Hi CPU temps?

[Reaver]

Hey, new to the forums here. >.>  Anyway, I have a FX-9370 running at the stock 4.4. .I have Turbo disabled and am Cooling it with a Swiftech H-220 in a Cosair 750D case.  At idle regardless of what I set fan speeds to I sit around 44°C.. under minor gaming loads it jumps to around 55°C, and under a synthetic load it skyrockets to over 70°C in a matter of a couple of minutes (And I've not tried letting it go past that).  My room is maybe only 20° +/- a couple degrees.  I've tried swapping the fans for Cosair SPs, tried push, pull. and push/pull.  Tried reapplying thermal compound and reseating the block.. nothing seems to bring the temp down on this thing.  44° Idle seems high to me, but I thought I'd ask others...  Thanks in advance  

[Nineshadow]

Dude...it's an FX-9370 after all .

[Enderman]

70 is fine

you only need to get worried when it goes above 85-90C

[Reaver]

Heh, so 44 at idle isn't high?

[Sharif]

Heh, so 44 at idle isn't high?

mine is 49 on idle phenom IIx4 955

its fine like 1st person said

[Reaver]

Awesome, thanks for the help.  

[Faa]

70 is fine

you only need to get worried when it goes above 85-90C

The max is 62° on amd's..

[Enderman]

The max is 62° on amd's..

oh right this is AMD were talking about...

[Sintezza]

unfortunatly i dont know much about swiftec aio coolers, But what are the specs of the cooler? how manny TDP heat, in Watts,is it able to dispace? Cause not every cooler is capable, to dispace that 220W tdp of heat.  i think that the swiftec H220 should be capable of doing this it looks very decent., But you could allways check it. just to be sure.

[airdeano]

Hey, new to the forums here. >.>  Anyway, I have a FX-9370 running at the stock 4.4. .I have Turbo disabled and am Cooling it with a Swiftech H-220 in a Cosair 750D case.  At idle regardless of what I set fan speeds to I sit around 44°C.. under minor gaming loads it jumps to around 55°C, and under a synthetic load it skyrockets to over 70°C in a matter of a couple of minutes (And I've not tried letting it go past that).  My room is maybe only 20° +/- a couple degrees.  I've tried swapping the fans for Cosair SPs, tried push, pull. and push/pull.  Tried reapplying thermal compound and reseating the block.. nothing seems to bring the temp down on this thing.  44° Idle seems high to me, but I thought I'd ask others...  Thanks in advance  

 

what motherboard?

 

Known Motherboard incompatibility issues

• Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z AMD 990FX Motherboard - Interference with VR Heatsinks
• ASRock Z77E-ITX LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard - Interference with RAM & VGA slots
• ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS Dual LGA 2011 Intel C602 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 SSI EEB Intel Motherboard - Interference with Ram slots closest to CPU sockets - Can only use outer RAM slots.

 

 

 

verify the block/pump is installed flat. might have to remove and check TIM pattern

to verify install is good.

[Reaver]

I pulled off the block again and checked the paste.. it seemed to be spread out in an oval (was applied in a line).  As best I can tell it seems seated all the way, and the hold downs screw all the way to the stopper.  It is a Formula-Z motherboard, yes, and the blocks does sit directly against the board heatsink, but it seems to fit aside from being tricky to line up?  Though the paste (applied 2 days ago) still seemed wet, rather than the dried tacky material it was when I removed the old cooler I had installed.  Appreciate all the help offered thus far.

[harrynowl]

The max is 62° on amd's..

That's K10 isn't it? Bulldozer and newer revisions can run fine above 65-70. That's how I ran at when I had AMD and as far as I'm aware there wasn't any issues.

 

Maybe I'm wrong but OP should be OK it's kind of hard to keep a 220W TDP CPU under 70c.

[Lays]

That's K10 isn't it? Bulldozer and newer revisions can run fine above 65-70. That's how I ran at when I had AMD and as far as I'm aware there wasn't any issues.

 

Maybe I'm wrong but OP should be OK it's kind of hard to keep a 220W TDP CPU under 70c.

 

Keep in mind it has a bit more surface area, making it easier to dissipate the heat I'd think.

 

But yeah, 220w tdp is a bit insane

[Reaver]

I'm really at a loss on what to do, I'm rather frustrated with this PC at this point.  Alot is my fault for skimping on parts at the beginning of the build, but at this point I have decided I will likely not ever buy AMD again. . . Sigh, anyway, do you think throwing a 360 rad at it is worth the effort (and possibly another 140 at the rear), and if so will the pump on this thing realistically handle that and a GPU block as well?  I know they say it will, but I'm skeptical.

[Faa]

That's K10 isn't it? Bulldozer and newer revisions can run fine above 65-70. That's how I ran at when I had AMD and as far as I'm aware there wasn't any issues.

 

Maybe I'm wrong but OP should be OK it's kind of hard to keep a 220W TDP CPU under 70c.

http://products.amd.com/pages/desktopcpudetail.aspx?id=770&f1=&f2=&f3=&f4=&f5=&f6=&f7=&f8=&f9=&f10=&f11=&f12=&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

[harrynowl]

http://products.amd.com/pages/desktopcpudetail.aspx?id=770&f1=&f2=&f3=&f4=&f5=&f6=&f7=&f8=&f9=&f10=&f11=&f12=&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

I see, I assume Bulldozer has same thermal "limit" as Piledriver. However Intel quote 71c and we all know a lot of people run above that:P

[Reaver]

Whew.. Problem is fixed.. removed the H-220, and filed down the corner that presses against the VR heatsink.. Reapplied, and after running Prime95 for 15 mins temp never went over 56°C.     

 

Thanks for all the help, everyone!

[Faa]

I see, I assume Bulldozer has same thermal "limit" as Piledriver. However Intel quote 71c and we all know a lot of people run above that:P

Thats just the Tcase. 8350's can handle above 70° easily but the socket can't literally. Usually the socket temp is 10° higher than the cores and the max for the socket is around 72° so the max becomes for the cores 62°.

[harrynowl]

Thats just the Tcase. 8350's can handle above 70° easily but the socket can't literally. Usually the socket temp is 10° higher than the cores and the max for the socket is around 72° so the max becomes for the cores 62°.

I suppose yes, nothing you can do about those socket temps on AMD though!

 

1.2v vs 1.45v made about 6c of difference after 20 mins of small fft