AMD FX-8350 overheating issue

[JDM Girl]

Hey guys. I've been having an issue with my CPU overheating, and I can't solve it.


Zotac GTX 750 Ti 2gb 128 bit GDDR5
AMD FX-8350 (I didn't overclock)
Asrock 970 extreme4
RipjawsZ - F3-17000CL9Q2-32GBZH - G.SKILL DDR3 Memory (4gb + 4gb)
Cooler Master B500 Ver.2 500W PSU
AZZA Titan 240x Case - it has 2 coolers stock.

The cooler for CPU is Cooler Master Hyper 212X EU.

What I've tried so far:
- Enabling high performance mode in nvidia control panel AND windows power management
- Disabling thermal throttling in BIOS
- Disabling Core C6 mode in BIOS
- Disabling Cool n Quiet in BIOS
- Resetting BIOS to default settings
- Re-applying thermal paste - cooler master thermal paste used
- Re-mounting the CPU cooler back, making 100% sure it's mounted correctly
- Moved the PC from under my desk to the side of it, where there's more air (yea I was trying everything I could)
- Checked that all of my coolers actually work at all times.

Next things I'm going to try is to take the side panel off of the case, this is unlikely to help but hey, gonna try anyway. And I'm also gonna try and raise the RPM of my fans.. as when I tried to the software I was using for it (speedfan) didn't see my two case coolers for whatever reason.

• To monitor the temps I'm using Speccy and MSI Afterburner. For loading the system I use prime95 while monitoring the load with HWiNFO64.
  
• It generally seems to reach about 62°C, and then throttles down to 1.4 MHz, which is weird given that I got thermal throttling disabled.
  
• When I disabled it initially, it would run up to 70~° and not throttle, but then it started doing so again.
  
• Idle I have about 50~°C for both GPU and CPU. It ranges from 40 to 60, mostly about 50 though.
  
• I'm playing Overwatch and BF3. It throttles in both.
  
• Everything but CPU, GPU. memory and motherboard is new. Those have been used by my friend and looked after. The PC itself is dust-free completely, as I assembled it just this last weekend.
  
  Some screenshots:
  https://imgur.com/a/vO4DLHg
  
  The last pic is a thing that cape with the CPU cooler. Does anybody have any idea what that is?
  

[Omega]

Set the BIOS back to default. You can not disable thermal throtting. And even if you could disabling it wouldn't be fixing the issue, only hiding it.


You did propperly clean off the old thermal paster right?

Are you sure the fan on the CPU cooler is spinning?

What is the airflow like in your system? Could you post a few pictures of the inside of the case on imgur and link them? Or just look for a picture of your case online and use paint to draw where the fans are and in which direction they are blowing.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

You could add some fans to this case, take the front fan and mount it on top as exhaust.
Then buy two 140mm fans and mount them in front slots as intake.

[JDM Girl]

I did properly clean of fthe old thermal paste. I thoroughly cleaned it off with dry tissues, until there wasn't even a sign of it. I checked the electronics near the CPU too, in case there was any thermal paste of them.

The CPU cooler is spinning, every cooler is spinning, I've checked that more than a bunch of times during the loads and idle.

https://imgur.com/a/SXMxr6m

I'm actually not 100% sure which direction do the fans blow, but my guess would be as identified by the arrows in the pic.

Also worth mentioning there are grids in the PSU slot, so it has enough air too, most likely.

[Talby]

Quick way to see if heat build-up is the problem, leave the side panel off and see if temps improve (EDIT - just read that was your next try, yes give it a go). If removing the side panel does help, sometimes setting a custom fan curve in afterburner helps keep the GPU temps down so it will improve case temps as a side effect.

Those pads that came with the cooler are for anti-vibration so the fan is more quiet, just put them on the fan on the side that touches the cooler.

[JDM Girl]

Yea I'm gonna post updated later today with how that goes.

[PowerV]

I've got an AMD FX 9590 with no problems with overheating. I think it's because I've got a liquid cooler Corsair H100i

[Number_7_ENG]

What is overheating exactly, temps? Take a good look at your coolers face plate, if it's bent, its a gonner.

Bios updated?

[upcoast]

Maybe the cooler pipes are leaking, 60c is too hot for that type of cooler and too hot for anything else really..

PSU at 456w is scraping the barrel too as in poor quality.

[Prbtt]

60C for an fx chip seems normal to me.

[Omega]

Messaggio originale di Prbtt:

60C for an fx chip seems normal to me.

The FX 8350 will start throttling at 61c.

[JDM Girl]

Well. I found the problem.
Well, long story short the heatpipes of the CPU cooler radiator were literally letting the heat out riiiiiiiiiiiiight into the glass panel that is the side panel, which made it real heated up
Which then made the heat circulate in the case itself
And perpetually heat ♥♥♥♥ up
I took it off
now the problem is gone
Playing OW on ultra doesn't go over 41°C