Socket temps (FX8350 on M5A97)

[Karnosiris]

3 days ago I installed my new FX-8350 on an ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0, cooled by a CM V8. Obviously for the first few days I've been keeping an eye on my tempertures. The core temps are fine as far as I can see (while playing GTA 5 I've never seen the thermal reserve measured through AMD Overdrive go any closer to throttling than 27c, which as far as I know is quite good) but the socket temp generally settles around 55c, jumping up to 58c occasionally and staying there.

The reason I'm making this thread is because I've been having trouble finding solid information on how high the socket temp can go before you have to start worrying. I've read the figure 62c a lot, put out by AMD themselves, but no one seems to know whether they meant the socket or the core itself. So my question is: what is the max temp for the socket before you have to start worrying?

Thanks in advance for any answers.

PS: I wasn't sure if this thread should go in CPUs or CPU cooling, if I chose wrong I would be grateful if a mod could move it.

 

[PapaWood]

I'd personally start getting nervous after 65, I've read that 70C is the scary point, if you are staying steady at 62-63 then prob not much to worry about.

I would make sure you have good ventilation around the case, exhaust fans, intake fans. Other than that you could step up to liquid cooling with a closed loop or a custom one if you felt like it, maybe for now just keep an eye on the temps.

What is your idle temp at?

 

[Karnosiris]

I'd personally start getting nervous after 65, I've read that 70C is the scary point, if you are staying steady at 62-63 then prob not much to worry about.

I would make sure you have good ventilation around the case, exhaust fans, intake fans. Other than that you could step up to liquid cooling with a closed loop or a custom one if you felt like it, maybe for now just keep an eye on the temps.

What is your idle temp at?

Idle is 26/7c roundabouts.

 

[PapaWood]

Sounds like everything is fine! Just keep an eye on things, if you start to overclock you might want to step up to a better cooling solution, for now you are fine.

 

[st3v30]

When you measure temp in Overdrive it show how much more you have left until Max safe temp on socket and it is 72°C.Same is for Core temp.You want to stay under those temps on long runs.Your temps are fine and you dont have to worry about them.
If you want lower temps set Fans to max speed if you dont mind noise.

 

[Karnosiris]

Quick update: it turns out GTA5 had a bug which caused the launcher to not shut down properly, putting a bunch of unnecessary strain on the CPU. It got fixed and my temps are a good bit lower than before now. So if they were ok before, I should be golden now, maybe even with some room for OC.

 

[PapaWood]

Awesome congrats and thanks for the update!


Enjoy!