I Bought an Athlon II x4 635 Temp Questions

[ComputerWizKid]

I just built a Quad-Core AMD system I used the OEM heatsink but I now need a new program to monitor the temperatures of the cores (I tried my old faithful coretemp/realtemp but it only shows the temp of one core and realtemp didn't work at all
I did use a different motherboard then the one I linked to in my other thread
I used an Asus M4A785-M Can someone tell me what is a good program to monitor temps and other system information? Does speedfan support a 4 core CPU?
Thanks

 

[lifeblood]

I use the AMD OverDrive utility. However, if you've used ACC to unlock a core the temperature does not display.

 

[richierich1212]

I use hardware monitor

 

[busydude]

AMD k10+ processors have only one temperature sensor for the whole processor and the temps you are actually see using AMD's overdrive and OCCT are actually an estimate of the core's temperature they are not true values and should be taken as a grain of salt.

As richerich pointed out hardware monitor temps comes close to the real value. TMPIN1 displays your processors temperature and keep in mind, this temperature is close and not exactly accurate.

 

[ComputerWizKid]

OK Thanks I was unaware that it only had one temp sensor for the whole chip I guess I will use my coretemp then
Thanks again

 

[ComputerWizKid]

What is a good temp range for the Athlon II? I do video encoding at that maxes out all 4 cores (Is that supposed to happen?)
I am using the stock hsf it came with and it is running 82-136F or 27-57C I know the maximum temp is 71C
I am running it in a small Sugo case so I can't use to big of a cooler is the Phenom II cooler any better? I can buy a Phenom cooler for about $15 shipped (The 2 heatpipe one)

 

[0roo0roo]

its power saving is limited, its not as fancy as intel with separate core throttling, so a single temp is really all you need.
a good video encoder SHOULD use all 4 cores.
unless ur overclocking or crashing, don't worry about it at stock speed.
why waste more money on a cheap x4 processor, it doesn't need a phenom cooler, its completely missing that huge chunk of cache, its not just disabled, its not there. so really, dont worry about it.

 

[jtisgeek]

What is a good temp range for the Athlon II? I do video encoding at that maxes out all 4 cores (Is that supposed to happen?)
I am using the stock hsf it came with and it is running 82-136F or 27-57C I know the maximum temp is 71C
I am running it in a small Sugo case so I can't use to big of a cooler is the Phenom II cooler any better? I can buy a Phenom cooler for about $15 shipped (The 2 heatpipe one)

I would watch that I thought heat cap for amd was 62-65 C My 965 crash at 65. There plenty of aftermarket smaller coolers out there just have to research for the size you need.

 

[BD231]

CoreTemp is great, super small program that doesn't even require an install.

 

[Rifter]

my phenom 2 940 will hit 60c under heavy load with my OC to 3.6Ghz, never seen it over 62c ever and it has never crashed/shutdown due to temp. When trying for 4GHz with 1.6v it would hit 67c and crash every time under heavy load, seem to be the thermal limit of the chip.

 

[jtisgeek]

Just cause it's a fun read.
http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/43375.pdf

thermal and power specs of PII chips.

 

[mbevolution]

heat cap for amd phenoms is 62c, i believe it's the same for athlons. you shouldnt see above 60c w/ stock hsf.

 

[DrMrLordX]

The stock hsf that comes with the 635 is terrible. He might break 60C if he loads all four cores.

OP, I used coretemp and speedfan. That's about all the temp data you really need.

Technically the listed max temp for the x4-635 is 72C, since it is classified as a 95W chip, but you really shouldn't run it over 62C if at all possible. In fact, you shouldn't break 50C if you can avoid that too.

 

[0roo0roo]

why? do you know better than amd?

by the time the chip burns it will be worthless.

 

[DrMrLordX]

It's not about burning out the chip, per se. It's about headroom and voltages. If he is not overclocking at all, maybe he won't care, but if he is . . . the stock hsf is just not good.

 

[VirtualLarry]

heat cap for amd phenoms is 62c, i believe it's the same for athlons. you shouldnt see above 60c w/ stock hsf.

I worked on an HP M8200n media center PC. It has an X2 6000+ AM2 CPU, and runs at 73C. I put a quad-heatpipe heatsink on, and it still loaded at 73C. That CPU is one hot mofo.

Edit: When I removed the quad-heatpipe heatsink to put the OEM one back on, it was burning hot. So it was definately taking the heat from the CPU, but the CPU was simply overloading it.