doomcat9 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hi I recently rebuilt my pc, I have: I5 2400 3.1 ghz quad core cpu gtx 960 OC 4gb 8gb ram my problem is this, when i play games like gw2, skyrim, ac unity i see the cpu temp going upto like 98c is this normal?? i live in tx and it is 92f ouside and i dont have ac on in the mornings or afternoon so my room is somewhat warm it idles about 45 to 50c Link to comment
Anatriax Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 My guess is one of a few possibilities: 1) your thermal paste was bad 2) you applied too much thermal paste 3) the fan isn't running fast enough 4) You're running a stock cooler when you should have bought aftermarket (99% of stock coolers are good for EVERY DAY use, NOT for gaming) Link to comment
gregathit Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 75c is about the max you want to have your cpu when under heavy load. Sounds like you need to get some thermal paste (apply liberally) and a really good cpu fan. High temps like you have will dramatically cut down the life of your parts. Link to comment
Anatriax Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 75c is about the max you want to have your cpu when under heavy load. Sounds like you need to get some thermal paste (apply liberally) and a really good cpu fan. High temps like you have will dramatically cut down the life of your parts. Applying thermal paste liberally is not accurate. You want to apply about a blob about the size of a half of a pea. The point of thermal paste isn't to make a layer between the cooling plate and your CPU. The point is to fill all of the gaps so that full contact is made and all heat is transferred without air bubbles between the plates to get hot. Link to comment
doomcat9 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 im using a coolermaster cpu fan :/ and im afriad of removing it im afriad i mightb reak the damn plastic things Link to comment
gregathit Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Which coolmaster.......? There are a ton of them and some just aren't much better than the stock fans. Also, you need to make sure you have adequate venting/fans on your case. The best cpu fan in the world won't do much good if it is just moving around hot air......unless it is a water cooled cpu fan. Which is something you may need to look into if your case fans can't properly vent air. By liberally, I meant fully covering the gaps, not bathing the thing. Too little is almost as bad as too much.............almost. Link to comment
RitualClarity Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 75c is about the max you want to have your cpu when under heavy load. Sounds like you need to get some thermal paste (apply liberally) and a really good cpu fan. High temps like you have will dramatically cut down the life of your parts. Applying thermal paste liberally is not accurate. You want to apply about a blob about the size of a half of a pea. The point of thermal paste isn't to make a layer between the cooling plate and your CPU. The point is to fill all of the gaps so that full contact is made and all heat is transferred without air bubbles between the plates to get hot. Dam.. ninja'd.. im using a coolermaster cpu fan :/ and im afriad of removing it im afriad i mightb reak the damn plastic things If you are afraid.. get someone that can do the task or pay for a service tech to reapply the paste. however those plastic pieces are pretty sturdy and not easily broken. Link to comment
Anatriax Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 The conundrum with cooling fans is pretty much why I almost always go with a self contained liquid cooling unit (Currently Corsair Hydro Series h75. Love it. My overclocked AMD FX-8120 is @4.1ghz and rarely sees over 50c, even while running programs like DDSopt or Optimizer Texures). They're easy to install, more functional than your common cooler, and you don't have to worry about case ventilation as much because it can normally go where the chassis fan goes. Link to comment
gregathit Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Agreed. Liquid cooling really is the way to go. Link to comment
Anatriax Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 75c is about the max you want to have your cpu when under heavy load. Sounds like you need to get some thermal paste (apply liberally) and a really good cpu fan. High temps like you have will dramatically cut down the life of your parts. Applying thermal paste liberally is not accurate. You want to apply about a blob about the size of a half of a pea. The point of thermal paste isn't to make a layer between the cooling plate and your CPU. The point is to fill all of the gaps so that full contact is made and all heat is transferred without air bubbles between the plates to get hot. Dam.. ninja'd.. im using a coolermaster cpu fan :/ and im afriad of removing it im afriad i mightb reak the damn plastic things If you are afraid.. get someone that can do the task or pay for a service tech to reapply the paste. however those plastic pieces are pretty sturdy and not easily broken. Mwahahahahaha **muah** Link to comment
doomcat9 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 i figured it out guys tyvm, turns out when i was installing my new gpu i loosened one of the 4 plastic things thats keeps the processor in place.. it makes sense considering the gpu was big and gave me some trouble. now its back in place and when playing skyrim on ultra i get like 58 to 60c Link to comment
RitualClarity Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 If that is the case you still should go back and reapply the paste to the processor. Each time it comes loose or off it needs fresh paste. If possible try Arctic silver or something similar.. Link to comment
