955 Phenom II temps

nitram100 · 24 Mar 2011 at 17:55

Hi guys,

I have a 955 running at stock, never overclocked. We've had a few warm days recently and suddenly my stock CPU fan has become really loud. I checked the temps and each core is at around 62c idle, is this too hot?

Frozennova · 24 Mar 2011 at 17:56

Core temps are an inaccurate software guess, use hardware monitor and look for TMPIN1 or CPUTIN, this shouldnt exceed 62'c

nitram100 · 24 Mar 2011 at 18:03

Ok I just checked using HWMonitor and TMPIN1 is 57c and was at 63c max value earlier.

I couldn't see CPUTIN from the latest HWmonitor version I downloaded.

Thanks

SouthEastBlue · 24 Mar 2011 at 20:03

60 Celcius is a tad hot for idle, to be honest it should only be hitting 60 under maximum load.

I suggest reinstalling the heatsink as it may not be attached securely.

redfist · 24 Mar 2011 at 20:47

Mine sits at 43 - 45 at idle. I know this is high but waiting till i can get a better cooloer

nitram100 · 24 Mar 2011 at 21:51

redfist said:
Mine sits at 43 - 45 at idle. I know this is high but waiting till i can get a better cooloer

Is that TMPIN 1 mate? Also, is it better to have a side case fan blowing air into or away from the heatsink/fan?

Thanks!

redfist · 25 Mar 2011 at 07:37

Sorry I don't have TMPIN 1 on my list, its lists CPU, SB, NB then on another line it lists all of the cores.

I would think that a side fan blowing air air would be better (it would cool the motherboard down better. What case do you have?

gdrules · 25 Mar 2011 at 07:59

62c isnt too hot, but obviously a bit lower would be better

SouthEastBlue · 25 Mar 2011 at 08:05

With a standard AMD cooler a side fan may help since I'm pretty sure the stock fan blows air down onto the CPU.

If you added a bigger heatpipe cooler though with the fan facing out of the top then a side fan will most likely upset the airflow.

Download 'Everest' and monitor the CPU temp only (core temps are wrong).

skippy2421 · 25 Mar 2011 at 08:09

Mine (also on stock fan) idles at around 40 so I would say 60 is far too high for idle. Try re-seating it perhaps.

L0rdMike · 25 Mar 2011 at 10:53

Way too hot, my 965 idles at 27C

nitram100 · 26 Mar 2011 at 09:43

Hey guys, I took a screenshot of HWMonitor just now. Do the temps look right?

http://img200.imageshack.us/i/hwmonitors.jpg/

ran_out · 26 Mar 2011 at 09:57

Those temps look too high, especially if that's idle temps. Those sort of temps should be max load temps really for a Phenom II and even then you want to aim for lower. Might be worth cleaning off the heatsink/CPU applying new thermal compound and re-seating it, make sure nothing is obstructing the fan on the heatsink and that it's firmly seated against the CPU - shouldn't be a problem with stock cooler as the retention bracket holds it pretty firmly but just make sure.

nitram100 · 26 Mar 2011 at 11:29

Ok, so i just went to open up the computer to reseat the heatsink and fan and the fan on the heatsink wasn't moving! It seems to stopping and starting, what the hell could be causing that?

It's working at the moment, but I am just coming on quickly to order a new cpu fan, anyone recommend anything cheapish? I don't OC or anything, just something basic and fairly quiet, thanks!

nitram100 · 26 Mar 2011 at 11:31

nitram100 · 26 Mar 2011 at 11:37

I'm such an idiot, sorry guys. I figured out what the problem was. My brother was using the computer the other day and it turns out he installed SETI@Home, which had been running in the background 24/7 :mad:

But would that have caused the fan to stop?

Uninstalling the program has certainly sorted out the temps now, it's idling at 35c now.