New built computer cpu overheating

[Mintsharpii]

I know its pathetic to beg for help but I just built this and I am really desperate for an accurate answer because I cant just guess the issue, throw money at it and hope it works.

Anyways, my first post here after lingering around the forums and reading post for awhile now! Anyways, I did research on this issue and cant find anything on CPU overheat on a new custom built computer and cant find info relevant enough

I will post my cpuz dxdiag and cpuid to show spec and temp. Anyways my cpu is overheating and I need to get the temperature down. I need opinions on what is wrong because even with a stock CPU fan it shouldn't be almost reaching 90 on a full load. Lowest temp listed in the picture is idle, and max is full load ( i think) test on (the game) lead and gold.

The cpu has a turbo core with a 37x multiplier so it will overclock by itself to 3700mhz during gaming. My Mobo is 100% compatible, i mean hell it was basically made for this cpu. I throttled my cpu down to 2000ish mhz and it STILL runs hot even when I let it sit. The temperature in my room is about 75F

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you will spot the problem

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[ShintaiDK]

Have you tried to reseat the heatsink? It could be mounted incorrectly.

 

[inf64]

750K has 4Ghz Turbo speed. Stock is 3.4GHz but Turbo is active almost all the time (varying between 3.6 and 4Ghz depending on the load).

I think your problem lies in HSF and CPU contact. Just reseat it and make sure there is proper amount of thermal grease applied.

 

[Mintsharpii]

Will do, I am going to go get some arctic silver 5 in a few minutes and I will update this post soon as I get the results from putting new therm on and re-seating the heatsink

 

[2timer]

I actually think there's not a problem here. 82C max temp on a stock cooler, what's the problem?

 

[ShintaiDK]

I actually think there's not a problem here. 82C max temp on a stock cooler, what's the problem?

Its not an Intel chip.

 

[inf64]

Good luck!

PS The Tjmax listed in core temp is 70C . This means the chip is throttling to 1.4Ghz whenever 70C is hit . Mintsharpii definitely has an issue as his chip is probably sitting more at 1.4Ghz than at stock when he loads even a game.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Its not an Intel chip.

:whiste:

 

[2timer]

Its not an Intel chip.

AMD chips don't survive past 80C?

*edit* Gosh, I must be stupid.

 

[Cerb]

You say it's overheating, but what are the symptoms? Throttling would be the CPU slowing down due to temperature, automatically (not manual underclocking), which would be an indication of overheating. Likewise, shutting down while under load would be such an indicator. Staying under 100C under load doesn't seem like a symptom of overheating.

Reseating the HSF wouldn't hurt, but given the load temp, I'd be surprised if it changed significantly, even with better TIM.

If anything, you might want to check your case cooling. You could have just gotten one of the chips that make for the 100W rating, though, rather than one with a bad IGP.

 

[crashtech]

Sure seems like a thermal interface problem to me. I mean, look at the current draw. If it is a ballpark accurate reading, it's not pulling more power than the HSF should be able to dissipate. Maybe the thermal sensor is wrong. Does the socket area of the CPU get noticeably hot?

 

[Mintsharpii]

I really appreciate the help and thanks for the quick response guys!,
I don't really know if the socket area is getting noticeably hot, how would I tell just hover my hand over it? If that is what you mean crash, no I don't feel any really hot air.

Another wierd thing I noticed is that when its idle and I open a file, for example click on a google chrome my temperature will rise up 15 - 20c within a second, maybe even less. within another 4 seconds of inactivity it goes back down to where it was. I am not sure if temperature fluctuation like is normal but it looks weird to me

so the update is I went and bought some thermal paste, cleaned the paste that was on the cpu, and heat sink and put some new thermal paste on. Under better inspection, I do have a fps decrease when gaming, but no complete freeze or reset of my computer. If I am getting a false temp reading how would I know and fix it?

I ended up applying it three or four times because the CPU still ran too hot. After everything from the pea sized spot of thermal even to the thin Spackle maneuver my temps stay the same. All the fans are running just fine but I still end up hanging around 50c.

After the thermal paste failed, I figured it might be the case, so I tested it closed and open and that had no real significant cooling effects, maybe a 1c drop. Is it possible that I was sent a faulty card? It is suppose to be brand new.

So worst case scenario is my computer will shut down if the card gets too hot and prevent any damage to it and the motherboard?

 

[Rickyyy369]

Try Speedfan instead of HWmonitor or coretemp. I put together a 5600k system a few months ago and HWmonitor was feeding me the same sort of temperatures, 50c idles and quickly getting up to 80c+ under load. I reached down and felt the heatsink and it was still cold so I knew something was fishy, and when I ran speedfan it gave me an idle temp of 33c which seemed much more legitimate. So give that a try and see what it gives you. I think it might be a problem with trinity's temp sensor.

 

[BigChickenJim]

I really appreciate the help and thanks for the quick response guys!,
I don't really know if the socket area is getting noticeably hot, how would I tell just hover my hand over it? If that is what you mean crash, no I don't feel any really hot air.

Another wierd thing I noticed is that when its idle and I open a file, for example click on a google chrome my temperature will rise up 15 - 20c within a second, maybe even less. within another 4 seconds of inactivity it goes back down to where it was. I am not sure if temperature fluctuation like is normal but it looks weird to me

so the update is I went and bought some thermal paste, cleaned the paste that was on the cpu, and heat sink and put some new thermal paste on. Under better inspection, I do have a fps decrease when gaming, but no complete freeze or reset of my computer. If I am getting a false temp reading how would I know and fix it?

I ended up applying it three or four times because the CPU still ran too hot. After everything from the pea sized spot of thermal even to the thin Spackle maneuver my temps stay the same. All the fans are running just fine but I still end up hanging around 50c.

After the thermal paste failed, I figured it might be the case, so I tested it closed and open and that had no real significant cooling effects, maybe a 1c drop. Is it possible that I was sent a faulty card? It is suppose to be brand new.

So worst case scenario is my computer will shut down if the card gets too hot and prevent any damage to it and the motherboard?

Hang on, are you saying that your load temps after reapplicatIon of TIM are around 50C? If so, you're good. If that figure is an idle temp, however, that could be an issue.

I agree with those saying that this is a software error. Those massive temp spikes when opening files or starting programs reek of calculated temp figures and I feel like you'd definitely notice a throttle down to below half speed. As others have mentioned, download different monitoring programs. HWInfo and SpeedFan would be my recommendations there.

Out of curiosity, what CPU temp does your BIOS display?

And yes, worse case scenario is heavy throttling and emergency therm-trip shutdown. Those are not things you want.

 

[Cerb]

Some form of case temp going over 40C indicates to me that case cooling might be improvable, but if the temps show rising and then quickly falling back down again, the HSF is working. Whether it's a software error, or cheaper stock HSFs, or the video card increasing the cool air temp, if it's not showing any other signs, and topping off well under 100C, with no throttling, it should be fine.