Question Opinion on temps for a Ryzen 7 2700

[2700ksj]

Hi, merry christmas.

My Ryzen 7 2700 (non-x) gets up to 75,5 degrees according to HWmonitor, Hwinfo*, while OC'd @ 4,1 GHz, 1,35 volts. It is paired with a Cooler Master 212 EVO.

Although well within specs, it is a bit too high for my liking, and I was wondering if this is a fine temp range for extended use .I plan on keeping the chip for as long as it can keep up with the newest games, so I obviously want it to live for as long as possible...

 

[DMAN999]

Don't use HWMonitor with a Ryzen CPU.
Check your CPU temperature with Ryzen Master:
https://download.amd.com/Desktop/AMD-Ryzen-Master.exe

Or HWinfo:

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Start to analyze your hardware right now! HWiNFO has available as an Installer and Portable version for Windows (32/64-bit) and Portable version for DOS.

www.hwinfo.com

Just be sure to run Only one monitoring app at a time.

 

[2700ksj]

Sorry, I AM using HWinfo, not HWmonitor, I just tend to mix these up due to the similar naming. Also, Ryzen master reports the same temps as HWInfo

 

[DMAN999]

Is that temperature at idle or the Max temp. when under load ?
If it is the max temp under load, I would not be worried at all.
Also what CPU cooler do you have and what case and fan config ?

 

[Karadjgne]

It's a Ryzen. Not an intel. If you are conditioned to Intel temp scales, then it's going to leave you in a panic.

At idle, Intels will drop frequency and corresponding voltages across all the cores, which remain active, so any windows or background tasks are split up between them. This'll show as 30's taking spikes to 50ish at times.

Ryzens work differently. A Ryzen cpu will shutdown partial or full cores entirely, leaving only 1 or 2 active, which have the full idle workload on them, so tend to stay in the 40-50ish range on average.

Core/thread counts also have fun with load temps, a 6/12 stands a good chance of running a little warmer when more than 6 threads are used vrs a 6/6, even with a more efficient nm process.

All of the temp software is accurate, as far as reading a sensor goes, the issue is in polling times. If a load goes from 30 to 40 to 50 to 30 at idle in 1 second, and 2 software poll at 350ms and 700ms, then what you get is one software reporting a temp of 40, the other a temp of 50. Considering software only shows temps every 2-3 seconds (any faster and it'd be a digital 88 blur) you end up with a temp being reported for nothing. Ryzen master averages the last 3 polls, so reports the average, not a specific.