hentaijin Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I had a stock cooler on my CPU, switched to this baby and both idle and load temps both went down 10 C. a piece best decision I ever made, it's a LOT quieter than the stock cooler too. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099 It's a big sucker though, I highly doubt it would fit in a micro atx case, as it barely fits my standard ATX case. Link to comment
doomcat9 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 I had a stock cooler on my CPU, switched to this baby and both idle and load temps both went down 10 C. a piece best decision I ever made, it's a LOT quieter than the stock cooler too. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099 It's a big sucker though, I highly doubt it would fit in a micro atx case, as it barely fits my standard ATX case. That's the cooler I'm using lol Link to comment
Slorm Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 If you have the space to mount it on your case this is what you want: http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/hydro-series-h110-280mm-extreme-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler I use it with an I7 Haswell-E chip and have to flatline it using Prime95 to get it into the high 50's Link to comment
Vortec Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 My water cooler died on me about a month ago and i also bought that 212 EVO. I had to reinstall it twice because of the way the bracket that goes over the heat sink wouln't hold down the whole unit it literally turned on the Cpu. Yes that's a good video to follow concerning how much, and to spread it out as much as possible for as much surface area contact as possible. Difference between old water cool and this air cooler isn't much although the 212 Evo temps do spike a lot more, but overall it runs few degrees cooler than water at idle. Link to comment
varenne Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 As appealing as liquid cooling is I'm old school. I still prefer a good copper heat sink with pipes, that I re-burnish myself to a ultra flat mirror finish. My current one looks very similar to the one in that video, which can be setup with a push pull dual fan set. Dressing your internal cables can also play a part in effectively cooling. Link to comment
flutie Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I had a stock cooler on my CPU, switched to this baby and both idle and load temps both went down 10 C. a piece best decision I ever made, it's a LOT quieter than the stock cooler too. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099 It's a big sucker though, I highly doubt it would fit in a micro atx case, as it barely fits my standard ATX case. Thanks for the info, just got mine installed and made a 15 degree difference Link to comment
Nergui Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 As appealing as liquid cooling is I'm old school. I still prefer a good copper heat sink with pipes, that I re-burnish myself to a ultra flat mirror finish. My current one looks very similar to the one in that video, which can be setup with a push pull dual fan set. Dressing your internal cables can also play a part in effectively cooling. I'm the same. Especially since 'liquid' = 'water' which in incompatable with 'computer'. Besides, if you're not overclocking, a good copper cooler will do a decent job even in the tropics. Link to comment
Anatriax Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 As appealing as liquid cooling is I'm old school. I still prefer a good copper heat sink with pipes, that I re-burnish myself to a ultra flat mirror finish. My current one looks very similar to the one in that video, which can be setup with a push pull dual fan set. Dressing your internal cables can also play a part in effectively cooling. I'm the same. Especially since 'liquid' = 'water' which in incompatable with 'computer'. Besides, if you're not overclocking, a good copper cooler will do a decent job even in the tropics. The self contained units we're talking about only bust about 0.001% of the time, and normally when they do the companies have very good policies about their failure replacing parts. The kits are normally built outside of the PC, and installed once they've been extensively tested to not leak Link to comment
Voltranis Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Basic question that I either didn't notice or didn't see asked: How dusty is the inside of your computer. If it's coated in dust, try getting some cans of compressed air and blasting it OUT of your computer. Just open your case and get to work (usually not to difficult) this usually takes 1-2 cans depending on how dusty it is and the amount of nooks and crannies you have. Link to comment
varenne Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Actually I am OCing. CPU, RAM and Vcard but only about 80% of max of what they can be OCed. Optimizing temps for a new PC build is much like optimizing for Oblivion. No two builds are going to be exactly the same and you have to experiment and test. As far as dust is concerned, I use filters on the intake vents to prevent all but the smallest of dust particles. I also personally prefer using a vacuum vs compressed air. Using a vacuum removes it and doesn't embed it further into those tight spots in most cases. It also doesn't end up back in the surrounding air too. There are small hand held vacs around, but I just use my shop vac and a very narrow tipped nozzle. I then made a custom attachment from soft plastic tubing from Home Depot, stepping it down from about 1 1/4 inch ID to 1/4 inch ID. I can reach most places inside and out with that. Link to comment
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