CPU Overheating?

kmistry

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Hi there just a quick question, speedfan, reports my CPU temperature to be around 48-50 degrees, when idle, and it must go up to about 55 ish when playing games, does this seem a little high, or am I getting worked up over nothing? I did have a bit of trouble fitting the supplied fan (yes I'm dumb :p ) but I got there in the end.....

EDIT: spec is in sig and I'm using the retail fan :)
 
Is the cpu overclocked, any extra volts added?......

Does seem a little high considering my cpu with extra voltage sits at 35C or so idle now..... but i am using a Freezer Pro.

What compound did you use?......

Stock coolers are not the best, but i've not had experience firsthand with the Conroe coolers so can't comment on them.
 
I would say that is pretty high.

Have you got any other fans running in your case?

Is your processor at stock or have you overclocked?

The best thing to do is reseat your heatsink and see if your temps drops.

My processor idles at around 30'c and hits about 40'c at load. Admittedly that is using an arctic freezer pro but it is clocked at 3ghz.
 
Depends on the cooling though.

I had an Arctic Silencer, and granted it cooled as well as the stock, it was far quieter, but at a price of not so great cooling, 50C was the norm when using that for me.

Of course extra voltage etc needs to be added to the equation if applicable.

60C is still safe, you'll just get less life out of the CPU, these things will still run up in the silly region temps.

Simple answer would be get yourself a cheap customer cooler, Arctic Freezer 7 springs to mind. :D
 
Thanks for the replies guys, no it isn't overclocked which is why I was a bit worried, and I haven't changed anything whatsoever with regards to voltage...I have an Antec Sonata and so I have used that "thing" that allows you to kool both the gfx card and the CPU giving me a total of 3 case fans. The temp of my system is only 37 degrees. With regards to reseating the CPU, the reason I dont want to do this is because when I was installing the CPU, I stupidly took off the metal hook that holds the CPU in place thinking it didn't need to be there :rolleyes:. In my stupidity, I realised what I had done and then proceeded to take off the fan, at which point the thermal compound had stuck the CPU to the fan and I had to "peel" it off. I think this is probably why its overheating. So I might just have to take off the fan and then re-apply some AS :) Thanks for the input guys

Kiz
 
kmistry said:
With regards to reseating the CPU, the reason I dont want to do this is because when I was installing the CPU, I stupidly took off the metal hook that holds the CPU in place thinking it didn't need to be there :rolleyes:.
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ROFL
Same thing I did, but realised it was needed before putting the fan on, so quickly and rather quietly, put it back without saying another word.
I do hate the way these fans fit to socket 775.
P.S.
Your temps are pretty high, mine idles at 37 degrees, which I thought was a little high compared to other users using stock fan.
Mines an E6600 / not overclocked, as it does'nt need to be just yet :)
 
yes that does seem high, my 6600, under no load runs at 20c or less, with a zalman 9500, which, tbh shocked me, having had a p4d840 before, which was hot-damn hot
 
Looks like i might have to take the HSF off and re-apply some arctic silver then.....Anybody have any idea how much you are supposed to use? Im not really good with this kinda stuff :)
 
i use it a lot like lots of people on here, my advice is use a little as you can get away with,
imho about half a grain of uncooked rice size
then usually put a clear piece of plastic over my finger tightly and spread it around the entire processor surface
when you have got a film over the entire surface and you can see no metal through it then it is ready, rubbing it around with the finger covers it quite well as it spreads well (no marge jokes thank you)

i'll pre-empt all the detractors from this method now, its how i do it, and its been fine, so what everyone else does if their method works for them -fantastic
i think the thing to remember is using the least you can get away with

anyhow my 6600 unclocked has been as low as 17c so it must be doing the job
 
Sonata 2 is pants for cooling, my spec in sig was running about 50 idle and 60+ load, with fron & rear fans, i have now added a blow hole with a 120mm amber, and temps are around the 38 idle and below 50 on full load!

Id reccomend you get a better cooler or even place a front 120mm in atleast
 
valerian said:
put a clear piece of plastic over my finger tightly and spread it around the entire processor surface

i'll pre-empt all the detractors from this method now, its how i do it, and its been fine, so what everyone else does if their method works for them -fantastic
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That's the same as i do, has always worked well for me.
 
I had to re-open this thread because I have done the above mentioned stuff i.e. reseated my heatsink and still my temps are saying 54C under load and 48-50 idle. I know this is really quite high. Could it be because I have used the exhaust thing that came with my Sonata II ? It has 2 Ambers in there and the case temp is saying around 35C which I think is ok. What do you guys think? Reckon I should take the exhaust thing out and see if temps decrease? or maybe I should just buy a better cooler....this comp is costing me more and more
 
If your not gonna overclock, then you have nothing to worry about - Those temps will not have a performance hit, just gives you no headroom for overclocking. If you wish to do so then investing in a good heatsink is pretty much a given regardless of temperatures. If your not gonna overclock it would be a waste of money to get a new heatsink/cooling unless you want a quieter system, i've ran orthos on my comp for 24 hours at cpu temps over 68C~ constant and it was fine.

My rig idles at 46C and thats at stock volts, also taken out the floppy drives and one of the cd drives and put a 120mm fan over it. Makes a hell of a lot of difference at load temperatures, It would be worth attempting a mod such as ging's or a side blowhole as the system temps inside Sonata's get toasty - before i put my intake fan in my system, my system temp would be about 40C with cpu at about 66C full load now its 57C full load and system temps around 30C and thats with all my fans at min rpm.

As for the temperature issue again, your temperatures seem fine for the cooling capacity you have and your system temperatures are pretty toasty. So i think investing in a new cpu cooler really would not effect your temperatures much, i know mines did not but putting in a intake fan that takes air from directly out of the case into it made much more of a difference but saying that the Arctic Pro is so cheap theres no reason not to get one.
 
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Hmm thanks for your help, what I might do then is to move the 120MM fan at the back of the case to the front to blow air in, as coretemp is saying the CPUs are 57C idle!!! Looks like I might just have to invest in a freezer 7 pro. Unless there are any other suggestions as to what I can do?
 
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