Too hot in here? (x4 860K)

[aspri]

So I have AMD monitoring soft AOD I think.
Thermal margins I get : about 50 idle and I tested a stress stability (the AOD test) and margins drop to 27 min.

Is that good or bad?

Also! in the bios, temps I read are 63°!!!

I'm very afraid of damaging the CPU because of high temps.

(HWmonitor temps on idle 70ish and it hit a max of 95 while gaming!)

Oh BTW, PC specs

Fractal Core 1000 (comes with a front fan 120mm)
I installed a 120mm Noctua on the side and a 90mm Noctua on the back of the case

X4 860k with a CM hyper TX3

GTX 770 EVGA 2 GB

mobo is mATX gigabyte GA F2A78M HD2

really I did everything the best I could and if there's any heat issue I'm going to get crazy and go for a watercooling solution

Help!!

 

[ScrewySqrl]

yeah, you're getting too hot and throttling down. Idle temps should be 30-40C, 90+ is a sign you aren't getting enough cooling.

are you overclocking? the TX3 isn't great for high end overclocks.

if you aren't, then you might want to replace the thermal paste. if you are, you might want to get a more powerful cooler

 

[Wisecracker]

You're fine ... really great, as a matter of fact.

Use the AOD thermal margin --- understand that it effectively runs 'backward' to zero. Right ?

 

[madmatt30]

^ what wisecracker said
Ignore hwinfo/hwmonitor temps - they're not accurate on fm2 chipsets.

 

[aspri]

What a relief guys. PC is not even 1 week old.
"It runs backwards to zero"...So at zero, things are bad, or should I set a higher limit (5, 10?)

Also is there any way to monitor my temps in-game?
The best thing I could think of is using HWMonitor and use the CPU socket temp, although that might not be accurate at all.

How do you guys do?

 

[Wisecracker]

Use AOD and 'Alt-Tab' between Windows.

I start paying attention when the thermal margin hits 5- to 8C *in the Blue* -- if the thermal margin swings the wrong way past zero AOD will report it *in the Red*

You likely have nothing to worry about. You have significant thermal headroom for OC'ing, and the Athlon X4s run really "cool" anyway

 

[aspri]

Excellent. Speaking about OC'ing.

My mobo is mATX gigabyte GA F2A78M HD2. I looked in the bios but I feel like options are very limited.

Any suggestion if I can or not?

 

[Wisecracker]

In AOD, check out the "Clock/Voltage" tab ---- you may adjust the CPU multiplier and a bunch of voltage settings from there.

Under 'Preferences' you may set your favorite settings for boot if you wish.