Too hot 8350?

[SweMan574]

I recently set OC settings in BIOS but I didn't overclock it because I'm gonna see if it's stable and then I will overclock and try to get up to 4.5 or 4.4. Is this too hot or could I go higher? (I haven't done a P95 test yet, gonna do it now) http://gyazo.com/f1845d28bbc344084a904a6b9ca0a8cb

FX-8350, M5A97 R2.0, XFX 550W

Thank You!

 

[Antonis117]

So 40C is your idle temerature?

 

[rolli59]

Those temps are fine but did you put load on it, like game?

 

[SweMan574]

Well, did a P95 test and my CPU went up to 66 degrees, but I didn't wanna stress it too much or whatever... Did the test in 2-3 minutes... And now my processor usage is 0-1%....

 

[Antonis117]

At p95 and 66C it is not too hot.

 

[rolli59]

That would be fine prime temp being a few degrees higher than normal load!

 

[Antonis117]

What is your cooler?

 

[SweMan574]

How hot can my CPU get when testing @ Prime 95 then? Well, I forgot to mention my CPU cooler again (d***it) Hyper TX3. And right not my CPU is 25-26 degrees. I don't want to take any risks with P95. The CPU went up to 66 and I stopped the test because I though it was too high. Whatever, now I will play a game like BF4 and see if it gets hot

 

[SweMan574]

And my socket is right now 42

 

[Antonis117]

My 8350 at p95 goes up to 65C with H80i

 

[rolli59]

The TX3 is not really good for that overclock but if it was still climbing it is not good, have you tested it in game. Max core temp is 62°C.

 

[Antonis117]

Since you are using aircooling these temps are considered low.

 

[Antonis117]

However I recommend changing to a better cooler or watercooling for overclock.

 

[SweMan574]

OK I got 35-45 while playing Black Ops 2. Socket was at 50 degrees

 

[Antonis117]

What is your gpu and what is your resolution and how many fps do you get?

 

[SweMan574]

GTX 760 1080p 60fps due to my screen is 60Hz

 

[SweMan574]

But that is not the question. Should I buy a water cooler just to reach 4.4-4.6GHz? Is there any differnce anyway?

 

[Antonis117]

Ok so your gpu is taking the main load and not the cpu.

 

[SweMan574]

Yes, but is my CPU TOO HOT to overclock?

 

[Antonis117]

I recomment definatelly to change cooler in order to do overclocking and I would buy a watercooling closed loop but there are still aircoolers good enough that have the same performance as a watercooler.

 

[SweMan574]

Well, what's cheapest?

 

[Antonis117]

Yes I think your cpu is a quite hotter than should considering overclocking.

 

[Antonis117]

You prefere watercooling or aircooling. The prices are close.

 

[Antonis117]

For watercooling I would say Corsair H100i and for aircooling Be quite dark rock 3 pro

 

[SweMan574]

I would say something that's cheap... Well, I guess overclocking is not my thing then...