Worried about my CPU temp during gaming
Posted by FatGrover@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 4 comments
I built my PC about a year ago and have made a couple upgrades along the way. My current setup is:
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
- MAG B550 Tomahawk Max WiFi
- G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 2x16GB
- AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
- Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120
- Lian Li o11 Dynamic case
- 6 Corsair fans
I played Marvel Rivals for about an hour and logged the temps: https://ibb.co/MDmw1mKj
Here is pic of my build: https://ibb.co/W4ThGLnN The corsair fans are blowing in, while the cooler is blowing towards the back of the case.
I'm worried about the higher temps for long periods of times and was wondering if I need to change something to get the temps to remain lower. I already removed cooler, cleaned, and re-applied thermal paste to see if that would help. Temps hover around 40-50 while not under heavy load.
tybuzz@reddit
Your load temps and 40-50 idle are concerning. That cooler should be keeping your CPU much cooler. It's not great to run it at such high temps and is likely thermal throttling and limiting it's performance.
Are you sure didn't leave protective plastic left over the heatsink face?
Double-check the cooler mounting is correct and thermal paste is properly applied.
I would not recommend that fan config. A fan on the front of the heatsink may be better. You can move it higher up the heatisnk if it hits the ram. The rear case fan usually is enough to pull air off the back of the cooler.
Adding exhaust fans to the top of your case could help as well.
Make sure your fans are all set to increase speed with cpu temp. They should be at max speed when the CPU reaches 80 or so.
SilentSniperx88@reddit
40-50 idle are not concerning at all.
ougxar@reddit
Set Kombostrike to 2 in bios,this undervolts the cpu by -20,if it is unstable then try the 1 value
daanos60@reddit
What's your fan curve set to, also these temps are still fine but they are a bit high