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Phenom II X6 1055T Temps OK?

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Wasn't sure if this should go in the "Cooling" section or "CPU" section of the forums, so opted for here.

At the moment I'm running a Phenom II X6 1055T (95W version apparently) on a Gigabyte 880GM-UD2H motherboard with a Titan Fenrir cooler using the default Fenrir fan.
Checking in the BIOS my CPU temp was reading 45C (CPU overclocked to 3.8GHz). As this is in the BIOS, that's idle temp!
I reverted back to stock speeds (well loaded Optimised Defaults, which seemed to take it to 3.3GHz?) rebooted and checked again and the temperature read 29/30C.

Are these high for idle temps with a Titan Fenrir?
My E6850 with stock cooler is currently reading about 27C on both cores according to Real Temp. My i5 750 @ 3.8GHz (CM Hyper 212+) idles at around 38C according to CoreTemp.
Based on this the readings I'm getting for the Phenom seem high.

Also, how do you know when to stop tightening the thumb screws on the Fenrir (specifically on a AM3 board)?
I don't want to do them too tight that I damage something, but I don't want it too be too lose that it's not making good contact.

Thanks in advance for any assistance/info.
 
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Hello GoogalyMoogaly :D

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Checking in the BIOS my CPU temp was reading 45C (CPU overclocked to 3.8GHz). As this is in the BIOS, that's idle temp!
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AFAIK the BIOS reading is semi-loaded and isn't idle . . . to get proper idle temps you need to be in Windows!

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GoogalyMoogaly said:
take it to 3.3GHz?
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This is TurboCore 2.8GHz > 3.3GHz ;)

Everything looks good . . . keep breathing! :cool:
 
29/30C is idle temps? Whats your ambient temperature?

I don't have any experience with that cooler so I don't know what temps you would expect but does seem too high. As in my sig, mine idles in in high teens with max temp under prime 95 load was 38C. I cannot see yours idles higher than mine under load.
 
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Greboth said:
29/30C is idle temps? Whats your ambient temperature?

I don't have any experience with that cooler so I don't know what temps you would expect but does seem too high. As in my sig, mine idles in in high teens with max temp under prime 95 load was 38C. I cannot see yours idles higher than mine under load.
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Not sure of ambient temps, the system temp is reading about 30C.

I've got some water-cooling stuff all ready to go, but wanted a) something to compare to, and b) to get Windows installed.

I've got a pre-WC'd graphics card to go in there, but it's second-hand from a pleasant sounding chap on a notorious website. So I want to be able to monitor it's temperatures before leaving it to do it's thing, just in case he didn't sell it 'due to an upgrade' but rather because it wasn't working properly. The only way I can think to monitor it's temps is in Windows, so would rather have that installed before I try out that card. As a result I didn't want to set up the loop with just the CPU in only to have to drain the system again to put the graphics card in.
 
Sorry for the thread hijack but I too idle at around 38c on a stock 1055T 95w version but I'm using a Scythe Ninja. Hardware Monitor shows 26c but I don't think this program can be trusted if the bios and motherboards own software reports it as 12c higher?! Which one do I trust and why the difference?

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Greboth said:
As in my sig, mine idles in in high teens with max temp under prime 95 load was 38C. I cannot see yours idles higher than mine under load.
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You must be in a very very cold room if your CPU is idling in the teens...

My 1090T idles at around the mid 30's, loads around 50C @ 1.3V @ 3.6GHz.
 
See now I am worried that for some reason mine is reading too low. Was paying attention last night to mine, with ambient at 14C my pc at idle was 19/20, reading some forums and watching videos got upto about 21 - 22C. From what you have both said above my temps seem far too low, though my temps are read from core temp and amd overdrive.

Slight hijack of thread, but I would be interested to know if the OP temps are normal and why mine are so different, can't see it is just down to difference in chip between 1055 and 1090.

Edit: @ HeX: Not particularly cold, as above. I am confused now.
 
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14C ambient is damn cold...

Most peoples ambient room temp will be closer to 20C+, and internal case temp closer to 25C.

So ~30C idles is about what you'd expect.


Watching videos/forum browsing won't do much to your CPU temps, as it will barely tax it at all. To get your load temps get LinX and tell it to do 10 loops at 2048MB.

Use HWMonitor to get your temp readings.

Don't look at the Core Temps as those are rubbish, it's the CPU temp you want which will be listed above, either by name, or as TMPIN0 or TMPIN1.

Prime95 is OK for testing, but I find LinX will give you the max temp readings for your system.

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lol all you cold blooded people. House termostat is only at 18 and I quite happily sit with my window open still :) I like temperatures around about 15C, 20c+ is too warm for me.

Yeah found a similar thread about someone querying temps, seems core temp gets it wrong as does amd overdrive (which is stupid considering its made by amd) I will check mine under HWM tonight if I don't get home too late. Oh I know that internet/video wouldn't increase much but just giving 'normal' usage temps. prime 95 for 6 hours took it to 38C, though this was core temp/amd overdrive so I don't know what temps I will get.

Also to answer OP, seems that the temps are normal. Just mine that are wrong :(
 
Greboth said:
lol all you cold blooded people. House termostat is only at 18 and I quite happily sit with my window open still :) I like temperatures around about 15C, 20c+ is too warm for me.
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14C is known as 'cellar' temp by beer/wine makers :p

Us normal folks like it a bit warmer :D
 
HeX said:
14C is known as 'cellar' temp by beer/wine makers :p

Us normal folks like it a bit warmer :D
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See if it is beer/wine temperature then it is a good temperatue :D Maybe I should use this reason to turn the pc room into a wine room too. I ahve always been a warm person though, just check office temp here at work is 21C but its alright as I am sat by an open window :)

Just noticed HeX, our specs are similar so I guess i should be getting temps similar to yours. Will post back up temps from hwmonitor either tonight or tomorrow.

Surely though you have to go by 3rd party software for temperature as you can't check bios while running prime 95 etc.
 
Foyman said:
How can you be sure that's right though? HW shows the same for me but I'm far more likely to believe the bios and motherboard software that reports over 10c higher than a third party application
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because all monitoring software reports the same on my motherboard including the bios and motherboard software.


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yea hwinfo is pretty realiable , coretemp etc are off by 10c for me...

62c is the max temp these chips can handle acording to amd, i'd say anything under 50c is fine personally i wouldnt like to go over 55 at any time
 
62C is the 'safe' limit, not the 'hit this and its dead' limit, so you'll be fine running the cpu at 60C for a long time.

Though of course cooler is better.


On my mobo TMPIN0 is CPU, and TMPIN1 is Chipset/Mobo.

Mines 10C or so out as well.
 
Thought I would post back, core temp reads exactly that and as you have all posted about ~10C out. TMPIN1 seems to be my cpu temp which is now idling at 27C and a quick 30 mins on prime 95 got the max temp to settle at 45C, though I can't give ambient as I don't have thermometer here at the moment. I know prime should be run for longer for a stability test but I only wanted an idea of temps and they had settles at 45C for about 10 mins.
 
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