Temperature difference between socket temp. and CPU temp. FX-6300 + m5a97 R2.0

[Kaupens]

I'm trying to do some basic overclocking on my FX-6300. 

 

My specs: 

CPU: AMD FX-6300
Motherboard: Asus m5a97 r2.0
Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper EVO 212

RAM: 2x Crucial Ballistix Tactical 4GB DDR3-1600 

GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 6GB ROG STRIX
PSU: Corsair CX600M

 

BIOS setting
CPU ratio: 21.5

CPU bus freq: 200
CPU voltage: 1.4
CPU/NM voltage: 1.225

So my goal is to overclock to 4.3 GHz. Right now I'm running Prime95 for about an hour. I have two problems:

1) In CPUID HWMonitor there is big difference in CPU temps. Socket CPU temp (from motherboard) shows 64 degrees, but Package temp (from CPU itself) is 54 degrees. How it that possible? Which is the real one?

2) If highest one is real one - why it runs so hot? I have decent cooler, I just cleaned heatsink and reapplied thermal paste.

I will attach image with temps.
Any ideas?

[SpaceGhostC2C]

29 minutes ago, Kaupens said:

I'm trying to do some basic overclocking on my FX-6300. 

 

My specs: 

CPU: AMD FX-6300
Motherboard: Asus m5a97 r2.0
Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper EVO 212

RAM: 2x Crucial Ballistix Tactical 4GB DDR3-1600 

GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 6GB ROG STRIX
PSU: Corsair CX600M

 

BIOS setting
CPU ratio: 21.5

CPU bus freq: 200
CPU voltage: 1.4
CPU/NM voltage: 1.225

So my goal is to overclock to 4.3 GHz. Right now I'm running Prime95 for about an hour. I have two problems:

1) In CPUID HWMonitor there is big difference in CPU temps. Socket CPU temp (from motherboard) shows 64 degrees, but Package temp (from CPU itself) is 54 degrees. How it that possible? Which is the real one?

2) If highest one is real one - why it runs so hot? I have decent cooler, I just cleaned heatsink and reapplied thermal paste.

I will attach image with temps.
Any ideas?

1) Both are real, they are different temps. The difference isn't abnormally big.

 

2) your cooler is fine, but it won't necessarily take you all the way in your overclock. You still have 5-10 degrees to the thermal limit (keep socket below 70, low 70s, and package below 60, low 60s).

 

Larger discrepancies between core and package can arise if your VRMs get too hot, as that has an impact on socket temps, but not so much on package temps.

 

PS: actually, at 1.4v your cooler is doing surprisingly well!