AMD Athlon x4 760k got a bit toasty

[JamesHewitt]

My friends Pc seems to have a minor issue...Please read the CPU Temperature

[musama18117]

High enough to even evaporate impure water, cool.

[TechyInAZ]

Yikes! What cooler are you using?

[JamesHewitt]

1 minute ago, TechyInAZ said:

Yikes! What cooler are you using?

He's using a stock AMD cooler from when he bought it.

[TechyInAZ]

What's your vcore at? If voltage isn't an issue, make sure the CPU cooler is seated properly, infact just re-seat it with new thermal paste.

[LabRat]

something can't be right with air flow or maybe he scraped the paste off the heat sink before installing. get him to do a cmos reset. maybe the voltages are off.

[Droidbot]

Oh god, that's a temperature.

I'd say picking up a cheap 212 EVO, Arctic 64 Plus, or GAMMAXX400 would definitely make a difference

[JamesHewitt]

3 minutes ago, TechyInAZ said:

What's your vcore at? If voltage isn't an issue, make sure the CPU cooler is seated properly, infact just re-seat it with new thermal paste.

 

2 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

Oh god, that's a temperature.

I'd say picking up a cheap 212 EVO, Arctic 64 Plus, or GAMMAXX400 would definitely make a difference

 

[JamesHewitt]

We've used coretemp, that's saying it's 50-79 with occasional weird things such as 12c.

[JamesHewitt]

Decided the CPU is probably buggered, atleast the sensor is. Anyone know what the best FM2 socket processor is? ( Not FM2+ ) Read some reviews saying it's the AMD a6-6600k.

 

Also are they all APU's? No just base CPU's?

[LabRat]

I have a 5600k ( quad ) if you can find one.

and a 5400k dual core.... Like $35.

should get your buddy to check on a BIOS  update for his board for the ( + ) models before the apu burns up.

[Bakerking31]

This is just a sensor error

 

I have an 860k on one of my computers and depending on what program reads the temp it will be off 30-40 degrees C.  Its been like that since I bought it and when I looked online it seemed like a normal issue for x4's.

 

I use Asus AI Suite and it is the only one that gives me the right temp ... right now in AI suite I have 63C and in HW monitor its 98C. 

 

 

LabRat - You cannot update bios from FM2 to FM2+, they are different sockets.

[LabRat]

14 minutes ago, Bakerking31 said:

This is just a sensor error

 

I have an 860k on one of my computers and depending on what program reads the temp it will be off 30-40 degrees C.  Its been like that since I bought it and when I looked online it seemed like a normal issue for x4's.

 

I use Asus AI Suite and it is the only one that gives me the right temp ... right now in AI suite I have 63C and in HW monitor its 98C. 

 

 

LabRat - You cannot update bios from FM2 to FM2+, they are different sockets.

no cpu swap then huh?

[Bakerking31]

You would have to stick with FM2 which is a dead socket type.  It would be better to wait for Ryzen unless its just a HTPC or something then throw a A6 in it and it will be fine.  But I doubt there is actually an issue with this CPU.  Mine does the exact same thing and a lot of people online say their temp sensors on these chips are wrong in some/most applications.