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Cpu idling at 70C

zinton
By zinton
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So I noticed that my Athlon 760k is running abnormally hot when idling. In task manager it says my cpu is running at about 30% load but all the applications in task manager are not using more than 8% total. I have the NZXT repsire heatsink on it too and its doing worse than a stock. When I feel the heat sink when the computer is running it feels cold. Any Idea what's wrong?

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damn, what program are you using to monitor the temperature?

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Did you seat the cooler correctly?

Perhaps the thermal reading is just an error. What are you using to monitor temperatures?

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