FX 8120 50°C idle on a Corsair H60

[mashdroid]

My FX 8120 has been on 50-60° C on idle with a corsair H60. I have not overclocked it and my fans are all running. My PC sometimes shut down randomly because of this. Anyone got any suggestions on how to fix this?

In the Crosshair formula V BIOS it shows around 50-55 C at idle
I have re applied the thermal paste (Arctic Silver 5) and still gives me high temps

 

[tarmc]

try adding a second fan to the h60?

 

[mikeymikec]

What's the clock speed of the processor when it is running idle in your system? I don't know the FX range that well, but the CPU voltages seem a tad high for an idle system.

CnQ/C1E enabled?

 

[guskline]

Sounds like something's wrong with that cooler. The H80 or H100 is a lot better. Give us all of your specs including case, psu and # of case fans and how you have the H60 mounted.

 

[laputan machine]

Could very well be some trouble with the pump. Do you still have the stock cooler around? Give it a try if you do.

 

[Imouto]

Check that the radiator tubes are facing down and the heatsink is lower than the radiator.

 

[tarmc]

Check that the radiator tubes are facing down and the heatsink is lower than the radiator.

How does this make a difference?

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Assuming there is air in the loop than having the heatsink below would mean the air would be in the rad and not the heatsink which is where the pump is.

I'd also ensure I removed the plastic protecting the heatsink assuming there is such plastic.

 

[mashdroid]

AMD FX 8120
Asus ROG Crosshair Formula V
Sapphire R9 290 4GB
4x 500GB HDD
Corsair Force GT 120GB
Corsair H60
Corsair AX 750w
Corsair 650D
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1600mhz

On the case I have 1x 120mm for the radiator and 1x 200mm at the top and 1x 200mm at the front.

I have C1E disabled
For some reason my CPU is at 3.4ghz eventhough I havent overclocked it at all.
Any reason why this might be?

 

[Malik2981]

Have you tried reseating and reapplying the thermal paste as those temps are to high

 

[inf64]

AMD FX 8120

I have C1E disabled
For some reason my CPU is at 3.4ghz eventhough I havent overclocked it at all.
Any reason why this might be?

That's because of the Turbo that is enabled. Even tho 3.1Ghz is the deafault clockspeed the Turbo functionality is pushing it as high as possible within temperatures it reads from the chip.

 

[tweakboy]

We dont care about idle temps. What is your full load temps ? If its even 80c it will continue to work. gl

 

[mashdroid]

Yes, I did reapply the thermal paste with Arctic Silver V

 

[Malik2981]

Yes, I did reapply the thermal paste with Arctic Silver V

What's your room ambient

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Not to be that guy, but maybe you should look at this as reason enough to move off bulldozer?

Chips are pretty dreadful, and if all you're running is 3.4GHz you're slower than Phenom II chips at stock in gaming.

Unless you're running eyefinity or 1600p mine some LTC on your R290 for a few days and use the cash to get a 8320 or do it for a few weeks and make the jump to Intel.

You also might want to reposition your rad and change the fan, if it's on intake now it's drawing in the rather high power consumption (thus heat) of the R290 right over your rad.

 

[Bateluer]

Just went through similar with this on an H60 on an i5 4670. In my case, it was a seating issue with the coldplate.

Some things to check:
- Make sure the pump is working. Should be around ~4500rpms if its working normally.
- Make sure the pump power is plugged into a 12V header on the board. Not all mobo's have 12V pwr headers.
- Good even seating on the cold plate. In the case of s115x, the rear plate bracket must be mounted in a certain way even though it can physically be attached in any orientation. Don't think there is a rear mounting plate for AMDs, but if the pump is working correctly, seating is the most likely culprit.

 

[mikeymikec]

Enable C1E (and 'Cool and Quiet' if you haven't already). Your CPU is running at an unnecessarily high speed when idle, hence the temps.

C1E and CnQ (along with Windows on the 'balanced' power profile) ensure that the processor's clock speed is kept as low as possible until the speed is actually needed. Your computer is using more power than is necessary at the moment and so the processor is producing more heat.

Let us know what the core temps are after say 20 minutes of enabling those settings.

My Phenom II X4 960T will hit about 50C with the stock cooler if the clock speed is running as high as it can (not overclocking), so no surprises there. If however I have C1E and CnQ enabled, the core temp is 34C.