AMD Stock cooler overheating over 100 degrees

[Senpai_Jaayy]

I have an AMD Anthlon X4 860k running with the stock cooler that AMD provides, But my CPU is overheating to 90 degrees just by opening google chrome and is at 78-85 at idle.

When I run any game whether its minecraft or Resident Evil 7,even though the games run at consistent frame rates, the temperature goes up to 100-110 degrees.

There are no cables blocking the cpu fan, cable management is fair. I have only 1 Case fan pushing air out of the case.

Should I just reapply thermal paste or should I get a new cooler?

[PigWithAMustache]

Just get a new cooler

[Senpai_Jaayy]

1 minute ago, PigWithAMustache said:

Just get a new cooler

Can you recommend a good one between 10~20 bucks please?

[PigWithAMustache]

2 minutes ago, Senpai_Jaayy said:

Can you recommend a good one between 10~20 bucks please?

https://pcpartpicker.com/mr/neweggmkt/LPVBD3

[Light-Yagami]

Your thermal paste is shiet. No cooler is that bad. But yeah, get a new one. There are plenty youtube vids to help you decide..

[Senpai_Jaayy]

3 minutes ago, PigWithAMustache said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/mr/neweggmkt/LPVBD3

Will this fit in my case? it looks big

https://www.amazon.com/Xion-Performance-Tower-Black-XON-310-BK/dp/B00SAYCFF6/ref=sr_1_9?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487377595&sr=1-9&keywords=pc+case

[Senpai_Jaayy]

4 minutes ago, Light-Yagami said:

Your thermal paste is shiet. No cooler is that bad. But yeah, get a new one. There are plenty youtube vids to help you decide..

yes I will, this one got recommended to me 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0177GTUE6?m=A3EOPO7J42GV74&ref_=v_sp_detail_page
Do you think it do the job? i dont really know that much about coolers

[g12601]

4 minutes ago, PigWithAMustache said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/mr/neweggmkt/LPVBD3

That's for Intel CPUs only if you didn't catch that. 

 

[Enderman]

You need a new cooler . Remember to clean off the old thermal paste before applying the new cooler and thermal paste.

Also you probably want to leave your PC off until you have done this otherwise your CPU/motherboard will probably die soon.

[Senpai_Jaayy]

1 minute ago, g12601 said:

That's for Intel CPUs only if you didn't catch that. 

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0177GTUE6?m=A3EOPO7J42GV74&ref_=v_sp_detail_page
yeah, I'll be getting the AMD one, thanks for pointing that out

[Senpai_Jaayy]

2 minutes ago, Enderman said:

You need a new cooler . Remember to clean off the old thermal paste before applying the new cooler and thermal paste.

Also you probably want to leave your PC off until you have done this otherwise your CPU/motherboard will probably die soon.

appreciate the advice

[Guest Generallee]

That's bad even by stock cooler standards

 

Bad mount, reseat it and use some good thermal paste

[Senpai_Jaayy]

1 minute ago, Generallee said:

That's bad even by stock cooler standards

 

Bad mount, reseat it and use some good thermal paste

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0177GTUE6?m=A3EOPO7J42GV74&ref_=v_sp_detail_page
Will this help?

[Light-Yagami]

4 minutes ago, Senpai_Jaayy said:

yes I will, this one got recommended to me 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0177GTUE6?m=A3EOPO7J42GV74&ref_=v_sp_detail_page
Do you think it do the job? i dont really know that much about coolers

It's not a high preformance one, that's for sure. But I should do a much better job than the stock one

[PigWithAMustache]

8 minutes ago, Senpai_Jaayy said:

Will this fit in my case? it looks big

https://www.amazon.com/Xion-Performance-Tower-Black-XON-310-BK/dp/B00SAYCFF6/ref=sr_1_9?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487377595&sr=1-9&keywords=pc+case

Its actually pretty small

[Arc_Jester]

There's no way your CPU is that hot, speccy is almost definitely reading the temp wrong. That being said you should still replace the stock cooler.

[Senpai_Jaayy]

2 minutes ago, Arc_Jester said:

There's is no way your CPU is that hot, speccy is almost definitely reading the temp wrong. That being said you should still replace the stock cooler.

Speccy is not the only program that i used to read temps, but yes i am going replace the cooler with the Cryorig M9a, thanks for your reply

[Arc_Jester]

5 minutes ago, Senpai_Jaayy said:

Speccy is not the only program that i used to read temps, but yes i am going replace the cooler with the Cryorig M9a, thanks for your reply

Most programs have problems calculating the temp of AMD CPUs so that isn't surprising.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Are you sure your cooler is not completely clogged with thick layers of dust and crap? And are you also sure the fan is actually still working?

[DexterSmythe]

40 minutes ago, PigWithAMustache said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/mr/neweggmkt/LPVBD3

Isn't that an Intel cooler though? This is an AM3 CPU.

[Arc_Jester]

1 minute ago, CapedCrusader21 said:

Isn't that an Intel cooler though? This is an AM3 CPU.

FM2+ actually but they use the same cooler mount design.

[iamMINT]

1 hour ago, Light-Yagami said:

Your thermal paste is shiet. No cooler is that bad. But yeah, get a new one. There are plenty youtube vids to help you decide..

Thermal compound doesn't make a massive difference like that dude.

[LogicalDrm]

I too call for bad temp readings. Check what BIOS says for idle and compare idle in Windows.

[Light-Yagami]

16 hours ago, JohnBRoark said:

Thermal compound doesn't make a massive difference like that dude.

If there is not enough of it or if it doesn't transfer heat as it should because it's old, then of course it makes a difference.

[iamMINT]

7 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

I too call for bad temp readings. Check what BIOS says for idle and compare idle in Windows.

^ ^  I agree, thermtrip should be shutting down the system at anywhere near those temps.

 

1 hour ago, Light-Yagami said:

If there is not enough of it or if it doesn't transfer heat as it should because it's old, then of course it makes a difference.

Old/New or Good/Bad thermal compound doesn't make a crazy big difference man. 

Here is a image comparing loads off different good and bad thermal compounds, you can see that between worst and best thermal compound there was only five degrees of difference.

The only thing thermal compound does is transfer heat to an actual heat sink. I've used systems before with no thermal paste at all that worked just fine (though I'd never recommend it.) Having much better thermal paste will do little to nothing to actually improve the preformance of your heatsink. Thermal compound also doesn't really age badly, unless it's caked in dust.