CPU Temps 50C and 6C?

[Private_Ceg]

Hey I have just built my first computer a few days ago. It all worked fine except when I went into the bios (mobo:http://www.msi.com/product/mb/970A-G43.html#hero-overview%C2'> cpu:FX 6300 @3.5ghz with the stock cooler) and the cpu temps were going up rapidly until they stopped at 52/53C.

 

I know this isnt normal because at that point I hadn't even got an OS, so there couldn't have been any load on the system. The rest of the system was around 30c. So I changed my fan settings so that they would be working harder and I also moved a fan from rear outake to side intake next to the cpu. All in all at this point I had 2 intake fans (one ate the front and the one next to the cpu) and one outake at the top of the case. After doing this the cpu temps simply stayed at a permenant 52C.

 

Once I had installed Linux Ubuntu I tried looking around for programs that I could use to monitor the temps I started using lm-sensors and after setting that up it kept giving me cpu temps from 6-8C.

 

So is my bios right and why are the lm-sensors so inacurate, could the temperature sensors on the cpu be falty? Also if the bios is right, why are the temperatures so high?

[vlkn´]

The temperature is probably about 30-40°C or a bit higher/lower

These readings are not unusual of amd processors.

[Profquast]

AMD processors don't measure temperature but calculate it based on power usage and some kind of magic because AMD thinks that is a good idea. The readings aren't really accurate until you get to 40 degrees so don't worry if it says it's 8 degrees. In the BIOS your CPU runs at full speed so it gets warm, just check your temp inside windows with a program like openhardwaremonitor. You're safe up to 61 degrees for long term use but if it gets to 70 degrees in prime95 it's also fine.