Good temps for an AMD A10 and cooler reccomendation.

[bejamartins]

I'm thinking I'm getting some high temps. It's the first time I'm dealing with AMD CPUs on a desktop, so not really sure.

 

Idle is around 50ºC and on (not much) effort goes up to 75ºC to 80-ish.

 

Is this normal/hot/far too hot? I'm using the stock cooler, that I read somewhere its bad, should I replace it?

 

If so, should an Artic Cooling Alpine 64 GT do the job or should I invest more?

[PlayStation 2]

That's pretty hot.

Get something like a Cryorig C7/H7 or a Cooler Master Hyper T4 if you're on a budget.

[bejamartins]

1 minute ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

That's pretty hot.

Get something like a Cryorig C7/H7 or a Cooler Master Hyper T4 if you're on a budget.

I'll take a look, thank you.
It's a new CPU, could it be faulty or is just the stock cooler that's plain bad?

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, bejamartins said:

I'll take a look, thank you.
It's a new CPU, could it be faulty or is just the stock cooler that's plain bad?

Stock cooler is pretty damn bad.

As for the A10-7870K's stock cooler (Wraith), it does a surprisingly good job at keeping the CPU cool.

[bejamartins]

3 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

That's pretty hot.

Get something like a Cryorig C7/H7 or a Cooler Master Hyper T4 if you're on a budget.

It's an A10-5800k though.

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, bejamartins said:

It's an A10-5800k though.

That's still Piledriver, and Piledriver (Vishera and Trinity) is the worst offender in temperatures on AMD's side.

[debro]

13 hours ago, bejamartins said:

I'll take a look, thank you.
It's a new CPU, could it be faulty or is just the stock cooler that's plain bad?

DON'T get an Hyper T4, it doesn't come with mounting brackets for AMD, and you'll be forced to place it horizontally and fixed to the stock plastic mountings...

 

I speak from experience: 

Your temps are not *that* bad for a stock cooler, but those can be too noisy, and you'll be better off with an aftermarket cooler. If you can, go for the Hyper 212 EVO instead of the T4.

 

Don't get me wrong, the T4 works just fine, and if you don't have any clearing issues you should be OK. But for a few bucks you can get a much better cooler that you can mount vertically (usually blowing air out of the back of the case)