So I O/C'd, need some temp advice

Systemat1c

Systemat1c

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Hey guys, I just got done running a stress test for my AMD Phenom II 960T that is now O/C'd to 3.6 ghz.

My temps are 34ish degrees C idle, and 49 degrees C under prime 95 100% load after 10 min, after my CPU fan (Cooler master TX3 f/h) kicked in, under 100% load it was hovering around 47 degrees C. So my question is, are these good temps? This may seem like a very stupid question, but, I have no idea what is a good temp for this CPU.

Thanks in advance for any help!
 
claptonman said:
That is pretty good, you should not have to worry at all. Mine is a little less than that at 3.7ghz.
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Thanks for the reply Claptonman, also, since you were the one who talked me through o/c'ing in one of my recent threads, thanks again! lol

Do you think that a better thermal compound would help any? I'm currently using the stock paste.
 
I've used the coolermaster paste on 2 other builds and on my dual-core before I got my 960t. I really can't say if something like arctic silver 5, which it what I used, on it would make a difference because I only have experience with intel chips and the paste that comes with it. How did you apply the paste?
 
Went with the Newegg way and put a pea sized dab in the middle, then let the heatsink flatten it out, except I accidentally lifted it off while applying, so I'm sure I let an air bubble or two in doing that, mainly because my heatsink was a massive pain to install because of the flimsy am3 connectors and no room to work with in my microatx case, but I just ordered Arctic Silver 5 today. 5$ on Amazon, why not? lol. My friend recommended it to me.
 
Yeah, it's pretty good. Just be sure to clean off the heatsink and CPU with 91% rubbing alcohol and a coffee filter. Careful when cleaning your CPU. Hold it by the edges and use a little rubbing alcohol. And now that you know how the cooler gets on, try to do it in one try.
 
I'm guessing stock voltages, because that's what mine is at and when I explained how to overclock to him, I didn't mention voltages.
 
I would really take the voltage off auto and do it manually. I'm guessing that your motherboard is pushing more voltage than needed. I know that my cooler is a tad better but I was seeing those temps when I was around 1.47-1.5v on my 955 and I had a terrible OCing chip. Check CPUz or HWmonitor to see what the voltages are at load. I'm guessing that both of your could take down the voltages and temps of your CPU.
 
No, the core failing freaked me out a little so I went back down to 3.7. I'll do some tests later and see what happens.
 
That voltage makes more sense. 1.3v at 3.7 seems more reasonable. guessing that your temperature sensors are off by 6c you are at 34c which is really good. If you haven't already I would set your core voltage manually at 1.3v and test for stability. Or go higher if you want. It looks like you have some headroom.
 
If you are absolutely desperate for temp reduction, shell out 20$ for some Indigo Xtreme, I got a 2 degree temperature reduction across the board.
 
salvage-this said:
That voltage makes more sense. 1.3v at 3.7 seems more reasonable. guessing that your temperature sensors are off by 6c you are at 34c which is really good. If you haven't already I would set your core voltage manually at 1.3v and test for stability. Or go higher if you want. It looks like you have some headroom.
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That's what I was thinking. Just tried 3.8ghz again and it BSODed almost right away. I'll set it at 1.3v and may push it a little more someday.

Changed from auto to manually and left everything at normal voltages.

Now that I run Prime95 and HWmonitor, my max for voltages is at 1.41 and temps are a little hotter. (19c and 28c, but that's the wrong reading, again.) Think I would be able to get to 3.8 or higher with this?
 
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I think that it is probably possible but again, every chip is different. I noticed when I was OCing my 955 that there were levels where It took more than a few bumps to get the CPU to be stable at a certain speed and after that level it was easier to go higher.

Maybe this will make more sense. (hypothetical values. Don't use them for reference, I made them up)

3.2 @ 1.25v
3.4 @ 1.27v
3.6 @ 1.34v
3.8 @ 1.42v
4.0 @ 1.45v

the bump from 3.6 to 3.8 took a lot more voltage than what you previously needed to bump it when I took it up from 3.6 to 3.8. Your bump from 3.6 to 3.8 might be one of these areas you might just need to bump it a bit higher than normal to get 3.8 and above. Even though you have a temp sensor that seems to be off, I think that your cooler should be able to handle 1.45v and below.
 
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