Hi, I was wondering if somebody knew what might be going on with my pc.
I have an FX 8350 running on an Asus M5a99FX Pro R2.0 Mobo. The CPU has a CM seidon 240m water cooler.
First off, this PC idling hotter than my other PC with the same specs, (FX 8350 running on an Asus M5a99FX Pro R2.0 Mobo) but with not as nice of a Cooler. It is a Thermaltake Water Performer 3.0 120mm. Through general use, it is many degrees, 3-5 Celsius hotter as well. This makes no sense, as I have a nicer cooler on it and I even add some pull fans to it so it's got 4 fans total on the radiator.
I did attempt to do the "auto" overclocking in the mobo and it said it was up to around 4.38 ghz, but then when I looked at the specs in Windows, and the task manager, it say's "4.0 ghz".
It is on Windows 8. The Bios version is 2301.
I ran prime95 and within a few minutes I was up around 57 degrees so I shut it down.
I tried redoing the thermal past on the Cpu. Origionally I had a little thermal paste spilling over the side. And it's possible I did it again. I'd just rather not have to do it another time, if it's possible it's another problem
I'm open to any ideas, as I don't have much of my own. I'm a noob.
57c isent that hot considering how hot it is at the momnent check your fans are set up corectly (ive seen meny a time where someone has set the fans both blowing in to the rad from both side's makeing the rad overheat)
Try to compare other components in your computer. If you have the Seidon exhaust air (I presume you do :P) it will of course take the air from inside the case, so if your other computer is generating much less inside, from say a cooler graphics card, that could be an answer.
It also could have something to do with the mount, if you have extra thermal paste lying around I highly recommend mounting it again, just be sure to clean both the CPU and the coldplate on the Seidon.
Take off the auto overclock. The software in the bios just applies a preset voltage to the processor that is not usually to much for what the processor needs to make that 4.4ghz OC.
I agree check the thermal paste, I had the same issue on mine, the poorly designed heatsink mounting clip system AMD uses makes the coldplate smear the paste and mess everything up. If you really must get someone to help out or grow an extra arm and just hold the cold plate firmly down as someone else clips it in/screws it down no air bubbles, smearing, or nonsense that way.
I would also note that using a pea sized bit of thermal paste is a bit much, more like a uncooked grain of rice; too much and it messes with the thermals.
temperature reading on amd cpus are always a strange thing.
it doesnt help that the asus mainboard sensors suck too. you think they are good? that doesnt explain my usb3.0 temp of -36° and my pcie-gen3-1 temp of 96°