Seth ⛧ Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 So I recently upgraded my cpu cooler from a stock cooler to a corsair h60. I'm pretty satisfied with it so far seeing as my temperatures are at a solid 3 degrees Celsius (37 degrees Fahrenheit) when idle. when gaming it gets to around 10 - 20 degrees Celsius (50 - 68 degrees Fahrenheit). From what ive seen or heard, those temps are actually pretty damn good. So I just wanted to know what your temps are so i can compare and make sure im at a pretty solid point in cpu cooling. Also to make sure that maybe its not "too cold" or something like that. - What are your temps when idle? - What are your temps when gaming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadcore Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 tl;dr under 80 is fine dont worry about it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathShot Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 3 degrees Celsius (37 degrees Fahrenheit) when idle. when gaming it gets to around 10 - 20 degrees Celsius (50 - 68 degrees Fahrenheit). Do you live in a fucking igloo? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitary Ocean Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Since metal has a boiling point higher than water, you probably don't have to worry about overhating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkcow Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Screenshots bro? Is your pc in a fridge? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth ⛧ Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Screenshots bro? Is your pc in a fridge? Do you live in a fucking igloo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ev0s Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 My laptop gets up to around 100 celcius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 specs? clocks? ambient temps? You must have the idle power saving features on along with a very cool ambient temp for that to even be possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathShot Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Use HWMonitor and take a screenshot. It gives a lot more information that just basic temperature as to what CPU you're running and your clock speeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I mean OP's post seems like total ego bait but whatever... in relevance to his questions Let's see: On idle When I did some stress testing on mine to see if it was stable (I believe this was a LINPACK stress test) Talk about massive fluctuations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poundcakes Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 With a amd fx-4130 you shouldve spent the money to upgrade your cpu instead of buying a water cooler for a old cpu... yes the temps are good but you cant push that cpu to warrent a water cooler. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth ⛧ Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 With a amd fx-4130 you shouldve spent the money to upgrade your cpu instead of buying a water cooler for a old cpu... yes the temps are good but you cant push that cpu to warrent a water cooler. seeing as a new cpu is like a 10 fps difference between game performance I just dont have the money to make that kind of upgrade right now. I mean you are right but thats definatley something i plan to upgrade in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathShot Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 seeing as a new cpu is like a 10 fps difference between game performance I just dont have the money to make that kind of upgrade right now. I mean you are right but thats definatley something i plan to upgrade in the future. Similar to what Poundcakes said, its almost like putting lipstick on a pig. With an old cpu at 1400 MHz, buying a h60 was pointless and you won't ever see a benefit from it. You were better off buying a new CPU instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth ⛧ Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 definatley something i plan to upgrade in the future. Similar to what Poundcakes said, its almost like putting lipstick on a pig. With an old cpu at 1400 MHz, buying a h60 was pointless and you won't ever see a benefit from it. You were better off buying a new CPU instead. buying a new pc is a bit overboard to be honest. I dont see why buying a new pre-built pc would be the answer at all. A good processor is around $300 and buying a pc for less than 300 is just terrible. Plus you have to understand that the processor is the only outdated thing I have in my pc. Ive upgraded a lot. I have a GTX 980, asus m5a99fx pro, EVGA 500W, 1tb of storage space, and 16gb of ram. Ive put off the processor upgrade because, well its obviously the most expensive and It wasnt my top priority item to upgrade even though maybe it should have been. I am aware that an h60 wouldnt make much of a performance difference. That h60 will definatly help me in the long road though seeing as its better than a stock cooler for temps and cosmetics. The processor is the next thing on my list to upgrade and well seeing as you had no idea what else was in my pc, saying to buy a whole new one wasnt a very good suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Short Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 (edited) seeing as a new cpu is like a 10 fps difference between game performance I just dont have the money to make that kind of upgrade right now. I mean you are right but thats definatley something i plan to upgrade in the future. Unless all you play is clicker heroes that's not true at all, having such a weak cpu paired with such a strong gpu makes the investment in your 980 worthless, as you would only be