Phenom II x6 1090T BE temp questions

[madhatter42]

Its hot out. I live in Missouri. Its hot as balls out. idling at about 42c. under load (bfbc2 for hours) 54 C. Seen it as high as 55. I know thats not good, but.. how worried should i be? Or should I be worried at all? Or kinda worried? or... you get the point. Using the stock cooler, and the stock paste that came with it. How much of a difference would replacing the stock paste with artic silver make?

Opinions wanted, thanks in advance.

 

[drizek]

You're fine, but you should buy a 120mm cooler for it anyway, and use K10stat or Phenommsrtweaker to undervolt it, particularly at idle.

 

[madhatter42]

1.25V is what it should be right?

 

[Gigantopithecus]

55C under real world load is fine. I would be concerned if it ever topped 60C. Arctic Silver should give you a good 2-3 degree drop vs stock paste (minimally).

 

[drizek]

I don't have a THuban, so I cna't be sure, but I think it is closer to 1.0v. You should be able to get it down to below 1v on idle.

 

[BD231]

You could definitely be doing better on those gaming temps, not even prime 95 can get my oc'd CPU that hot so the ambient heat and that stock cooler is a bad combo as others have suggested.

I've always gone all copper on air coolers and it seems to keep my temps in the summer down better than water or aluminum.

 

[madhatter42]

Thinkin http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118074
anyone have any suggestions as far as the best hsf for a phenom II?

 

[drizek]

I'm sure the Zalman is good, maybe even better than this, but this is basically the easy recommendation: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-065-_-Product

Out of stock though.