Hey guys, (all temperatures in Celsius)
I had a M4A78-Plus and AM3 Phenom II 955 with DDR2-800 8GB of ram in an Antec 300. The heat-sink is a noctua U12P SE2 in a push-pull config.
I had this overclocked to 3.7 GHZ no voltage increase, however wanted more flexibility and "better" ram, so I went out and got the Asus Formula IV and 8GB of DDR3-1333. (G-Skill) (2x2GB x 2) I was feeling happy for Christmas and got a NZXT Phantom while I was at it.
Switched over the processor and the heat sink, into the new case with the new mobo and ram.
To my surprise I just plugged in the SSD with my M4A78 OS, and booted into windows on the new board. It detected a few new drivers and bla bla bla, everything runs just dandy now.
The temps with my old overclock were around 33 idle, and 45, 46 degrees C under full load, F@H. (The Antec had 3 120mm intakes, 2 120mm on the Noctua, 1 120mm out, and 1 140mm out)
Since I moved to this new board and case the first thing I noticed was INSANELY high temperatures "reported" by the motherboard.
Currently I'm running at 3.7 Ghz, just multiplier increase, no voltage, on the Asus Formula.
Motherboard says idle temps are..68 degrees, and full load temps occur at 89 degrees C. (smiley is indicative of what I am doing)
Now in all honesty the new case hasn't gotten all the fan upgrades from the old Antec, however IDLE can not be that high, and LOAD caps out at 89.
I have checked that the heat sink is seated properly, and it is. I've read that these boards have an offset, but my offset is in the range of 40 degrees.
What has even started happening in stress tests is that the either the CPU thinks, or the motherboard thinks that it is actually at 90 degrees and has started downclocking itself to 4x200=800MHz CPU core.
Other than the fact that the upgrade seems to have not helped at all, any suggestions on ... anything ?
Thanks.
I had a M4A78-Plus and AM3 Phenom II 955 with DDR2-800 8GB of ram in an Antec 300. The heat-sink is a noctua U12P SE2 in a push-pull config.
I had this overclocked to 3.7 GHZ no voltage increase, however wanted more flexibility and "better" ram, so I went out and got the Asus Formula IV and 8GB of DDR3-1333. (G-Skill) (2x2GB x 2) I was feeling happy for Christmas and got a NZXT Phantom while I was at it.
Switched over the processor and the heat sink, into the new case with the new mobo and ram.
To my surprise I just plugged in the SSD with my M4A78 OS, and booted into windows on the new board. It detected a few new drivers and bla bla bla, everything runs just dandy now.
The temps with my old overclock were around 33 idle, and 45, 46 degrees C under full load, F@H. (The Antec had 3 120mm intakes, 2 120mm on the Noctua, 1 120mm out, and 1 140mm out)
Since I moved to this new board and case the first thing I noticed was INSANELY high temperatures "reported" by the motherboard.
Currently I'm running at 3.7 Ghz, just multiplier increase, no voltage, on the Asus Formula.
Motherboard says idle temps are..68 degrees, and full load temps occur at 89 degrees C. (smiley is indicative of what I am doing)
Now in all honesty the new case hasn't gotten all the fan upgrades from the old Antec, however IDLE can not be that high, and LOAD caps out at 89.
I have checked that the heat sink is seated properly, and it is. I've read that these boards have an offset, but my offset is in the range of 40 degrees.
What has even started happening in stress tests is that the either the CPU thinks, or the motherboard thinks that it is actually at 90 degrees and has started downclocking itself to 4x200=800MHz CPU core.
Other than the fact that the upgrade seems to have not helped at all, any suggestions on ... anything ?
Thanks.
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