AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2ghz High temps, Please help!!!!

So with the defeault stock and cooler the temps are 47C, with cool and quiet the speed drops at 800mhz and its about 40C or a little less.

When i play games its about 50C, when i play gta iv it reaches 55C or higher, like 58C

The max temp for my cpu is 62C!!!

Is this normal?

it's a hot cpu, i have one and i already had an aftermarket cooler, but it still gets around the low to mid 50s (i do OC however). i suggest getting a powerful aftermarket cooler like a scythe mugen 2 (which is the course of action i am about to make, except i am getting a noctua). also check to see if your airflow is good, and try taking off your cooler, taking the thermal paste off of both the cpu and the heatsink, reapply the thermal paste, then put the cooler back on.

edit: also avenger the max safe temperature on the 955 is 62 degrees. this chip is not meant to be hot, yet it runs hot anyway

If you are worried about temps for any CPU then buy a better cooler. For not much money you can buy a cooler that will drop your idle temps 10 degrees or more. Besides, a CPU running at 60C isn't going to run into too many issues. They are designed to run atleast that hot, and have thermal cutouts to prevent damage if they do look like they are going to overheat.Avenger1324

So i dont have to worry about damaging my cpu if i play gta iv for hours?

How much will a cheap cooler cost me? If a pretty cheap one can lower the temp by 10c then i will get a better one, i need a reccomendation!!!

a scythe mugen 2 will cost you about 35 bucks and then shipping and will keep you happy for a long time

Just buy a Freezer Pro 7 Rev2 and be done with it i say!

Just buy a Freezer Pro 7 Rev2 and be done with it i say!

Daytona_178

So with the defeault stock and cooler the temps are 47C, with cool and quiet the speed drops at 800mhz and its about 40C or a little less.

When i play games its about 50C, when i play gta iv it reaches 55C or higher, like 58C

The max temp for my cpu is 62C!!!

Is this normal?

dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"]

So with the defeault stock and cooler the temps are 47C, with cool and quiet the speed drops at 800mhz and its about 40C or a little less.

When i play games its about 50C, when i play gta iv it reaches 55C or higher, like 58C

The max temp for my cpu is 62C!!!

Is this normal?

UltimateGamer95

[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"][QUOTE="dakan45"]

So with the defeault stock and cooler the temps are 47C, with cool and quiet the speed drops at 800mhz and its about 40C or a little less.

When i play games its about 50C, when i play gta iv it reaches 55C or higher, like 58C

The max temp for my cpu is 62C!!!

Is this normal?

dakan45

[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"][QUOTE="dakan45"]

So with the defeault stock and cooler the temps are 47C, with cool and quiet the speed drops at 800mhz and its about 40C or a little less.

When i play games its about 50C, when i play gta iv it reaches 55C or higher, like 58C

The max temp for my cpu is 62C!!!

Is this normal?

dakan45

Well, I'm at 3.8 Ghz, and I only hit 58C when I use Prime95. And that's hot, considering my CPU cooler :? As far as your temps go, it seems about right considering you're using a stock cooler, but it is still pretty warm. You might want to look into reseating your cpu cooler, and also ensuring you don't put too much thermal grease on the CPU.

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

Just buy a Freezer Pro 7 Rev2 and be done with it i say!

dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

Just buy a Freezer Pro 7 Rev2 and be done with it i say!

Daytona_178

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"][QUOTE="dakan45"] How much will that help? I found it pretty cheap, thats why i am asking...dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="Daytona_178"] The Freezer Pro 7 is THE budget CPU cooler, it costs barely anything and destroys any stock cooler and is nearly as good as really expensive ones.ironman388

I disabled cool and quiet and now the temp is 47-48c when idle, the voltage is 1.35 which is the stock voltage, i read a review that said that the cpu stays verycool when at stock voltage but if increased it heats up.

EDIT: when i disabled cool and quiet i heard no diffirence in the fan speed, hmm....