Basic cpu temp question

bakes0310 · 6 Oct 2010 at 12:55

First time overclocking gonna give it a bash. Quick question my idle temp is 40c is that high and what temp shouldnt i get it too?

dreigns · 6 Oct 2010 at 13:20

Don't know amd cpu's but 40c is fine for idle but ur not gonna be using it at idle so to test ur overclocked temp going to need to stress the CPU
use a program like prime95 to test both if ur overclock is stable and what temp go up 2

minicle · 6 Oct 2010 at 13:24

Max temp is 62 according to

http://products.amd.com/en-us/Deskt...2=&f3=&f4=&f5=&f6=&f7=&f8=&f9=&f10=&f11=&f12=

(.. and 1.4 v)

Philtor · 6 Oct 2010 at 13:25

Your idle temps seem a little high however I could be wrong here as I don't run an AMD system... One of the AMD guys will confirm this for you. When Overclocking don't exceed 62°C and you'll be fine

bakes0310 · 6 Oct 2010 at 13:33

Thanks everyone.
Im using amd overdrive to overclock and atm its 200mhz more, probably gonna take a couple hours before it gets to a higher clock is it safe just to leave on while i go work?

Evil-I · 6 Oct 2010 at 13:35

Idle temp is largely irrelevant, load temp is what you need to worry about.

Evil-I · 6 Oct 2010 at 13:41

bakes0310 said:
Thanks everyone.
Im using amd overdrive to overclock and atm its 200mhz more, probably gonna take a couple hours before it gets to a higher clock is it safe just to leave on while i go work?

I wouldn't leave it if it were me, hopefully a failed overclock at worst will blue screen and restart, however If something really isn't happy and locks it up whilst pushed too hard you could have it overheat.

If you were overclocking manually wvia the bios etc I wouldn't worry as you know how much you're increasing the 0overclock by. Doing an auto overclock and leaving it probably not reccomended.

E-I

bakes0310 · 6 Oct 2010 at 13:41

Evil-I said:
Idle temp is largely irrelevant, load temp is what you need to worry about.

Surely while the cpu is in the middle of overclocking the cpu is under 100% load so the temp im getting now (52c) is what itll be like when under load like playing games etc?

Evil-I · 6 Oct 2010 at 13:48

Nope, overclocking is just the process of increasing the CPUs speed. You need to then test that by running a programme to stress the cpu to 100% load whilst keeping an eye on the CPU temp. Its possible that the overdrive utility is actually stressing the cpu as part of its process, thats easily confirmed by firing up task manager and watching the CPU usage graph.

Even once you have have got your overclock to a higher level theoretically you should always run something like prime95 for at least 6 hours to prove stability, (whilst monitoring cpu temp). Typically gaming won't max out your cpu at 100% on all cores for a sustained period of time, so is not a very good test method.

E-I

bakes0310 · 7 Oct 2010 at 12:23

Just done some overclocking please take alook at the pic. My pc starts up all right and runs 3dmark vantage and plays games fine and even better.
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/7854/dscn0302q.jpg

bakes0310 · 8 Oct 2010 at 23:17

Ok my pc has crashed twice today so there must be something wrong with my overclock?
Just trying prime95 its been running for 10 mins and the temp started at 44c its at 58 already.