amd 4200 high temps

[R1C0CH3T]

Ok right now my cpu temp is 68 celsius!!! pretty high i think. i got the tt tsunami with a 120mm exhaust and intake and a 80mm blowing on my 7900gt and a 92mm blowing on my golden orb. why is the temp so high?

 

[Mentali$T]

Im not really sure why this would be but did you use any thermal paste on the bottom of the hsf? i have the tsunami and found that having the back fan blowing out air, the side blowing in and the front 120mm blowing in (originally out) make mine cooler by about 4-6 degrees and my mobo up to 8 degress lower. still even if it went to 63 thats still quite high but they can take temps of 85-90.

 

[R1C0CH3T]

yeah when i first turned it on this morning i watched the temps go from 54 celsius up to 93 celsius, now its finally going down. I put as5 on the processor. I have the front 120mm blowing air in, the other 120mm exhaust, the 92mm on the side i replaced for a higher cfm fan that blows directly onto the cpu. maybe when u first turn on your new processor its hot for a while? ill be getting a bunch of higher cfm 120's so maybe thatll help. im just scared cause everybody else's temps are like half of mine.

 

[PZEROFGH]

Make sure you securely fastened the heatsink onto the CPU and there is contact with it

 

[Running]

yea or maybe you just got a really hot cpu

 

[R1C0CH3T]

k i just cleaned off the heatsink and processor, put a new layer of as5, and now my temps are where they should be, the 30-40 range. that was really weird!

 

[Green Radience]

Not weird at all, chaces are that the HSF wasn't making contact with the CPU. What you just did was "reseat" the HSF, which is the recommended course of action.