FX8320 Normal idle temps but 70C Prime95?

NoobyOllie

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Started to toy around with my 8320 and I got it to 4.4Ghz (22x). Right now writing this the temperatures are at 21C. But when running blend on Prime95 I hit a stable 70-72C.

How can running blend increase my CPU temp by 50 Degrees?

Vcore voltage 1.45v


Edit: Ran Blend on 3.5ghz on defaults and hit 65C... Can anyone shed some light on this?
 
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Started to toy around with my 8320 and I got it to 4.4Ghz (22x). Right now writing this the temperatures are at 21C. But when running blend on Prime95 I hit a stable 70-72C.

How can running blend increase my CPU temp by 50 Degrees?

Vcore voltage 1.45v


Edit: Ran Blend on 3.5ghz on defaults and hit 65C... Can anyone shed some light on this?

Quite simply because you are stressing the CPU so naturally it is going to consume more power and output more heat. If it didn't go up in temps that'd be against physics. More volts=more heat.

Also make sure to use AMDs CCC software to monitor temps. Any other software will report the wrong temp.
 
I agree with Tom. You do need a bigger cooler for that voltage. I'd say atleast a h100. You can safely run that voltage with a thick 120m rad, which the h60 arguably isn't. But you'd have very little headroom.
 
It would be noisey too - you need to be undervolting on that cooler tbh

Sadly youre living up to your username atm
 
That and your H60 isnt up to cooling that thing

From my experience with a H60 it was barely any better than the stock cooler.

Seriously it was truly awful.

1.45v is also waaaay too high for 4.4ghz. I only need 1.47 for 4.9 !

I also note he's using nothing but multi which needs far more voltage per clock than using as much FSB as you dare and then adding multi.

Running Prime95 on a Vishera is like lighting touch paper underneath it.
 
Ollie you do indeed need to spend some more time on this but look around you - this place is utterly full of people wanting to help you.

AND if you buy pizza Ill even help you with it (he goes to school with my sister)
 
What board do you have mate? If it's an Asus I did a brief guide to overclocking but seriously it's all about that bus (Megan Trainor remix)

Multi just gets you hot fast.
 
AND if you buy pizza Ill even help you with it (he goes to school with my sister)
OLLIE YOU TAKE THAT OFFER RIGHT AWAY!!! :D

I recommend going for something like raijintek triton for that price it's almost a steal.
Also, you need to watch some videos online on 'overclocking the 8350' there is a ton of those.
 
OLLIE YOU TAKE THAT OFFER RIGHT AWAY!!! :D

I recommend going for something like raijintek triton for that price it's almost a steal.
Also, you need to watch some videos online on 'overclocking the 8350' there is a ton of those.

Dominoes do a personal sized pizza for £1.99 and he didnt say what size pizza...


Honestly I was just overclocking it for an experiment but it seems the little H60 is too small:(

@Tinytomlogan if you want help moving, I told TSL i'm happy to help ^_^
Also do you still have those 40SP120 fans? Maybe this will help my H60 ;)
 
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Dominoes do a personal sized pizza for £1.99 and he didnt say what size pizza...


Honestly I was just overclocking it for an experiment but it seems the little H60 is too small:(

@Tinytomlogan if you want help moving, I told TSL i'm happy to help ^_^
Also do you still have those 40SP120 fans? Maybe this will help my H60 ;)

Nothing will help your H60 dude I tried everything from Noctua to Cougar and even Redwings.

It just doesn't have the internal volume to hold enough coolant to tame the beast.
 
Nothing will help your H60 dude I tried everything from Noctua to Cougar and even Redwings.

It just doesn't have the internal volume to hold enough coolant to tame the beast.

Not internal volume.. surface area:p More surface area the more heat it can collect and fans dissipate:)
 
70-72?!?!?! Thats way too hot for those things. The redline for the FX chips is 62C. You dont want to run them any higher than that. Id definitely start looking into some better cooling like the other guys have mentioned. A H100 (or 105 or 100i or whatever they are now) would be great. Mine keeps my 8350 in the upper 50's during stress testing at 4.8. A H80i or even a HSF like the Noctua D15 would be a very good choice.
 
Something like a Phanteks PH-TC14PE or a Noctua D15 are definitely good ideas i dont like closed loop cooling systems much thay all they all seem noisy anless you are running them with very slow fan speeds which kind of defeats the point.
But scan.co.uk has been known to sell factory refurbished H100's for £40 if your budget is limited.
I'd slap that H60 on my video card :D
 
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Dominoes do a personal sized pizza for £1.99 and he didnt say what size pizza...


Honestly I was just overclocking it for an experiment but it seems the little H60 is too small:(

@Tinytomlogan if you want help moving, I told TSL i'm happy to help ^_^
Also do you still have those 40SP120 fans? Maybe this will help my H60 ;)


I want a pizza so big the delivery scooter would take off!


As for moving its months away dude - we have to renovate it all first but thank you x
 
Something like a Phanteks PH-TC14PE or a Noctua D15 are definitely good ideas i dont like closed loop cooling systems much thay all they all seem noisy anless you are running them with very slow fan speeds which kind of defeats the point.
But scan.co.uk has been known to sell factory refurbished H100's for £40 if your budget is limited.
I'd slap that H60 on my video card :D

I got this H60 off scan for around £25, a bargain in my opinion seen as idle is 22c and under stress is around 40. Just cant overclock :P Doesn't bother me in all honestly it was just a test.

Tom don't be greedy. We should get a massive pizza and eat it together ;)
 
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