Need Help with CPU temps

[Lennard_]

Hello, since about a month my CPU is acting very strange. In every game or benchmark, it maxes out on 44° C, even on multicore benchmarks. The only thing i changed in that time was aplying new Thermal paste ( Arctic MX-4) and a new cooler on the back of my case. Before that, it went over 60°C. My CPU is a AMD FX-8300. 

[Skiiwee29]

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[Chris Pratt]

Are you complaining that your temps are *lower* than they used to be? That's not really a problem.

[Lennard_]

1 minute ago, Chris Pratt said:

Are you complaining that your temps are *lower* than they used to be? That's not really a problem.

It kind of is. My performance dropped because of that.

[Haraikomono]

1 minute ago, Lennard_ said:

It kind of is. My performance dropped because of that.

if theres a performance issue despite low temp, then there might be an actual problem. try to measure the temp with a laser thermostate ( if you have one). The Fx8300 series used to be like hot plates, delivering sub normal performance in exchange for high temps

[Chris Pratt]

Your performance didn't drop because of lower temps. You perhaps have lower temps because of lost performance. Either way, not enough here to help you, because again lower temps may be a symptom, but they aren't the problem.

[Lennard_]

1 minute ago, Haraikomono said:

if theres a performance issue despite low temp, then there might be an actual problem. try to measure the temp with a laser thermostate ( if you have one). The Fx8300 series used to be like hot plates, delivering sub normal performance in exchange for high temps

Thank you. I will try that.

[WhitetailAni]

5 minutes ago, Haraikomono said:

if theres a performance issue despite low temp, then there might be an actual problem. try to measure the temp with a laser thermostate ( if you have one). The Fx8300 series used to be like hot plates, delivering sub normal performance in exchange for high temps

Note that FX has a max operating temperature of 70C, so 60C is quite warm.

50C was considered "hot".

[Haraikomono]

2 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Note that FX has a max operating temperature of 70C, so 60C is quite warm.

50C was considered "hot".

thats right, not hot but definetly warm at 50C