Very hot idle AMD A8-7600

[Dub355]

I Built a PC for my dad and put it together with suprising succes, but when I power it on and enter the BIOS it gives cpu temps. of 60°C and slowly rises to about 75°C.

 

The system specs. are:

CPU                                   AMD A8-7600

Motherboard                      Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI

RAM                                  2 x 4 GB HyperX DDR3

Case                                  Chieftec FI-02BC-U3

PSU                                   200W (intergrated in the case)

CPU cooler                        Kodakti SCKDT - 1000

 

I know that it is possible to run the A8 at 45 Watt to reduce heat (the build was meant to be that way) however I can't figure out how to do so.

Any ideas?

[49Pigs49]

That's normal for AMD with a stock cooler. They run hot normally underlaid it will get like 90c

[zyntaxable]

90c for AMD chips will kill them, so I'd look into getting an aftermarket cooler. A cheap one

[Dub355]

I've got a (tiny) aftermarket cooler, but I read that you can run the A8 at 45 Watt to reduce heat, any idea how to achieve that?

[klh2000]

I've got a (tiny) aftermarket cooler, but I read that you can run the A8 at 45 Watt to reduce heat, any idea how to achieve that?

Running it at 45 watts will significantly reduce what little performance that chip has, just buy an aftermarket cooler.

[tbroadwater2010]

There are cheap aftermarket coolers out there. I had the Hyper 212 Plus (currently $20 after rebate here) on my AMD chip and it kept the cpu around 40C and around 55C overclocked. If you have room in your case, thats a great option!

 

Edit: Disregard this, i just searched your case. LOL and it wont fit.

[Dr_Nooberious]

I've got a (tiny) aftermarket cooler, but I read that you can run the A8 at 45 Watt to reduce heat, any idea how to achieve that?

rather just re-apply your thermal paste and you should see a significant temperature drop. I dad that a few days ago and my CPU temp dropped by 20 degrees Celsius.

 

Also your aftermarket cooler is at the limit of its cooling ability. With the new thermal pastes it should be fine but if not a better cooler will be needed. Go for one that is compatible with future upgrades and is in your budget.

 

Hope this helps

[Benji_w]

I Built a PC for my dad and put it together with suprising succes, but when I power it on and enter the BIOS it gives cpu temps. of 60°C and slowly rises to about 75°C.

 

The system specs. are:

CPU                                   AMD A8-7600

Motherboard                      Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI

RAM                                  2 x 4 GB HyperX DDR3

Case                                  Chieftec FI-02BC-U3

PSU                                   200W (intergrated in the case)

CPU cooler                        Kodakti SCKDT - 1000

 

I know that it is possible to run the A8 at 45 Watt to reduce heat (the build was meant to be that way) however I can't figure out how to do so.

Any ideas?

 

The readings are incorrect, please read!

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-2122665/understanding-temperature-amd-cpus-apus.html

[Dub355]

I re-did the thermal paste andthe cpu was still getting up to 75 degrees, I also felt the heatsinc to see if that was getting hot (it was)

 

Does anybody know how to run the chip at 45 watt (So my dad can start using the pc)

And does anybody have a recommendation for a good very small cooler.

 

Thanks

[Dub355]

The readings are incorrect, please read!

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-2122665/understanding-temperature-amd-cpus-apus.html

 

I got these readings straight from the BIOS, am I reading it wrong or does that mean these are correct temps?

[Benji_w]

I got these readings straight from the BIOS, am I reading it wrong or does that mean these are correct temps?

 

Boot into windows, get the software mentioned in the link and see what's going on.

[Jer45]

I got these readings straight from the BIOS, am I reading it wrong or does that mean these are correct temps?

here is a good small noctua cooler that Linus reviewed and here is an even smaller one from noctua http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608029 hopefully this helps

[Dub355]

 

here is a good small noctua cooler that Linus reviewed and here is an even smaller one from noctua http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608029 hopefully this helps

 

 

Took a look at it however it's slightly too high (93mm (In single fan mode I believe) while the case is only 90mm wide) and the smaller one can handle up to 65 Watt just like my current cooler so I'd like to get a slightly bigger one.

I'm looking at the Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B (http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/products/cpu-cooler/big-shuriken-2-rev-b.html) now, which I think should be somewhat bigger.

 

Thanks for the sugestion tough.​

[ApolloX75]

I've had good results with the Rajintek Pallas cooler in ITX and MATX media pc cases.

[Dub355]

Got a 

Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B

Seems to be running at 45 degrees now so I think I'll redo the thermal paste to get that down a bit but it's way better like this. 

 

Thanks for all the help guys