load i get up to 71c. Are these temps too high? I'm also using a hyper 212 evo with stock paste.

That's a little bit too high. I'm using the stock heatsink and the CPU boosted @ 3700MHz and it doesn't get past 65C after a few hours of gaming, but i keep my case open because it's not properly ventilated (it's not designed for gaming PCs, it's a basic mini ATX case). Idle temp is somewhere between 36C and 40C. Check your heatsink attachment and use a good thermal paste eventualy.

Regards.

 

[ChrisDarazs]

Me and Alin above figured out HWmonitor doesn't check temps on most AMD CPUs properly. Use AIDA64 for proper CPU temps

http://postimg.org/image/jq2nhrwhx/ Difference between HWmonitor and AIDA64

 

[clutchc]

My experience with AIDA64 and an A10-5800K and also with an Athlon X4 760K was that it didn't result in anything close to an accurate temp display. I went back to HWMonitor and used the CPU0 results.

 

[ChrisDarazs]

How long ago did you use it?

 

[clutchc]

How long ago did you use it?

Right after the Athlon X4 760K was released, Nov 2013.

 

[Alin Prema]

My experience with AIDA64 and an A10-5800K and also with an Athlon X4 760K was that it didn't result in anything close to an accurate temp display. I went back to HWMonitor and used the CPU0 results.

As far as i know, HWMonitor shows on CPU0 (or TMPIN0) the same as AIDA64 shows on CPU, and that's exactly what BIOS reads from the CPU's thermal diode too . Never even think to look at the "Package" temperature in HWMonitor because it's just an assumption based on i don't know what calculation. The only thing i use HWMonitor for is that it shows Min-Max values.