Cooling AMD FX-8350 @ Stock

[kronickiller]

ya 

google up your heatsink and see what peoples reviews of it are, the 8350 is a heater when all 8 cores are rev'd up lol

could just be the cpu fan setting set way to low

[Vavetti]

As previously mentioned, I tested with and without case fans, in order to see what gets "too hot". Which i found out was the CPU.

And as also previously mentioned, while playing GTA V, all 7 case fans are on maximum, yet the cpu STILL gets to 73-74'C.

Close to shutting Down.

Have you tried to remount the cooler and redo the thermal paste? If not then do that.

If you have it might be that the cpu is getting to much voltage for its speed.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

ya 

google up your heatsink and see what peoples reviews of it are, the 8350 is a heater when all 8 cores are rev'd up lol

could just be the cpu fan setting set way to low

Hmm actually it isn't looking too bad http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2260&page=4

Comparing it to noctua NH-U12P which is probably considered heavy class, the temperature difference is under 5'C.

So maybe repaste is a good idea. Using MX-5 as paste btw.

[GzeroD]

Hmm actually it isn't looking too bad http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2260&page=4

Comparing it to noctua NH-U12P which is probably considered heavy class, the temperature difference is under 5'C.

So maybe repaste is a good idea. Using MX-5 as paste btw.

 

5c at 5db quieter its quite a large difference for a air cooler.

[Profquast]

According to AMD the maximum temp for 24/7 usage is 61 degrees. It is ok if it goes higher periodically. 74 degrees with an aftermarket cooler is not right though, I'd try reapplying thermal paste and remounthing the cooler. Also keep in mind the VRM can get too hot too, with all casefans off the VRM heatsink might not get enough airflow.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

According to AMD the maximum temp for 24/7 usage is 61 degrees. It is ok if it goes higher periodically. 74 degrees with an aftermarket cooler is not right though, I'd try reapplying thermal paste and remounthing the cooler. Also keep in mind the VRM can get too hot too, with all casefans off the VRM heatsink might not get enough airflow.

Case fans are ON. Hmm.. even though It's silent Knight? It is big, and it is an aftermarket cooler, however it was designed in the ages where we had Core2Quad's . 95W. This cpu is at 125W.

So wondering if it's still okay. Idle temps etc are still fine. But yeah, I'll try reapplying thermal paste once I get home.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

5c at 5db quieter its quite a large difference for a air cooler.

Well, noise is noise. Don't care much about it atm. as the case fans pretty much sound like half a vacuum cleaner maxed out.

but 5'C is Little difference. not enough to buy a new cooler for. my temps will just drop from 75 to 70. Still bad. No point.

[Profquast]

Case fans are ON. Hmm.. even though It's silent Knight? It is big, and it is an aftermarket cooler, however it was designed in the ages where we had Core2Quad's . 95W. This cpu is at 125W.

So wondering if it's still okay. Idle temps etc are still fine. But yeah, I'll try reapplying thermal paste once I get home.

Looked it up and it might not be that great, I was confused with another cooler. You could try using the stock cooler, maybe it'll give you better temps but I doubt it. Is your CPU overclocked? Because if your stock cooler still gives temps over 70 degrees at stock that's really weird.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

Looked it up and it might not be that great, I was confused with another cooler. You could try using the stock cooler, maybe it'll give you better temps but I doubt it. Is your CPU overclocked? Because if your stock cooler still gives temps over 70 degrees at stock that's really weird.

Repasted and blew it with compressed air, now I'm running 52'C max in GTA. Wtf. Maybe it wasn't attached properly, or just bad paste job to begin with. :-D Problem solved. Silent KNight II can easily do the job on this CPU.

[GzeroD]

Repasted and blew it with compressed air, now I'm running 52'C max in GTA. Wtf. Maybe it wasn't attached properly, or just bad paste job to begin with. :-D Problem solved. Silent KNight II can easily do the job on this CPU.

At least at stock clocks .

[sgloux3470]

Reseat it, dust out the cooler as well.

 

Although with that motherboard/CPU combo for the love of god get a proper AIO or Noctua air cooler and overclock it.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

Reseat it, dust out the cooler as well.

 

Although with that motherboard/CPU combo for the love of god get a proper AIO or Noctua air cooler and overclock it.

Not really getting bottlenecked in CPU anywhere, so can't see the point?

[GzeroD]

Not really getting bottlenecked in CPU anywhere, so can't see the point?

 

 

It's a strong cpu if your using it for tasks that play too its strong points. (I'm currently running an 8350 @4.5) I run a few programs that prefer stronger single cores so the overclock is pretty necessary to keep some things running as snappy as I like. For example a lot of mmo's will stutter on the 8350 at stock, while they wont with an overclock. The overclock gains me quite a bit because of how aggressive these chips are with their down-clocking in their stock configuration even when well cooled.

[sgloux3470]

Not really getting bottlenecked in CPU anywhere, so can't see the point?

 

'cause it's cool...

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

'cause it's cool...

Powerbill begs your pardon.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

It's a strong cpu if your using it for tasks that play too its strong points. (I'm currently running an 8350 @4.5) I run a few programs that prefer stronger single cores so the overclock is pretty necessary to keep some things running as snappy as I like. For example a lot of mmo's will stutter on the 8350 at stock, while they wont with an overclock. The overclock gains me quite a bit because of how aggressive these chips are with their down-clocking in their stock configuration even when well cooled.

I agree on that, the 8350 is slow in single core performance, compared to a 4770k for example.

So what you do, is that you overclock it to 4.5 to get better single core performance? How's your heat at 4.5GHz? how many degrees celsius change do you get?

I AM comfortable with 60'C Temp on load, and currently only reaching 52. So there is some headroom yet.

-I might try this in the weekend. Does it Draw much more power?

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

JESUS CHRIST.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/11/06/amd-fx-8350-review/7

[kronickiller]

[sgloux3470]

JESUS CHRIST.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/11/06/amd-fx-8350-review/7

 

Better comparison

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-fx-9590-9370_7.html

 

Shouldn't worry about power consumption so much in a desktop.