

This was my first post here in this forum, but seeing how everyone is ready to help it sure wont be my last.Ī bit late but might as well share what I have learned. others dont report thermal margin "amd's way".Īllright thank you very much de5_Roy and st3v30 (38°? Alter, hier in Berlin war ich mit 33-35 schon am sterben). that should give you an idea about expected thermal margins.Īfaik, amd overdrive is the less bad than others. I haven't yet seen any official confirmation but even in amd forums people mention that the fx 8xxx have max temp around 60c. This turned my world around a little bit lol. Had no idea of thermal margin on AMD processors. I am sorry if I am sounding like a complete idiot, but until today I thought all there was to CPU temp was Socket and Core Temp. HWMonitor says 55-60☌ socket, 40-45☌ CPU Package. How To: Properly Plan And Pick Parts For An Air-Cooled PC, Part 2 - A Foundation For Case Cooling: FansĬan you recomend a program which actively shows temps while gaming? Right now Ive been playing and minimizing every now and then and Overdrive reports margins of 33-35☌ while gaming. How To: Properly Plan And Pick Parts For An Air-Cooled PC, Part 1 - Back To Basics On Cooling Let me get this straight, is the front fan an exhaust?Ĭheck out these two articles about pc cooling:

So, what do you guys make of this data? Is there something I need to check or worry about, or are these inconsistent temps derivated from this hell-on-earth weather we are having over here? Also, what do you make of the constant multiplicator switching while running prime95?

I have a case with 2x 80mm fans pulling air on either side of the grafics card, 1x 120mm on the front exhausting air, plus the water cpu cooling system with 2x 120mm fans pulling air into the case and an extra 120mm fan exhausting air from the top of the case.
