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I have Ph2 x955 running idle 41-42c. When I run prime 95 temp is at 61c & the motherboards starts beeping. Is this normal or do i need to by a aftermarket cpu cooler?

Specs: Case :Cpu : AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Rev C2
Cooler Master 932 HAF
Motherboard: Gigabyte -GA-MA770-UD3 (rev. 2.0)
Memory: (2) Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB kits @ 444-12 2.0v = 8 gigs total
PSU: OCZ's Modstream 700w
Hard Drives: 2 500gb WD Blue
OS: Windows 7 64 bit ultimate

Dizzytaz00 wrote:

I have Ph2 x955 running idle 41-42c. When I run prime 95 temp is at 61c & the motherboards starts beeping. Is this normal or do i need to by a aftermarket cpu cooler?

62c is the max temperature AMD recommends. Running Prime95, you're still just below the max, although you don't have a ton of headroom.

what recommended cpu heat sink, should i get?

There are a lot of really good coolers out there. You might wanna try to give us a price-range so we can meet your needs.

I love my Thermalright Ultra 120 Rev C ($80), but Xigmatech ($40ish) also makes some really good coolers. Also heard some good things about Coolermaster V8's ($55ish). So really...you gotta give us some more info.

This thread is also very similar to yours:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=70903

StuG wrote:

I love my Thermalright Ultra 120 Rev C ($80)

http://www.svc.com/u120e-bp-rev-c.html
I have also had good success with Thermalright CPU coolers.
http://www.svc.com/thermalright-cpu.html

Moved to Cooling forum.