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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I just opened up my A8-6500 PC, cleaned the dust (hadn't in just over 3 months) and got the temp from 61-63º celsius to 29-31º celsius while crunching 100% on all 4 cores.
----------------------------------------It was really dirty, hence the huge temperature difference - well that and the fact it is a 65-watt APU with a 95-watt AMD CPU cooler from a Phenom X3 720 ;) Don't forget to clean!  - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz [Edit 1 times, last edit by Falconet at Dec 21, 2015 1:05:34 PM] |
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Former Member
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Wow thats a big difference in temps! Is that the stock cooler? I usually clean mine out at least twice a year, and whenever I do any upgrades to them. I just added another 16GB of RAM to my AMD machine a month or so ago and took it outside to blow the dust out. Hadn't done it since summer but it was pretty clean.
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Yeap, it is the stock AMD cooler for a Phenom X3 720 ;)
----------------------------------------I clean mine probably 3-4 times a year or so. - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Ah winter came today and it is quite cold!
----------------------------------------Look at the temps! :D 13º for the motherboard and 25º for the APU!  - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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Former Member
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Is it outside? Crunching in a fridge?
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Mumak
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Hard to believe that a cleanup would result in such a huge temperature difference.
----------------------------------------13 C for mainboard? Unless you have the machine outside I would not trust that value. Neither the APU temperatures which have a flawed temperature sensor, some even claim it's not a real temperature, but Tctl on a different scale...  |
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Not outside nor on a fridge but I did have a window open :D
----------------------------------------Now it is back at 17º and 30º The sensor here is not the package one. It is the other one which from I can remember, is the reliable one (CPU0 on hwmonitor, hwinfo, etc) To this day, it has always seemed accurate. Only cold air coming from the CPU fan when I put my hand close to it. The heatsink and fan was really, really dirty. Lots of condensed(forgot the word) dust. The heatsink is for a 95-watt CPU so that helps too. Temps were similar with this very same cooler and heatsink but with an AMD Sempron 145 unlocked (dual core Athlon II X2 something). Also, the fan is set to run at least at 87.5% of its max speed regardless of the temperature. Either way, everything is running fine ;) - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz [Edit 1 times, last edit by Falconet at Dec 22, 2015 2:14:16 PM] |
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Former Member
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My main problem with buildup is cat hair. It seems to be magically attracted to the front of the case and sticks in the filter for the front case fans. We only have two cats and I vacuum/dust the house weekly, so I don't understand how it builds up so quickly. Other than that filter (which easily pops off to wipe clean), the rest of the computer stays fairly clean.
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oldDirty
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I got a hairy Cat last year too, the only thing that helps is....cleaning, cleaning and yes cleaning. ;)
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