Temps 81 degrees when gaming?

[NinjaLordBruce]

I have an FX-6300 and a Hyper TX3 EVO cooler but I get temps up to 81 degrees when gaming. Is that normal?

 

[Dunlop0078]

No not at all. On what cpu core temp? package temp? Or both? AMD recommends that the FX processors stay below 62c package temp slightly higher on the core but 81c is way too hot either way, you could damage the cpu at those temps. It doesn't freeze or crash all the time?

A couple of possibilities of why this is happening, most likly is your cooler is installed wrong. Also could be that you used too much or too little thermal paste, or you have like zero airflow in your case and the ambient temp of your room is really hot.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

What are you using to determine the temperatures? Sensors sometimes fail too.

 

[Wisecracker]

Use AMD OverDrive (AOD) to determine an accurate *thermal margin* for your CPU.

 

[NinjaLordBruce]

I use HWMonitor to measure the temps. http://imgur.com/rrF3cem that is the line that I see the temp. The fan is working I know that much but my computer always gets quite hot as in the case itself. I made it a year ago could thermal paste be an issue? I only get those temps when gaming like GTA V Witcher 3 Battlefield 4.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

What does AOD say?

Was it cooler when you first built it? If yes, then maybe the cooler has come a little loose, dust is clogging the radiator fins, What's the motherboard temperature like?

 

[NinjaLordBruce]

Downloading AOD, the temp for the motherboard quite a while after gaming is 39 while CPU right under it says 60. I will probably remove it some day put on some new thermal paste and clean out the fan as best as I can. I never checked the temps when I first got it I only started checking it recently.

EDIT: On AOD do I look at the Thermal Margin? That is the only thing I could find with temps. It says 20-21 degrees.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

it's always a good idea to benchmark your system when it is brand new and before you make any radical change. That way you know where you started from.

 

[Wisecracker]

...On AOD do I look at the Thermal Margin? That is the only thing I could find with temps. It says 20-21 degrees. ...

That means you have 20C of thermal headroom, assuming it is in the "Blue"

If it's in the "Red" dial 9-1-1 for the Fire Department. See's gonna blow !!

 

[NinjaLordBruce]

I don't know what thermal headroom is, but I have just cleaned the fan and applied new thermal paste so hopefully it does the trick.

 

[Wisecracker]

I take that to mean it's in the *Blue*

What it means is your temps are fine, and you have a margin of 20C or so before they become an issue.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Are the temperatures better now?

 

[NinjaLordBruce]

Not much better no, a slight improvement but I think the HWMonitor is just wrong it once said the temp went up to over 190 celcius.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

HWMonitor is unlikely to be wrong, it's widely used software. Try something else, like OCCT to confirm the high results. It is far more likely that your sensors sending bad information. 190C is mostly impossible. With faulty sensors it will be hard to know what is really going on.

 

[NinjaLordBruce]

I used AMD Overdrive and it was always showing about 10 degrees for the Thermal Margin, while gaming.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

That's fine. The thermal margin measures how much more temperature-rise you can handle before you hit the ceiling and throttling starts.