I just finished putting my comp together yesterday and installed windows and stuff today and basically I wanted to get some others opinions on my temps it's running at, these are the parts in my pc
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LMYCqs
I'm using the stock cooler that came with the cpu and the case has a front 120mm intake fan and a rear 80mm exhaust fan, the only 2 games i've tested so far are Minecraft which was pretty heavily modded and Warface which is a fps game and my temps are below.
Idle -- CPU around 30 C, forgot to check write down GPU's idle temp but was around the same
Modded Minecraft -- GPU around 42 C and CPU around 35 C
Warface -- GPU around 45 C and CPU around the same
To me that seems a bit high but this is my first quad core amd cpu so i'm not 100% sure what temp is average for it and also not sure what temp is average for a gpu like mine either so i'd like some feedback.
The games you play are not very demanding and the temps are very cool.
your gpu and cpu might get around 60ish degrees on full load, but they can handle higher temps.
most cpu's can get as hot as 95*C and gpu's can go as high as 105*C . so your temps are relatively low but could be brought down by 5*C or more by using higher grade thermal paste.
@ rolling potatoe --Yea i know their not super demanding although the modded minecraft turns out to be a bit more demanding than i had figured it would be, more so on the cpu than the graphics but yea i was just a bit concerned and figured i'd ask since this is my first system i've built completely from parts and i really don't want to risk messing anything up, my system i was using before this got around 50-60 C according to CoreTemp, dont think i've ever seen that go above 60, but that was with these same games but that system was far less powerful than this one and also a lot cheaper which is why i didn't really care what temps that got up to but with this i just want to take every precaution i can and figured it'd be best to ask just to make sure, but anyways thank you for the feedback it was very helpful
@thorium233 -- I plan on getting a better cpu cooler eventually when i get the money so i'll end up getting better thermal paste then, this is more of just a temporary setup until i get more cash for some better parts, I also plan on getting a better case with more room for fans and better cable routing options since the case I have now doesn't really have any options for routing cables, and it's not the biggest case either just a basic micro-atx case but yea like i said this is basically just a temporary setup till i get cash for some better parts for it, but anyways thanks for the suggestion
i'm fairly familiar with AMD parts with that said the cpu (if overclocked) is good up to 60 C if it's at stock speeds 70 c is just fine, as for the gpu, with overclock you should be good up to 70-75 C without an overclock 80 C is fine. I would like to note for the gpu even though the temps I stated are fine they are above the normal range for that card so if you ever see the temps get that high you might need new thermal paste, but like i said they won't damage it.
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Thanks for the reply, I don't plan on overclocking the cpu since it's good enough for the games I want to play already and the gpu came pre-overclocked, but thank for the temperatures it's definitely reassuring since I wasn't 100% sure about what the safe temperatures are.
Not a problem happy to help
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