My cpu is 48 C idle temp and up to 80 C when gaming. Is this normal? Is it a problem with the heatsink/fan or the cpu?
1774888
try using rubber washers behind the mother board threaded through the backplate, its a little tricky to tighen it but i was able to drop a few celcius you might get better luck, try reapplying thermal paste or getting a 212 evo, you could also try organizing the cables for better case airflow
1774889
Well, I have four fans cooling my system and when gaming I let them spin pretty fast. Don't really care about excessive sound because I'm wearing a headset most of the time. With stock fan/heat sink mine is very cool while idle, and have never seen it above 60C while playing some of the most demanding games. Yes the fan and heat sink could be better but for me it's fine.
1774890
I'm not sure, I just recently made a PC for a buddy of mine with this CPU and its driving me crazy. But his was a super budget build and parts that I had to assemble weren't the greatest, but still I'm getting some what the same temps. I told my buddy about the temps, and how I felt like they were a bit too high so he bought a Corsair H75 CPU fan, which I just installed last night, and even though the loads were really wacky, and not normal. It pretty much says the same temps your getting, and now my buddy even has a CPU cooler on the CPU. Funny part is, the cooler is totally blowing out cold air (comparing, my main gaming pc, which blows out hot) this CPU cooler GOTTA be working. But honestly, I have no idea, I'm trying to understand this CPU myself, I thought I did research everything, but it seems that people online are reporting that this CPU reports wrong temps in pretty much ALL temp programs for Windows. Everyone is saying look at the BIOS temps, which is only idle though. To continue on if it helps you, here's just a recent question I asked Amazon buyers, I did ask several community sites online but didnt find much help.
1774891
the stock heat sink that comes with this cpu is JUNK throw it away and buy something like a cooler master hyper 212 EVO this heat sink will keep your cpu much cooler
144188
I don't use liquid cooloing but the case is set-up for it, but 11 cooling fans I have never seen case temp above 40 cel degrees sorry about all I can say
1237795
When I surf the web the laptop is using the 4600 on the cpu and fan is silent. (no heat = no fan)When I play games and use the 780 the fan is on low to med. still quiet the only time it makes a lot of noise is when you hit the fan overdrive button and I only did this to check it out, not because it was needed.
1743987
its amazing. I don't have a water cooling system and it rarely gets warm. (I keep it on lowest fan setting for noise and game pretty hard on highest settings, when it rarely does I turn the fans up and its cool again within a minute)
1793423
It can run pretty hot, but I've never had any performance issues from overheating. If you're really that worried about it, buy a cheap cooling pad. Mine cools it down easily even while gaming.
970402
Yes it will be fine. I've ran 2 CPUs with this fan that is over 95w and it works fine. Now if you tried gaming the temp wouldn't go critical if you have a well ventilated case.
1056405
1) did you make sure the heat sink was applied properly? what kind of temps are you getting @ bios when you reboot.2) power supply: how old? what kind of wattage?3) Have you tried doing any other intensive tasks like gaming or running a test app like SuperPi? Does it shut down then?
105331
I wasn't, but my friend was and he said at idle the temps were anywhere between 35 and 40 C. At full load the temps were about 60 C. I would highly suggest getting a H100i, my temps at idle are about 15 C and 31 C full load.
256078
Case is vented. I've overclocked mine to 1100 Mhz, temperature never gets above 60C. With this Evercool router fan underneath it the CPU hovers between 36-39 Evercool Dr. Cool Multi Functional Router, Modem, or Switch Cooler RC-01 but I don't think it's really necessary. Most chips can handle up to at least 80C without issues.
1132048
In my experience AMDs run hotter. I had an aftermarket fan with a nice solid heatsink and larger fan that I used as the stock fan heat sink seemed a bit thin. I can't say it wouldn't be good enough my last 2 AMD cpus I used the stock fans and never had an issue.
1089934
I play Battlefield 4 and Guild Wars 2. Both keep a smooth steady 60fps. It would probably be higher if my system was a little beefier. I have an AMD940 with ddr2 ram. I don't overclock, and it always stays a tad below 70c under load. My machine gets a little loud when everything is running at full speed, but Im not sure if I can hear the GPU fan above the power supply and CPU fan which will speed up under load. I think its a great card for the money.
1141442
I will say no. I'm currently using the biggest Bequiet heatsink with two (1 120mm and 1 140mm) and it still idles at 45 and goes up to 60 - 65 degrees when playing BF3
606130
yes but the stock heatsink is not all to great. on my system with the stock cooler the temps were from 45-80 C. I bought a hyper tx3 from cooler master and now my temps stay from 35-55 C. Maybe look into getting a hyper 212 evo for like $30. its a really good cpu though very good for gaming.
1874746
Yes, it comes with a heatsink that should work for normal usage. If you live in a hot area or plan to overclock the CPU you should consider getting a better heatsink though.
59034
I purchased this case to make a cheap gaming PC as well, I would buy an additional fan for the side panel 80mm I believe is the size... I hope it's the size I bought one but havent installed it yet :) But with the stock cooling fans running an i5 quad core with GEForce GT 730 (cheap card) the temperature is about 35 C which is well within normal temp range.
1240821
That shouldn't happen. If there is a rise in temp, there might be a few causes: quantity of compound used or wasn't uniformly applied, the processor & heatsink plate weren't cleaned properly (you can use either absolute alcohol or some specialized cleaner you might find), heatsink screws are too loose and the plate isn't making a proper contact with the processor, or your source power has an issue.
351609
I'm not sure as mine is mounted in a tower but I imagine it wouldn't be much different. I am not a fan of the small fan it uses though. It get very loud and I have not seen much difference in idle temps. I set it to cut off below 40 C. If I'm playing a game or encoding, it will kick on otherwise it's off.I actually bought this not for the cooling or dust prevention, but for support of the motherboard. I like to think the backplate helps with the weight from the CPU heatsink and graphic cards.