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MSI 970a G46 Temps help

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#1 ·
Hey guys, I recently got an EVO 210 cooler for my Msi 970 and fx 6300, here are my temps:
http://i.imgur.com/MIndw3q.png

TMP1 is hitting 55c always when I am gaming for a couple of hours (BF4, Witcher2, other high intensive games)
I am forcing turbo boost to 3.9 GHZ.

Are these temperatures good enough so that my board will last a long time? or should i let the turbo drop and run stock to get lower temps on the motherboard?

I am worried since people say this motherboard is bad for overclocking (I actually under volted and changed minimum turbo boost to 3.9 ghz from 3.6) I'm under the impression that this is safe for the board so far.

When I run Prime95 though, the motherboard is going to > 65C (I stopped after it hit 65) but I guess that's normal for it to do that in prime95 right?

Thanks for your help.
 
#2 ·
Prime95 has that sort of effect ... making things get really hot. If your motherboard's has the 'Core voltage' (also called Vcore, or VDD) for the CPU set to "auto" in the BIOS/UEFI it can sometimes pump extra in when loaded down really hard (like in Prime95). AMD also tends to be overly generous with the voltage CPUs run at out of the factory. FX6300 3.9ghz turbo at stock/auto voltages sounds normal to me. Your temps aren't unheard of either. 55C on an average air cooler on "auto" (presumably) voltages sounds about right. Should be fine to leave them as they are and continue gaming since the system temps and voltage not out of the recommended operating ranges.

65C for core temp & 70C for socket temp on the FX series is the upper maximum that AMD recommends for prolonged periods of time. Although lower is always better.

Stock voltage is usually 1.375~1.4 out of the box on MOST of AMD's mainstream CPUs. It varies between models though. Check your processor's "VID" for the actual stock voltage.

The max "safe" voltage from AMD on their FX series is also 1.55v (only if your temperatures are in check! They can escalate quickly).. Dont pump it to 1.55v unless your cooling system is up for it (and you know what you're doing).
 
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Originally Posted by Overkill View Post

Prime95 has that sort of effect ... making things get really hot. If your motherboard's has the 'Core voltage' (also called Vcore, or VDD) for the CPU set to "auto" in the BIOS/UEFI it can sometimes pump extra in when loaded down really hard (like in Prime95). AMD also tends to be overly generous with the voltage CPUs run at out of the factory. FX6300 3.9ghz turbo at stock/auto voltages sounds normal to me. Your temps aren't unheard of either. 55C on an average air cooler on "auto" (presumably) voltages sounds about right. Should be fine to leave them as they are and continue gaming since the system temps and voltage not out of the recommended operating ranges.

65C for core temp & 70C for socket temp on the FX series is the upper maximum that AMD recommends for prolonged periods of time. Although lower is always better.

Stock voltage is usually 1.375~1.4 out of the box on MOST of AMD's mainstream CPUs. It varies between models though. Check your processor's "VID" for the actual stock voltage.

The max "safe" voltage from AMD on their FX series is also 1.55v (only if your temperatures are in check! They can escalate quickly).. Dont pump it to 1.55v unless your cooling system is up for it (and you know what you're doing).
Hey yah, i undervolted my cpu and the "max" cpu voltage is set at 1.322 and cpu is clocking at 4 ghz with that and perfectly stable. Because of this underbolt, the cpu and tempin2 and tempin0 temps for the motherboard are really cool, but the tempin1 (another motherboard value) is the one hitting 55c.

Should I undervolt the southbridge on the MB and the CPU nb to lower this 55? If so could you tell me to what values?
 
#4 ·
As per Amd tech support Max Core Temp for all FX processors except the 4100 and 6100 is 61.1 degrees Celsius. The Fx 4100 and 6100 are 70 Degrees Celsius. There is not a set recommended value for socket per say. But most people in the Know will tell you 70 Degrees celsius or so on the socket,
 
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