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Windows 7: High CPU temps, need new cooler?
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29 Jul 2012
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Windows 7 Professional 64bit 13 posts |
High CPU temps, need new cooler?
my phenom ii 965 is idling at about 46C and up to 50C. It's overclocked to 3.8Ghz with 1.47v, but still was about the same at stock. I'm using Asetek 550LC Liquid CPU Cooling System or a very similar model (I got it from Ibuypower about 3 years ago.) After looking around this seems pretty hot for it and I was wondering if I should just replace the cpu cooler?
| My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU Phenom II x4 965
Motherboard Asus m4a77td Pro
Memory 4 Gb 1600 mhz
Graphics Card XFX radeon hd 6850
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
PSU Xion 700w
Case PSI Cyclone
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30 Jul 2012
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 1,097 posts Missouri |
Overclocking is extremely riskful. Could also cause some major problems. I suggest reseting the overclock to default settings. Also make sure your cooler system is on the CPU all the way. Just some simple suggestions.
-Justin | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU P6100 @ 2.00GHz
Motherboard Acer Aspire 5733Z
Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics (Pentium)
Sound Card Onboard
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Keyboard Compaq
Mouse Logitech
Case Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives TOSHIBA MK5059GSXP 500GB
Internet Speed Horrible...Still
Other Info Perfect for gaming hehe
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31 Jul 2012
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Windows 7 Professional 64bit 13 posts |
I'm aware of the risks, I'm going to check the thermal paste (if it has any?) and if it's not that I'll get a new cpu cooler | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU Phenom II x4 965
Motherboard Asus m4a77td Pro
Memory 4 Gb 1600 mhz
Graphics Card XFX radeon hd 6850
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
PSU Xion 700w
Case PSI Cyclone
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31 Jul 2012
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 1,097 posts Missouri |
If there was no thermal paste at all, then it would freeze at the BIOS loading screen. Because it would be overheating so much. Atleast that is what happened to me on my old computer.
-Justin | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU P6100 @ 2.00GHz
Motherboard Acer Aspire 5733Z
Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics (Pentium)
Sound Card Onboard
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Keyboard Compaq
Mouse Logitech
Case Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives TOSHIBA MK5059GSXP 500GB
Internet Speed Horrible...Still
Other Info Perfect for gaming hehe
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31 Jul 2012
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Windows 7 Professional 64bit 13 posts |
yeah normally it would, but I read somewhere that you don't use thermal paste with this since it's liquid cooling, but that doesn't sound right to me | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU Phenom II x4 965
Motherboard Asus m4a77td Pro
Memory 4 Gb 1600 mhz
Graphics Card XFX radeon hd 6850
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
PSU Xion 700w
Case PSI Cyclone
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31 Jul 2012
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 1,097 posts Missouri |
When my brother was using liquid cooling he said you do still need thermal paste. So yes use thermal paste.
-Justin | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU P6100 @ 2.00GHz
Motherboard Acer Aspire 5733Z
Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics (Pentium)
Sound Card Onboard
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Keyboard Compaq
Mouse Logitech
Case Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives TOSHIBA MK5059GSXP 500GB
Internet Speed Horrible...Still
Other Info Perfect for gaming hehe
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31 Jul 2012
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 8,766 posts Northern Ohio |
YES, YES you still need thermal paste, The metal in contact, (the cpu and cooler) have no idea if you are water cooled or air cooled. All the know is if their is proper full contact and is heat being transfer. Have you load tested using Prime 95 and see what temps you get? Don't do this if you don't have thermal paste applied properly.
Take a look here. Arctic Silver, Inc. - Instructions | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1
CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS
Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN.
Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless
Mouse M/S 5000 wireless
PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold
Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans
Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull-
Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Internet Speed 3.0 mb
Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials
Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox
Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall
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31 Jul 2012
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Windows 7 Professional x64 406 posts |
The thermal paste lost its effectiveness when I got my new motherboard a few days ago. I replaced it with a True Spirit 140 with Arctic silver 5 paste and since then them temps rarely go over 35c under load.
I have a 2500k but I'm sure it'll just as effective with your AMD. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Desktop
OS Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU Intel i5-2500k @ 3.3Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
Memory 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Nvidia GTS250 1GB
Monitor(s) Displays Sony SDM S95A
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse
PSU Corsair HX850W
Case Cooler Master 690 II
Cooling Thermalright True Spirit 140mm & 3x 120mm & 3x 140mm Fans
Hard Drives 1x 1TB, 2x 250GB HDDs
Internet Speed 8MB
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31 Jul 2012
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 6,799 posts Southern California |
Highly recommend proper removal and a re-application of quality thermal paste and I stress quality. Please remember less is more and to wiggle and squeeze it into place and then tighten with equal pressure. Also allow the new compound to seat for at least a day at regular temps before hitting it with a full OC. I used to use the single lentil size drop in the center but it always caused a oblong smear. I now prefer to use a small single dot with four dots in a square around the center dot, squeeze it into place with some twists and then tighten with nice even pressure. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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31 Jul 2012
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Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM 7,606 posts NW Florida |
That is a pretty high idle temp for an AMD CPU. I have never used one, but have heard that Asetek makes some fairly good coolers. I believe they make the Corsair Hydro series coolers. I would suggest following some of the advice given above and completely clean the CPU and heatsink of old paste and re apply a good quality paste in a proper manner. If that does not solve your problem, I would consider a better cooler or air flow set up in the case. And as has been said above, liquid or air need the same thermal paste, it makes no difference. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built- Always under construction
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM
CPU Intel i7-3770K
Motherboard Asus Maximus V Extreme Z77
Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3-2400 (2X4GB)
Graphics Card EVGA GTX 670 SC 4GB
Sound Card On Board
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD
Screen Resolution 1920X1080
Keyboard Logitech G510
Mouse Logitech G500
PSU CORSAIR AX850
Case Cooler Master HAF X
Cooling Custom Water Cooling
Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 830 256GB, Samsung HD103SJ 1TB . External HD- Black X dock esata 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Samsung Spinpoint
Internet Speed carrier pigeon speed
Antivirus MSE/MBAM
Browser ie9
Other Info 2nd Rig,Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64, i7-2600K, Asrock P67 Extreme 4, 8GB DDR3-2133, HAF XM case, Noctua NH-D14, Gigabyte HD6950 OC 1GB, 2 X Crucial M4 128GB, Asus 24" LED.
Laptop- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Samsung 830 256Gb, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64 SP1.
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