CPU temp question

[Søren Bjerg]

Hi there,

 

With my new PC (custom built), my CPU is about 45º C (113º f) just while in BIOS. Is this normal?

 

I do live in Australia and it's really hot down here (and we're upside down so maybe that messes up airflow), so maybe that could be the reason it is at 45º C.

 

I do plan on getting liquid cooling btw.

[MegaDave91]

The BIOS reading is always hotter than the actual temperature.

[Holydays]

It's best if you use some 3rd party programs to look at your temps

[Søren Bjerg]

The BIOS reading is always hotter than the actual temperature.

Roughly how much hotter? I'm on BIOS F4 on a gigabyte mobo

[Speedbird]

Roughly how much hotter? I'm on BIOS F4 on a gigabyte mobo

What mobo? What model is it?

[MegaDave91]

Roughly how much hotter? I'm on BIOS F4 on a gigabyte mobo

I should clarify by saying your CPU is running at a more utilized state in the BIOS (aka not idle).

[Søren Bjerg]

What mobo? What model is it?

Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK

[MasterRaceFanBoy]

It is very normal and if you plan to water it, you shouldn't worry about anything. If you play and work and the temps are 60-65.. also that is normal.

[Søren Bjerg]

It is very normal and if you plan to water it, you shouldn't worry about anything. If you play and work and the temps are 60-65.. also that is normal.

Coolio

[Redheadsrule13]

That's fine. I'm also in Aus and my cpu runs at about 40 on idle, then 70'ish under load, and that's with an OC'd G3258. It's really the lead temps you need to worry about. Plus, with the crazy heat we've had recently, 45 is perfectly reasonable.

[MuffinTopMike]

If you are just using the stock cooler than those temps are fine.

[tobben]

exactly what is the temperature where you live or more specifically in your room.

 

you shouldn't worry too much about the idle/near idle temperature.

both high load and high idle temp would indicate that something is wrong.

What you really want to look at is the temp under load.

 

45 is abit on the high side which makes me wonder what your load temp is,

what cooler you are using and what cpu you have, details mandatory to make

a judgement . If it's 30+ degrees celsius inside, 45 might not be half bad.

[LogicalDrm]

With stock cooler thats normal idle temp. With aftermarket cooler you will see 30-39C temps.

[Toltar]

That is not really bad, I would only be scared if the CPU reaches 80 degrees Celsius.

[Søren Bjerg]

With stock cooler thats normal idle temp. With aftermarket cooler you will see 30-39C temps.

It's a hyper 212x, but it's probably just because it's so hot where I live and in my room

[LogicalDrm]

It's a hyper 212x, but it's probably just because it's so hot where I live and in my room

 

Maybe. Load temps would show that better. It could be also bad mount.

[Dabombinable]

That temperature is about what my computer has in idle and yes its completely normal if your using a stock cooler, I'm using the stock cooler on my i5 4440 and getting temps that bottom out at about the 45⁰C and only go to 59⁰C at full load, and that was just today with the ambient temp at 34⁰C and playing BF4. (I live in Aus as well ).