8350 Temps a Little Toasty?

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So I just built my new computer (basically).

FX-8350
ASRock 970 Extreme4
8GB DDR3 1866 (Which I need to set in the BIOS)
Radeon 5850
Coolmax ZX-700

So, I plan to water cool in a few weeks. I'm waiting on some paychecks. In the meantime, I'm stuck with the stock cooler. In games, this chip reaches 60c. That seems a little too hot; even with a stock cooler.

I reseated the heatsink once using some rosewill thermal paste instead of the crappy thermal paste that was applied on the heatsink, not much difference.

Is it normal to experience temps that high with this chip?

What I don't understand is that the idle temps are, eh, about mid 30c. Then as soon as I get in a game, the temperature bumps up to 60c in, I'd say 5 minutes. Then, as soon as I quit the game, the temp goes back down to mid 30's in like, 2 minutes.
 
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Well the turbo is dumping a ton of voltage in there so it hits 4.1 or whatever GHz without any issues. And not sure but i think those are safer for higher temps than the old phenoms like mine, but i still wouldn't pass like 65C
 
4.2, and from what I can tell, it hasn't actually being turbo-ing. Maybe it's off. I'm about to go on a little trip through the bios, though.
 
NZXT Source 220. I have 4 intake fans and one exhaust. I'm considering reversing my top fan so I exhaust out the top and back. How does that sound?

Current-

2 front 120mm intakes
1 top 120mm intake
1 side 140mm intake
1 back 120mm exhaust
 
Will try that now.

Also, Speedfan is acting a little weird. I can't seem to pinpoint how to control my CPU fan, because neither PWM header seems to want to control it. Can't figure out why that is.
 
the normal clockspeed of a 8350 is 4.0ghz with a max turbo for 1 core to 4.2.
and no the temps are NOT good for that prossesor, the treshold is 65 degrees but thats the max, and yes if it bumps higher then 60 for a few seconds thats no problem, but if you are playing a game and it already going to 60 degrees, then somthing is not good.
even with a stock cooler it shood stay in the 50 degrees.
is everithing in the bios at default settings.
look at the voltage in the bios and look if cool and quit is on, and that loadline calibration is set to auto ore enabled.

but 60 in game is NOT good
 
Well like I said, once I get my water cooling loop, hopefully I can get my temps pretty low, because eventually I'm planning on OC'ing this thing to 4.5ish.

I'll check the bios now, though. Is Cool n quiet actually called cool n quiet in the bios?
 
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Will try that now.

because neither PWM header seems to want to control it. Can't figure out why that is.
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How did you know this? Should be plugged into the 4 pin header. Did the fan on the cooler have 3 or 4 pins, I've seen them both ways?
 
It is plugged in to a four pin.

If I plug it in to the CPU 4 pin header, the CPU fan controller doesn't do anything when adjusted.

Same goes if I plug it in to the secondary 4 pin. Nothing.
 
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Well like I said, once I get my water cooling loop, hopefully I can get my temps pretty low, because eventually I'm planning on OC'ing this thing to 4.5ish.

I'll check the bios now, though. Is Cool n quiet actually called cool n quiet in the bios?
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depends on the bord, i have asus and there you can find it, in the advanged, cpu configuration.

and asome that youre chip from the cpu lets hisself clock to 4.5 what normally wouldent be a problem, a have myne to 4.5 fx 8320, on a simple bord.
wy would you clock it that little if you have a watercooling loop.
 
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This CPU comes with all in one water cooler right? Make sure where you plug the pump into the motherboard is not set to Qfan.
 
I had a heavy discount on a Mobo/CPU combo, and it did not include a closed loop kit.

And im going for 4.5 because of a low power phase.

I'm gonna run a few more tests after work today and see if there's any improvement.
 
I think I have the problem under control. I had the PWM plugged into the wrong header.

Anyway, to clarify, my cpu did NOT include the all in one kit. In 1-2 weeks, I plan on installing a custom loop. One of my friends has an old koolance pc2 case that he is giving me for 20 dollars (steal) and I'll probably just go with the Raystorm waterblock. Then I'm going to give overclocking a try.
 
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I think I have the problem under control. I had the PWM plugged into the wrong header.

Anyway, to clarify, my cpu did NOT include the all in one kit. In 1-2 weeks, I plan on installing a custom loop. One of my friends has an old koolance pc2 case that he is giving me for 20 dollars (steal) and I'll probably just go with the Raystorm waterblock. Then I'm going to give overclocking a try.
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oke good clocking then,
 
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