Lunarbob19
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Hi, long time lurker, first time poster.
I have been reading about OC'ing and unlocking cores for the past few days, and was starting to think it was time I try it myself as I feel like my CPU holds me back.
Before I tried anything however, I recently downloaded and ran the Prime95 stress test as recommended all over, and the temperatures I got was alarmingly high IMO.
I ran it for about 2 hours, and the ambient house temperature is around 68 degrees.
This was my stock setup I ran, I haven't done any modifying yet.
The CPU reached a max temp of 75, with an average of 72.
The Core reached a max temp of 72, with an average of 68.
Right now, idling while writing this they are at 40 and 30, respectively.
Obviously I felt with default temperatures like this that it would be the height of idiocy to try unlocking the 4th core or overclocking IMO.
I have at least 3 fans in the case and the CPU fan never even ran as fast as it can, it stayed around 3400-3500RPM. I've known it to go into the 5000range previously. Its idling at 3184RPM.
So, I'm posting here in the hopes that those out there have some suggestions or things to look at to see why my system runs so hot at default.
Thank you, this is my system info below.
OS: Windows XP SP3 32Bit
Motherboard
===========
Manufacturer: AsRock
Model: M3A770DE
Chipset: AMD 770 Rev.00
Southbridge: AMD SB700 Rev.00
LPCIO: Wnbond W83627DHG-P
Bios
Brand: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: P1.80
Date: 08/25/2011
CPU
===========
Name: AMD Athlon II X3 445
Code Name: Rana
Max TDP: 95W
Package: Socket AM3 (938)
Technology: 45nm
Core Voltage: 1.368V
Specification: AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 445 Processor
Family: F Model: 5 Stepping: 3
Ext. Family: 10 Ext. Model: 5 Revision: BL-C3
Instructions:
Speed: 3.09GHz
Memory
============
Type: DDR3 Dual Channel
Size: 4GB
NB Frequency: 1995.6Mhz
Module Size: 2048 Mbytes
Max Bandwidth: Pc3-10700 (667Mhz)
Manufacturer: G.Skill
part Number: F3-10600CL9-2GBNT
Graphic Card
============
Name: Radeon HD 6850
Code Name: Barts
Technology: 40nm
Clock Core: 820 Mhz
Clock Memory: 1100 Mhz
memory Size: 1024 Mbytes
Type: GDDR5
Stock Clock: 775mhz - max 940
Stock Memory: 1000mhz, 1ghz
Power Supply
============
Seasonic S12 II Bronze 520W, ATX12V
Storage
=======
WDC WD5000AAKS-00V1A0 Ide SATA
WD 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3 Gb/s 16MB 3.5 INCH DRIVE
Monitor
=======
ViewSonic VX2253 Series
I have been reading about OC'ing and unlocking cores for the past few days, and was starting to think it was time I try it myself as I feel like my CPU holds me back.
Before I tried anything however, I recently downloaded and ran the Prime95 stress test as recommended all over, and the temperatures I got was alarmingly high IMO.
I ran it for about 2 hours, and the ambient house temperature is around 68 degrees.
This was my stock setup I ran, I haven't done any modifying yet.
The CPU reached a max temp of 75, with an average of 72.
The Core reached a max temp of 72, with an average of 68.
Right now, idling while writing this they are at 40 and 30, respectively.
Obviously I felt with default temperatures like this that it would be the height of idiocy to try unlocking the 4th core or overclocking IMO.
I have at least 3 fans in the case and the CPU fan never even ran as fast as it can, it stayed around 3400-3500RPM. I've known it to go into the 5000range previously. Its idling at 3184RPM.
So, I'm posting here in the hopes that those out there have some suggestions or things to look at to see why my system runs so hot at default.
Thank you, this is my system info below.
OS: Windows XP SP3 32Bit
Motherboard
===========
Manufacturer: AsRock
Model: M3A770DE
Chipset: AMD 770 Rev.00
Southbridge: AMD SB700 Rev.00
LPCIO: Wnbond W83627DHG-P
Bios
Brand: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: P1.80
Date: 08/25/2011
CPU
===========
Name: AMD Athlon II X3 445
Code Name: Rana
Max TDP: 95W
Package: Socket AM3 (938)
Technology: 45nm
Core Voltage: 1.368V
Specification: AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 445 Processor
Family: F Model: 5 Stepping: 3
Ext. Family: 10 Ext. Model: 5 Revision: BL-C3
Instructions:
Speed: 3.09GHz
Memory
============
Type: DDR3 Dual Channel
Size: 4GB
NB Frequency: 1995.6Mhz
Module Size: 2048 Mbytes
Max Bandwidth: Pc3-10700 (667Mhz)
Manufacturer: G.Skill
part Number: F3-10600CL9-2GBNT
Graphic Card
============
Name: Radeon HD 6850
Code Name: Barts
Technology: 40nm
Clock Core: 820 Mhz
Clock Memory: 1100 Mhz
memory Size: 1024 Mbytes
Type: GDDR5
Stock Clock: 775mhz - max 940
Stock Memory: 1000mhz, 1ghz
Power Supply
============
Seasonic S12 II Bronze 520W, ATX12V
Storage
=======
WDC WD5000AAKS-00V1A0 Ide SATA
WD 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3 Gb/s 16MB 3.5 INCH DRIVE
Monitor
=======
ViewSonic VX2253 Series