Hello guys, I recently bought a Phenom II x4 965 from Newegg and it's been running seemingly hot ever since I installed it. I used the heatsink that came with it and it's pre applied thermal paste but the cpu is running at around 55c-60c IDLE. I've seen it jump to to around 70c-75c! when gaming using HWinfo as my monitoring program.
What is wrong with this? My case is only an HP pavillion case with 1 exhaust fan so it doesn't have the best cooling, but I was getting 35C-45C idle with my Athlon II x4 635 before.
What's also strange is that when it got to 75C the fan actually seemed to spin up even faster and actually reduced the temps back down to 65C. Why is the fan only kicking on at higher speeds when it gets to around 75C? I need answers guys because I'm worried I wasted 110$ :\
Is there anyway I can increase the fan speed before it gets too hot?
What is wrong with this? My case is only an HP pavillion case with 1 exhaust fan so it doesn't have the best cooling, but I was getting 35C-45C idle with my Athlon II x4 635 before.
What's also strange is that when it got to 75C the fan actually seemed to spin up even faster and actually reduced the temps back down to 65C. Why is the fan only kicking on at higher speeds when it gets to around 75C? I need answers guys because I'm worried I wasted 110$ :\
Is there anyway I can increase the fan speed before it gets too hot?