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Micro Jan 24, 2014 @ 4:24pm
[Solved] Need help! CPU idle ~46 C
Hello,

As of last night my CPU was unusually hot, even while in idle it almost cross ~50C mark.

Installed cooler: 212 Evo air cooler, and my processor is AMD FX 6300 Six (6) Core Processor.
What is going on? ´The temperature I got while idling 2 months ago was ~30.

Any tips? Unfortunately I don't have any money to spend, if something needs to be replaced.


Kind regards,
Kevin

Last edited by Micro; Jan 25, 2014 @ 12:59pm
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FluffyPinkDecoyBunny Jan 24, 2014 @ 4:28pm 
Do the basics and clean things out.
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Micro Jan 24, 2014 @ 4:29pm 
Originally posted by FluffyPinkDecoyBunny:
Do the basics and clean things out.

It's clean, and the airflow is very good. I also had all the dust filters cleaned.
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FluffyPinkDecoyBunny Jan 24, 2014 @ 4:32pm 
Re-seat the cooler. While you have it off, make sure there is thermal paste on it still and it's not dried out. If you take the cooler off, I'd highly recommend reapplying thermal paste - if you don't have any you'll need to pick some up.
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Micro Jan 24, 2014 @ 4:35pm 
Oh, I feel quite silly now. I do have some thermal paste left over, I'll give it a shot. I'll let you know what happens tomorrow.

Thank you for the quick and helpful replie!!

Last edited by Micro; Jan 24, 2014 @ 4:37pm
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_I_ Jan 24, 2014 @ 4:39pm 
212evo has a farily rough surface, use about a pea sized dot of tim in the center of the cpu when installing it
Last edited by _I_; Jan 24, 2014 @ 4:40pm
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Mr Moopsy Jan 24, 2014 @ 4:48pm 
Dont worry about it. Replace thermal paste and continue as normal. Now, if a single core is really hot, or some cores are more used than others it might be an issue. And if a core blows or something, nothing you can do but replace it.

But my I7 3930k 6-core acted up a while ago(not a cpu one wants to replace haha unless you do like dual xeons or something fun like that), chances are the paste is cheap, was stock paste, might of been applied wrong, or any number of things.

Regardless, clean out dust(i have dust filters these help a good amount) and consider new thermal paste
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Micro Jan 25, 2014 @ 3:31am 
Originally posted by whiteee:
Kevin Z3lc0z
check the bios, maybe you activated q-fan control mode for cooler, if on, turn off

Both CPU and CASE q-fan was on, set on Standard mode ~1200 RPM. Now at ~1500 RPM

but I have used this PC for quite a while now, could that really be what was causing the CPU to idle at 46-48 C? it was fine before, never went above 40 C even after a long gaming session.
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Micro Jan 25, 2014 @ 12:59pm 
The CPU back to ~30 C, again thanks for the quick replies everyone!!
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