Long story short, I had to return an AMD 8350 due to a faulty memory controller. AMD fortunately sent me a replacement, but I'm wondering if it's running too hot - and am I reading the temps correctly in CUPID HWMonitor? I've now reinstalled this processor two times - as per below:
(1) Upon the first install on this motherboard, the temps were waaaaay too hot. It was running up to 70 degrees C, in under 10 minutes while I was using Prime95 as a stress test... so turned off the computer and I reapplied thermal grease (OCZ Freeze), and added a second fan to the liquid cooler setup. One fan on each side of the radiator. I also turned off cool n quiet in the bios to maxamize the liquid cooling pump. The cooler is an Antec 620.
(2) Running Prime95 for 20 minutes, I'm getting these numbers - are these reasonable, or do I have a problem, and am I interpreting the results correctly? ie) which one is the cpu socket vs. the actual cpu?
Thanks.
(1) Upon the first install on this motherboard, the temps were waaaaay too hot. It was running up to 70 degrees C, in under 10 minutes while I was using Prime95 as a stress test... so turned off the computer and I reapplied thermal grease (OCZ Freeze), and added a second fan to the liquid cooler setup. One fan on each side of the radiator. I also turned off cool n quiet in the bios to maxamize the liquid cooling pump. The cooler is an Antec 620.
(2) Running Prime95 for 20 minutes, I'm getting these numbers - are these reasonable, or do I have a problem, and am I interpreting the results correctly? ie) which one is the cpu socket vs. the actual cpu?
Thanks.
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