Chi1

I am new to the forums so id like to say hi!
Now to the important matters.

Ok so i recently built a computer:
Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor
ASUS M2N-MX SE Plus Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Rosewill R218-P-BK Black Computer Case
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Memory
Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W Power Supply
XFX PVT88SFDF4 GeForce 8800GS 384MB GDDR3 580Mhz PCI Express 2.0 SLI Ready Video Card ( Dual DVI / S-video )

So, my idle temps have been 43 - 46 Degrees Celsius
And the highest temp ive recorded was 63 degrees celsius, after that i shut down to stay away from damaging my cpu.

Im using a stock amd cooler and im not overclocking.

Is this a high temperature? if so
What should i do to lower the temperature of my pc?

Thanks!

Chi1

sLowEnd

I don't think you seated your HSF properly

Reseat your HSF (Don't forget to get some new thermal paste before doing so )

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Penicilyn

You definitely need to reseat the cooler, also check how much thermal paste you're using.

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logan

What processor did you get the stock AMD cooler from out of curiosity?

Like others have said, reseating the HSF should help. As long as you use the right amount of thermal paste, your idle temps should be in the mid to upper 20's with a stock cooler.

Also, check in the BIOS that the chip is running at the right voltage (Vcore in BIOS) it should be set to 1.35v. I had a friend that his 5000+ was set to 1.55v by his mobo, and we had to go in and manually change it.

Good luck

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FREELINE57

Chi1, hello and welcome. I agree with all above and those temps are very hige for stock settings. Check your bios vcore and if it is set wrong set it to 1.35v then power down and disconnect power cord then proceed with resetting HSF.
1) remove and clean off old thermal paste
2) use one LITTLE drop of AS5 ( the size of a SMALL BB )
3) IMO smear it into a very thin layer
4) replace HSF and watch your temps slowly drop after a few days
that should get you into the mid to upper twentys.

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Chi1

I just re seated the HSF and im getting, 40 to 42 degrees idle, i think i need to give it some time for the paste to set in.

OH and vcore is at 1.41 to 1.39v so i think its close enough.

logan

out of curiosity, what are your ambient temps? And also, if you could bring the vcore down to 1.35v it would help some, and at this point you need all the help you can get.

Have you tried taking off the side panel and seeing if that helps the temps? if it does, then you need better case cooling.

Just some more thoughts,

Good luck

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Chi1

Taking off the side panel does literally nothing to my cpu temps. is there anyway that the heat sink/ fan could be faulty?

ambient temps are normal, nothing extremely hot... and its away from walls or other things that may be blocking the fans

another side note:
my cpu fan speed is about 3050 to 3090 RPM. is that fast?

logan

The fact that taking off the side panel did nothing, means that your case has good ventalation. And your CPU fan is running at full speed like it should be ( stock AMD coolers run at a max RPM of 3000-3100rpm, so thats normal).

I would reseat the HS like others have suggested, if you havn't already done so. That is likely the problem.

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Chi1

i reseated it to no avail