Please help (AMD users)

[Olliedawg]

Hello so I'm running an AMD Athlon x4 860k at stock speed (3.7) and idle i'm getting around 70-80 degrees C ond desktop. It is running a stock cooler, The PC was built for me and I have not taken it apart yet due to it being under warrenty. Can anyone suggest what the problem might be?

[Judy Yahoodi]

Messaggio originale di McSwifty:

Messaggio originale di Straw Hat:

My PC shuts off from overheating while playing graphically intensive games. My FX 8350 goes up to 82-87C and then shuts off.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Something's seriously wrong to be hitting temps that high with the 212evo.

Dismantle and reseat that thing. Make sure it's installed correctly and free of dust.

Also make sure your mobo isn't over-volting the thing to 1.45V like they often do by default.

Notch it down to at least 1.3V at stock temps. Can almost certainly go even lower than that, but that's where I'd start. High voltage = tons of unnecessary heat.

And also ensure there's adequate airflow through your case.

The highest voltage it goes to is 1.4 and when the pc is in desktop mode its not even 1.2 it ranges from 0.8 to 1.1 I think.

Airflow in the case is good, and it even shuts off when I leave the side panel off. I do see some dust in the cpu cooler and possibly around the cpu itself or its the thermal paste because when I applied the paste, I smeared it to cover the cpu then dropped the cooler on it.

[5caryHarry]

Messaggio originale di Straw Hat:

Instead of making a new thread, I'd like to ask my question in this one if thats fine.

My PC shuts off from overheating while playing graphically intensive games. My FX 8350 goes up to 82-87C and then shuts off.

My cpu cooler is the 212evo cooler with arctic silver 5 thermal paste. (I installed this cooler with the paste about 2 years ago. if that helps)

And while in desktop mode, my temps jump around constantly ranging from 20C up to 35~39 on HWMonitor

It could be a fan issue. Your idle temps are ok, but under load they skyrocket. Since your idle temps are good, it could be the fan speed is not reving up under load. Voltage could be the problem, but usually, even in desktop, you would encounter the occasional crash or BSOD.

You can use afterburner to monitor and adjust fan speeds, but I would just pull the side off the case and listen to the cpu fan. See if it 'revs' under load, and make sure your intake and outake fans are pushing air

[Judy Yahoodi]

My cpu fan only goes up to roughly 1245 rpm under load. Is that too low?

[5caryHarry]

Messaggio originale di Straw Hat:

My cpu fan only goes up to roughly 1245 rpm under load. Is that too low?

That's way too low, On my G3258, default fan settings go up to 1900+ and 1400 under load. Your CPU runs hotter than mine, and my stock fan has a copper core to help with mild OCing

[Judy Yahoodi]

So if I download afterburner I can just increase the rpm no problems?

[5caryHarry]

Sorry. not afterburnerr, I use MSI command center, since that is my MB, to adjust the cpu fan profile. What is your MB?

[Judy Yahoodi]

Its a asus sabertooth 990fx r2.0

[5caryHarry]

Asus should have similar software to adjust fan speeds and curves. How do you know your fan speed is max 1245rpm?

[upcoast]

Messaggio originale di Straw Hat:

So if I download afterburner I can just increase the rpm no problems?

The stock fan is 600-2000rpm. Get the manual for the mobo out then go into bios and set it up right. Disable cool n quiet, c1e and turbo core, go to the power fan section set fan by % or pwm if necessary, the fan max rpm is 2000 so set it up to run 1800ish rpm and play with it from there to balance noise and acceptable temperatures.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/SABERTOOTH_990FX_R2.0/E8042_SABERTOOTH_990FX_R20_V2_WEB.pdf?_ga=1.79634707.680450293.1449106984

[5caryHarry]

Messaggio originale di upcoast:

Messaggio originale di Straw Hat:

So if I download afterburner I can just increase the rpm no problems?

The stock fan is 600-2000rpm. Get the manual for the mobo out then go into bios and set it up right. Disable cool n quiet, c1e and turbo core, go to the power fan section set fan by % or pwm if necessary, the fan max rpm is 2000 so set it up to run 1800ish rpm and play with it from there to balance noise and acceptable temperatures.

+1

[Judy Yahoodi]

I use the Cupid HWMonitor to look at the fan speeds, temps, etc.

I will go ahead and try to figure it out in bios

Thanks guys

[upcoast]

Messaggio originale di Straw Hat:

I use the Cupid HWMonitor to look at the fan speeds, temps, etc.

I will go ahead and try to figure it out in bios

Thanks guys

I pulled the manual and it looks like 3-29 tells you how to play with the fan, use the manual setting then you have control of how many rpms the fan spins..

Ps, you might as well set the cpu volts to 1.35-1.36v and bump the cpu multi x22 or x23 or even x22.5 after you get your fan thing all organized.

[Judy Yahoodi]

I just came back from BIOS settings and I set the option to manual with the following:


Upper temp 60C
Lower temp 20C

Max duty cycle 100%
Min duty cycle 30%

I wasnt able to find cool n quiet so I gotta look back into the manual again

[upcoast]

Messaggio originale di Straw Hat:

I just came back from BIOS settings and I set the option to manual with the following:


Upper temp 60C
Lower temp 20C

Max duty cycle 100%
Min duty cycle 30%

Min %30 isn't much it's only 600rpm, %50-%60 should still be quiet.

Post the new temps idle / web and max gaming or handbrake encoding.

[Judy Yahoodi]

I hopped on gta 5 for like 15 minutes only to overheat and shutdown again. My idle temps/web is around 20-30C.

After the shutdown I went back into bios and went from manual to turbo mode and tried Need for speed (the latest one) for about 15 minutes and I reached 69C on the cpu

I think I will try prime95