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    Question i7-8086k casually hitting 100c under load

    I see. And yes, it's a single fan-cooled radiator. Do you think that's the primary cause for it running so hot? I've been doing some testing with the XMP profile disabled in the bios and it seems to be peaking at around 84c or 85c. So far, at least. I hope it's something like the cooler and not...
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    Question i7-8086k casually hitting 100c under load

    Alright. I'll download hwinfo and see what I can find. Is there something specific I need to look at to detect thermal throttling? I'm sorry I'm not that good with this stuff. So far I can tell hwinfo states my cpu base clock is 4.0 ghz, with a max boost clock of 5.0 ghz. While running...
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    Question i7-8086k casually hitting 100c under load

    Okay. I may not be able to do that any time soon but I can give that a shot. I spotted an old generic heatsink I have laying around in the closet, but I don't think it's working. Thank you for the tip. I just ran a game of Battlefield V with a graph up the whole time to try and see if I could...
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    Question i7-8086k casually hitting 100c under load

    Hey guys, I really need some help. I've been pouring through threads and looking around for an answer to my problem. I've had this PC for over a year now and just started monitoring the temperature my components are running at and my CPU is running extremely hot. Running games like Far Cry 5...