Are these temps normal for my cpu?

thekillerlama · 07-08-10, 02:32 AM

Iv been struggling in the past few days with trying to lower the temps on my phenom x4 955. With prime 95 running it reaches temps of over 50 degrees celcius, and that is with a massive cooler: Noctua Nhu12P.
Specs: Asus 890gx usb3
Phenom II 955
4 Gigs of corsair xms3
Corsair 690 Advanced case

I have no overclock. I recently applied new paste to this system, artic silver aluminia, could poorly applied paste make it overheat?
Any suggestions?

coonmanx · 07-08-10, 02:55 AM

Sometimes there is a burn in period with the thermal paste. Keep an eye on those temps but they are by no means crazy high. You are pretty safe with anything under 60C although generally it's best to stay below 55C.

Fores · 07-08-10, 03:48 AM

Well temps are depending on room temp too, so high room temp -> high cputemp.
When you apply pase use very little.

thekillerlama · 07-08-10, 04:08 AM

Thank you for quick reply, your right about the burn in time, with my other system the temps dropped over a period of a few hours. They dropped like 10 degrees! As for the 955 system I will apply some new noctua paste, I am pretty sure I used way to much.

coonmanx · 07-09-10, 12:16 AM

Should be a rice sized grain in the middle of the CPU. It will spread out to a nice circle on the center of the CPU.

07-08-10, 02:32 AM	Thread Starter #1
thekillerlama Member Join Date: Jul 2010	Are these temps normal for my cpu? Iv been struggling in the past few days with trying to lower the temps on my phenom x4 955. With prime 95 running it reaches temps of over 50 degrees celcius, and that is with a massive cooler: Noctua Nhu12P. Specs: Asus 890gx usb3 Phenom II 955 4 Gigs of corsair xms3 Corsair 690 Advanced case I have no overclock. I recently applied new paste to this system, artic silver aluminia, could poorly applied paste make it overheat? Any suggestions?
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07-08-10, 02:55 AM	#2
coonmanx Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado Springs, CO	Sometimes there is a burn in period with the thermal paste. Keep an eye on those temps but they are by no means crazy high. You are pretty safe with anything under 60C although generally it's best to stay below 55C. __________________ Biostar TA790GXB3 Motherboard Crucial Ballistix Tracer Ram CL8 - 4G Phenom II X2 545 unlocked to quad B45 Nexus Clodius Case Scythe Katana 3 Cooler Ultra LSP 750 Power Supply Windows 7
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07-08-10, 03:48 AM	#3
Fores Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Sweden	Well temps are depending on room temp too, so high room temp -> high cputemp. When you apply pase use very little. __________________ MB: MSI 890FXA-GD70 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4Ghz BE rev.C3 @ 4.0GHz, 1.45 vcore Mem: Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600MHz CL9 @ 1575MHz, 9 9 9 24 T2, 1.8V, 8Gb GPU:1st HD 6990 och 2st HD 6970 WC CF all running at 925,1425MHz Case: Corsair 800D PSU: Corsair AX1200 Cooling: Water EK
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07-08-10, 04:08 AM	Thread Starter #4
thekillerlama Member Join Date: Jul 2010	Thank you for quick reply, your right about the burn in time, with my other system the temps dropped over a period of a few hours. They dropped like 10 degrees! As for the 955 system I will apply some new noctua paste, I am pretty sure I used way to much.
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07-09-10, 12:16 AM	#5
coonmanx Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado Springs, CO	Should be a rice sized grain in the middle of the CPU. It will spread out to a nice circle on the center of the CPU. __________________ Biostar TA790GXB3 Motherboard Crucial Ballistix Tracer Ram CL8 - 4G Phenom II X2 545 unlocked to quad B45 Nexus Clodius Case Scythe Katana 3 Cooler Ultra LSP 750 Power Supply Windows 7
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Are these temps normal for my cpu?

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