Q9450 running very hot

[Vcize]

I am running a Q9450 with an Abit IP35 Pro in my new build. I'm cooling it with and Arctic Freezer Pro 7 in an Antec 900 case, so the case has good airflow.

CoreTemp is reading idle temps of around 53-55C on the hottest core, with Speedfan giving me temps around 50C. The built-in A-bit monitor reads a CPU temp of 6C (wtf?).

This seems really high, as I've been reading around the net with people claiming they're running the Q9450 around 27C at stock speeds. My temps are more than double that.

The Arctic Freezer Pro 7 came with MX-2 pre-applied to it. The case temp is 24C. The only thing that might effect it some is that the instructions suggested mounting the heatsink to blow the air out of the rear exhaust, but it wouldn't fit on my motherboard that way so I have it blowing out the top exhaust instead (it's just as close to it, so I don't see why this would really matter).

I can't even imagine overclocking it with my temps being that high already at stock.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

it really depends on these factors: (in order of importance in my opinion)
1. did u mount the acf7p correctly?
2. how is your case's cable management, are your psu wires blocking airflor from front-rear or rear-front?
3. what is your room temp?
4. did u manually set your voltage in your bios? (set it to 1 or 2 notches above your VID - found in coretemp)
5. did u manually set your fsb (cpu) speed in the bios? (should be 333mhz)

 

[Tim]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
it really depends on these factors: (in order of importance in my opinion)
1. did u mount the acf7p correctly?
2. how is your case's cable management, are your psu wires blocking airflor from front-rear or rear-front?
3. what is your room temp?
4. did u manually set your voltage in your bios? (set it to 1 or 2 notches above your VID - found in coretemp)
5. did u manually set your fsb (cpu) speed in the bios? (should be 333mhz)

6. Was the Thermal grease or TIM of your choice applied properly. (unless you meant # 1 to include that)