Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P Thread

[shazza]

Can you guys help me out? New to AMD, and I have just installed this board and the BE 955. I've got it water cooled, and am just wanting to verify temps. At first, I was seeing the CPU at 26-27 degrees C - then realized the CPU was running at 1.6 GHz (Vcore at .98). Flashed the BIOS to F3K, and now at 3.6 GHz, Vcore 1.35. Haven't tweaked any other settings.

CPU temps running at 32-33 at idle, and highest I've seen is 41 after running OCCT for an hour. Similar temps for PRIME 95. Ambient is 23. My question is, am I actually loading all 4 cores (it looks like it, but the temps I was seeing on OCCT were so close for all 4 cores, it made me wonder - although I'm comparing to an i7 920 where the cores vary by as much as 5-6 degrees). Running Prime95 now (back at 3.2GHz), and it's showing testing for all four cores ... temps at 39 after 30 minutes ...

I've been googling temp info for the 955, but finding stuff that's all over the map. I'd be delighted if my CPU is running in the low 40s at 3.6 GHz, but I am just a tad skeptical. The temp readings seem right, given the "touch test" to the loop - which is why I want to make sure I'm truly loading it at 100%.

Thanks, and apologies for a basic question in this advanced thread!