Phenom 9550 at 1100Mhz only

[milanis]

I was searching for the answer to this question for some 10ish days, but no luck, and then saw this great forum. The forum is great and provides lots of useful info. I hope I post it in the right place, so here's the deal: I had played games for a longer time until I suspected they crash or freeze at a time (though not very often) because of the cpu issue. I then installed Speedfan, Prime95 and CPUID CPU-Z to test my rig to the limits. It damn heats too much. The cpu temp goes from 52c in idle to 68c under 5min stress test with prime95. The core temp goes from 45c to 62c. The clock drops from 2210Mhz to 1105Mhz when the multiplier drops from 11x to 5.5x when the cpu is under stress test (not immediately but rather when the temperature of the core reaches 55c). The cooling fan rotates round 1950rpm at all cpu loads. So I guess the problem is in the cooling system. Btw, after entering Windows XP, while playing HD video and exiting any game the above multiplier drops to 5.5x! It works at 2210Mhz in other situations. I'd like if somene could tell me what kind of cooling system I shall buy so that these kind of problems never happen again. Whether to add another fan in the case or to change the exsisting one with a more powerful... Thanks!

AMD Phenom x4 9550+
Asus M2N-X nforce 2 chip
Radeon 4670
1x2gb + 1x1gb kingston 800Mhz ram

 

[mpilchfamily]

If the fan is still running good and your not OCign the system then the stock cooler should be fine. You may want to pull it off, clean off the old TIM, apply fresh TIM and reseat the cooler. It may have come loose some how causing some minor heat issues. Also be sure to clen out the heat sink while your at it. Dust buildup can cause some heating issues.

 

[milanis]

Thank for the tip! I'll try it and see what comes out of it (I hope for the best)!