Phenom II X4 955 Core Temps

[daz87uk]

Hi, Ive just built my self a new pc after having a cursed sapphire board that decided it would die when i upgraded the ram thank god *new pc* , and I was just wandering what temps I should expect in the bios.

I built my gf a 2.1 Phenom x3 system which sits at 29c with a stock cooler in bios, mine sits at 39c in bios with the asus Silent Knight Cooler, seems a tad high for idle. maybe I put a little to much paste on Im not sure.

Also If anyone wouldnt mind telling me what the best setting for overclocking is for this as I would try atm but unfortunally I recieved 2 duff harddrives from OC they dropped them on the floor nice and dented,Just my luck

Phenom 955 3.2Ghz Quad
Gigabyte 790FX MB
Patriot 2x2GB Ram 7-7-7-20
and soon to be the 5870 when they release it Zzzzz

 

[daz87uk]

Thats 39c in bios with cool n'd quiet "on" and no Overclock, just the standard 3.2Ghz running with the asus silent knight cooler. Ive never personally owned a pc that went over 35c @ idle so im unsure atm what my cpu should be at.

both my old 939 2Ghz dualcore toledo 29c and my gf's 2.1 Triple core @29c in bios @standard clock. just seems a tad high for a smaller 45nm, plus I seen one comment on this site under the review saying he brought a Oc bundle [email protected] running 30c with the coolmaster v8

 

[daz87uk]

Ok thanks for all the advice, I think maybe I was being a little parnoid lol, But I got my new Akasa Ambient 2x120mm system fans 2day and @ idle 35c up to 53c under the stabilty test using AMD's Overdrive utility. So I think all is in check now, I used the artic silver thermal paste. Just awaiting the 2 WD Blue 320GB to raid and then I will do a small over clock maybe 3.4 or 3.5Ghz depending. I think also what doesnt help is im borrowing my mates ATI 2900 and that thing is power hungry 50c+ VRM 100c so nice and toasty sucking all that hot air straight into the cpu fan sure isnt helping. cant wait to get my hands on this 5870...