my 3500+ cpu temp is way too high. Help

[tumberi]

Aite, I built a new comp yesterday and this is spec.
Lian Li-73SLB
AMD AThlon 64 3500+ Retail
OCZ Powerstream 470 W
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
Corsair PC3200XL Pro 1gb 2-2-2-5
HIS ICEQII X800 Pro

Aite. With this setup, I get cpu temp of 53 degrees idle. What the hell. I mean my case is humongous for air ventilation if you guys know 73slb with 4 fans inside. Does stock fan suck this much? I mean I'm afraid that I"m gonna fry my cpu when I start using heavy cpu-working program. What do you guys suggest? Change my heatsink? THen to what? Recommend me a good silent heatsink for socket 939.

Also, do I have to set up my Cas Latency 2-2-2-5 manually in my bios? If I do, where? And for some reason, when I increase my memory voltage to 2.75 (which my memory is) it gets unstable. Is it b/c of my cpu temperature problem? How can I fix it?

Sorry for this long thread. I'll appreciate dearly for your help.

[Nova]

yea i think its the stock fan and heatsick that suck that much

[EWeezy]

yup i agree...i would change that and get something from Thermalright

[tumberi]

do you think i should turn my pc off? You guys don't think keeping it 53 is dangerous right? And please suggest me a good heatsink. Also please teach me if I have to set Cas Latency manually

[bluegreenshxt]

53 on die temp is no where near dangerous...my friend runs his 2500+ on the stock fan with zero..maybe even negative case cooling...at 55 degrees idle...

[Nova]

negative case cooling?

[JoshKorn12]

I think he means more fans blowing out than in. Don't quote me on that. :)

[grafton26]

I would also make sure you have some decent thermal grease on your heatsink as those thermal pads seem to work ok . but I used a little heatsink grease on the heatsin after scraping the thermal pad off and the stock heatsink worked better strait away :)

JoshKorn12 is right about negative cooling with more fans sucking (blowing out ) than blowing in ;)

[bluegreenshxt]

negative case cooling?

he has his case inside hi's desk surrounded by wood except for the front...which insulates and makes it hotter...hence negative case cooling...

joshkorn is talking about negative airflow :P

[Nova]

lol i have the same desk, gotta love those engeneers who thought that one through ;) ofcourse i don't keep my case in there, especially with how much i got through it on a dayly basis

[GNXtreme]

I have heard of several issues with the MSI boards reading really high temps...It may be a BIOS bug...

[ted]

I have heard of several issues with the MSI boards reading really high temps...It may be a BIOS bug...

yes, do a bios update (if there are any out yet) and see if that helps

[Devils00Champs]

Thnx for bringing that up GNX cause my chip seems to be running hot too. 44C idle with an ac on, so that would be around 50C without an ac probably. I got the MSI K8N Neo Platinum board and the A64 3000+

[Devils00Champs]

My cpu is running very hot (above 45c idle)

Make sure that your heatsink has good contact with the CPU-core, also make sure you used thermal-paste, and did not use an excessive amount. For more info on the subject of thermal paste check out this link. http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm
If this is all good, and you still get high temperatures, feel your heatsink, does it seem warm at all? (if getting above 45c tempertures, and having good contact between cpu and heatsink, it should feel pretty hot to the touch) if not, the reported temperature is most likely wrong: This has happened to a lot of users, especially with the Newcastle core (512kb cache), please e-mail MSI support at the e-mail address found below, and provide the information listed (they are working to fix this). Watch in the forum as there may be an upcoming BIOS that will make changes as to how the temperature sensor works with your CPU, that will correct any false readings.

mail to:support@msi.com.tw
Subject: high temperature reported, data
Include this information:
Temperature reading from bios
Temperature from corecenter at idle and at full laod
These informations from your cpu (its all printed on top of the CPU)
CPU 3200
ADA3200AEP4AX
CBASC 0415VPMW
954743D40336

Something i found on the MSI forums