AMD FX-4300 Temperature

[Saar]

I just built a PC for my little brother, and the CPU temperatures are extremely high. I have the FX-6300 in my PC and the stock cooler never goes above 60 degrees. In my brother's PC the stock cooler easily reached 80 degrees under full load. I got a Logisys Beta 400 ST cooler for him, and temperatures are still at 80 under full load. By the way this is all according to HWMonitor. Any ideas what's going on here?

[Enderman]

Replace thermal paste

[Clyne]

I think you mounted the cooler wrong, you applied thermal paste wrong or possibly the temp sensor is broken?

[Saar]

Replace thermal paste

I cleaned the stock thermal paste and applied the one that came with the cooler. I had to put on the cooler multiple times until I got it right though, could this be a problem?

[insulin shots]

I think you mounted the cooler wrong, you applied thermal paste wrong or possibly the temp sensor is broken?

I would agree with this. And in regards of the temp sensor being broken I know that in the pc I built for my Brother the temp sensor must be broken because Hwmonitor and CoreTemp tell me that his Fx-4300 idles at 1-2 degrees.

[Saar]

So what is the best way to get CPU temperatures?

[aidenrelkoff]

dude... WAHTTTTTTTTT

 

i have the FX-4130 Oc'ed to 4.2GHz and its a cooler 41* under gaming load

[Clyne]

So what is the best way to get CPU temperatures?

real temp?

http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

not sure if it will work on amd cpu because i tried it and it will not work

[Saar]

Real Temp does not support the FX-4300

[GhBeee]

Assuming the fan on the cooler is running correctly, I would have to assume the thermal paste needs to be redone, I had that with my cpu and once I re-did my thermal paste after watching a ton of videos the temp dropped 10 degrees or something crazy.

[Saar]

Assuming the fan on the cooler is running correctly, I would have to assume the thermal paste needs to be redone, I had that with my cpu and once I re-did my thermal paste after watching a ton of videos the temp dropped 10 degrees or something crazy.

Well I ran out of the thermal paste that came with the cooler, so I'll have to buy some. What is the best thermal paste?

[CowsGoRoar]

I cleaned the stock thermal paste and applied the one that came with the cooler. I had to put on the cooler multiple times until I got it right though, could this be a problem?

I think this is the issue. There's lots of air bubbles in the thermal paste.

 

Clean it off. Apply a single pea in the center, then align the cooler and make sure you clip it properly and only once.

 

Then check temps and tell us your result.

[CowsGoRoar]

Well I ran out of the thermal paste that came with the cooler, so I'll have to buy some. What is the best thermal paste?

Arctic Cooling MX2 is a decent choice. Good temps and very cheap. Arctic Silver 5 is a little overrated, but it will still do well.

[GhBeee]

Well I ran out of the thermal paste that came with the cooler, so I'll have to buy some. What is the best thermal paste?

Now that is an entirely different conversation. But for the most part the majority of known thermal pastes are all good. I could go into the absolute best pastes but they are expensive and they only drop a degree or two if you are lucky.

Some popular pastes are here:

 

Arctic MX-4 http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-MX-4-Carbon-Based-Thermal-Compound/dp/B0045JCFLY

Arctic Silver 5 (What I am using) http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-Thermal-Compound-Grams/dp/B000OGX5AM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410587749&sr=8-1&keywords=thermal+paste

Noctua NT-H1 http://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NT-H1-Thermal-Compound-Retail/dp/B002CQU14A/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1410587749&sr=8-5&keywords=thermal+paste

 

Look at this article for some performance tests: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/geek_tested_17_thermal_pastes_face

[Saar]

OK, I ordered the MX2. I will update when I get it and post the results.

[Enderman]

I cleaned the stock thermal paste and applied the one that came with the cooler. I had to put on the cooler multiple times until I got it right though, could this be a problem?

Yes. Once you remove the cooler you need to reapply it all over again. Also, use some high quality thermal paste like MX-4 or something instead of the stuff they give you with the cooler.

[NotSoEpicMods]

Don't think anyone has mentioned this but also make sure there is no protective plastic film on the bottom of the heatsink. Forgetting this happens to even the best of us. Also I don't think it's been mentioned but get some 99% rubbing alcohol and some coffee filters to clean off the old thermal paste. The 99% rubbing alcohol you may have to ask for at the drug store, they sometimes keep it behind the counter.