CPU seems to be running hot

[cmmenke]

Hey guys, i have a AMD phenom II x4 955 BE, and it idle's at about 47C, is this too high?

everything is stock, i haven't changed anything, and the volts is running at Vcore - 1.42V

any help would be greatly appreciated to tweak or help perfect the systemhttp://detonator.dynamitedata.com/c...com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

 

[Rifter]

what are your ambient temps?

 

[heyheybooboo]

Can't recall which mobo you ended up with but be sure to update to the most current BIOS.

'Stock' volts should be more in the 1.325v range.

If you are not going to OC you may experiment even lower. 1.3v should work fine. PhIIs are also easily under-volted if you wish to save the overall power draw at the outlet.

You need to watch the 'low-end' if you head in this direction. With C&Q enabled IIRC the minimum spec is 0.85v.




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[jvroig]

everything is stock, i haven't changed anything, and the volts is running at Vcore - 1.42V

Regardless of your temps, this stock vcore is too high. Turn off the AUTO settings in voltage in your BIOS and set it to 1.375V or 1.35V. Not sure about a 955, maybe it will even be a bit lower. A recently bought 945 in an MSI motherboard had stock voltage at 1.275V I think. Compared to my own gigabyte board that wanted my C3 965 to have an AUTO vcore of 1.4V, that was pretty nice.

 

[cmmenke]

okay, ill change it to that. 1.35

 

[cmmenke]

...okay, which one do i change in the BIOS? i see some offset stuff, and NB, and HT..but im not sure where vcore is