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2013-08-27, 11:56
(This post was last modified: 2013-08-27, 16:40 by eriksmith200.)
I just built an HTPC using a Streacom FC8 Evo chassis and an AMD A4-5300 APU. I applied a pea-sized squirt of thermal paste (Thermalright Chill Factor 3) to the CPU, and applied the rest to the heat pipes as described in the manual of the FC8 Evo, using 4 grams in total. Idle temperature is about 50C, at 100% load it gets up to 80C. Does anyone have tips on how to reduce the temperatures?
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Spent several hours taking the system apart, removing all the thermal paste, reapplying paste and putting the system back together. Result: the system only runs about 5C cooler, doh!
I was measuring CPU temperature with HWMonitor CPUID. Tried measuring with a utility that comes with the motherboard (MSI A75IA-E53), turns out the CPU remains below 60C under full load, while HWMonitor is reporting temps up to 95C, double doh!
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Did you find out why it was reporting false readings ?
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If you have not done it, you can select "Cool N' Quiet" option, set fan level to 2 and CPU target temp to 50 degrees celcius in bios....