able to see around half its performance depending on how cpu limited a game is. You could see almost a doubling in minimum framerates. Edited June 14, 2016 by Short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 buying a new pc is a bit overboard to be honest. I dont see why buying a new pre-built pc would be the answer at all. A good processor is around $300 and buying a pc for less than 300 is just terrible. Plus you have to understand that the processor is the only outdated thing I have in my pc. Ive upgraded a lot. I have a GTX 980, asus m5a99fx pro, EVGA 500W, 1tb of storage space, and 16gb of ram. Ive put off the processor upgrade because, well its obviously the most expensive and It wasnt my top priority item to upgrade even though maybe it should have been. I am aware that an h60 wouldnt make much of a performance difference. That h60 will definatly help me in the long road though seeing as its better than a stock cooler for temps and cosmetics. The processor is the next thing on my list to upgrade and well seeing as you had no idea what else was in my pc, saying to buy a whole new one wasnt a very good suggestion. Perhaps you don't understand, at this point, you have a really dung processor and a decent GPU. Essentially you bottleneckled yourself. I was going to say, at least you could overclock your processor lol. You could have had a few IPC gains at least from it I mean your entire post was HEY GUYS I HAVE 3 oC because all my cores are parked. Everyone in the thread is saying the same thing to you. Seems like you bought everything well except that processor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth ⛧ Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 Perhaps you don't understand, at this point, you have a really dung processor and a decent GPU. Essentially you bottleneckled yourself. I was going to say, at least you could overclock your processor lol. You could have had a few IPC gains at least from it I mean your entire post was HEY GUYS I HAVE 3 oC because all my cores are parked. Everyone in the thread is saying the same thing to you. Seems like you bought everything well except that processor. Unless all you play is clicker heroes that's not true at all, having such a weak cpu paired with such a strong gpu makes the investment in your 980 worthless, as you would only be able to see around half its performance depending on how cpu limited a game is. You could see almost a doubling in minimum framerates. What processor would you all recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 What processor would you all recommend? Right now, you're kinda in floating world with AMD seeing as they are just about to release their first gen Zen processors. Depending on your motherboard, they may or may not support them. This may be advantegeous to you. At this point, you are going to be looking at another Zambezi (4,6,8 core so pretty flexible there) processor or a Piledriver processor if you don't want to spend more money and have some sense of guarenteed compatibility. Without your motherboard in reference, it is a hard tell though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkcow Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 What processor would you all recommend? Like enigma said you could wait for the new amd Zen cpus and upgrade then, or you could make the jump to Intel now. I would personally switch to Intel now if you can't wait and have the money seeing as how even the fastest fx chip (fx-9590) has been shown to bottle neck even a 970, plus the faster 8 core amd cpus run really hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydranix_ Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 (edited) Honestly, the past 5 years Intel has gained such huge lead on AMD it doesn't look like AMD will ever recover. Gone are the days of the Athlon 64 x2 making a joke of Intel. That old CPU does not allow that GPU to flex is muscle at all. OP you'd be better off with any i3, i5 or i7 released since the fx-4130 was made. My temps with an H100 range between 20C and 90C. The latter only when I'm doing extremely intense floating point calculations or stress testing. As for your supposed temperatures... bullshit. An H60 alone cannot make the coolant inside of it any colder than ambient air temps. Since you apparently live in Pheonix Arizona, your ambient air temp is around 36C, so that means something else has to be going on. At 7C with 36C ambient temps, even in dry ass failizona, your computer would be generating a considerable amount of condensation inside of it which will slowly but surely destroy the hardware. Either: A ) You have your computer near an air conditioner. B ) Your BIOS/Management Bus is flawed severely. C ) Your using a shitty program which cannot read a shitty cpu for its temps properly.. D ) You've set the offset temperature in your program to -30 because you're so clever and kewl. Edited June 27, 2016 by Hydranix_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s e a l Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I don't know if anyone covered this, but your temperature could only get "too cold" if the temperature is below that of the room the pc is in. If it is colder than room temp, condensation will form in the pc, resulting in BAD damage. Water is worse for your PC than heat. My PC is currently running a little hot in the graphics card at 60C, buto is okay in CPU at 40C. At least according to this shady program I downloaded. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfâ„¢ Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 my cpu gets to 1500 degrees Celsius because im an elite hacker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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