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    Question Intel Core i9 12900k is so spicy

    Why does this cpu run so damn hot? Doesn't seem like it matters what I do to try to keep it cool under heavy load without throttling the performance. I'm using a liquid cooler with a 360 radiator and the damn thing still runs 90c to 100c on heavy loads. Idle it runs around 27c-35c. Is this...
  2. X1 Zanzus

    Question Why is my CPU overheating to temps of 95-100C ?

    i built a pc myself, almost 3 years ago. Recently 1-2 months back i started noticing my fps dropping suddenly in basic games such as league of legends. I started monitoring my temperatures and realized my cpu is is reaching excessively high temperatures and acted upon it. During the past 1-2...
  3. Algalorrd

    Question Ryzen 5 5600x temps are pretty high

    Hello everyone! I come to you in a time of great need. I upgraded from a Ryzen 7 2700x to a Ryzen 5 5600x. Since AMD's stock cooler isn't that great and I was working on a budged, I've bought the Deepcool Gammaxx GTE V3. Well... I don't even want to think about what kind of temperatures I...
  4. Z

    [SOLVED] New built pc overheating

    Built a new pc for Christmas but it’s overheating and completely shutting off I did put small amounts of thermal paste on the cpu need a lot of help my specs are rtx 3080ti i9 12900k 32gb of ddr5 ram mobo is a msi mpg z690 carbon Wi-Fi case is a msi mpg gungnir 100d mid tower cpu cooling a...
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    [SOLVED] Overheating GPU

    I need serious help, I have a Zotac GTX670 EMP Edition graphics card, but my card overheats goes around 80-90 degrees, when playing games at 1080p, thing is most of the games run at high FPS on high settings, but the card gets very hot. When the FPS wasn't capped, the card went to 100 degrees...
  6. Hungry Avocado

    [SOLVED] Is the chipset on my Gigabyte x570i too hot?

    Hello, lately my Gigabyte x570i has been hitting some really high numbers, I attached a picture of it right after boot. After gaming the first chipset sensor climbs all the way up to 114 degrees Celsius. Everything else in my PC is fine under load, GPU stays around 65 degrees and the CPU...
  7. Biggest_Cheeser

    [SOLVED] Test Bench - Hot Cpu Temp

    Hey everyone, first time building so I have a pretty dumb question: Ran a test bench and booted into BIOS. CPU temp shot straight to 115 degrees celcius but maintained that temp (No spiking). Is it because I didn't have the cooler on? Or is there a larger underlying issue that I should address...
  8. NoLongerHuman

    [SOLVED] 5900x going all the way up to 90c with ek aio 360 don’t know why

    Here’s my parts: - MSI Meg ace mobo -5900x Ryzen 9 evga ftw3 3090 1000w evga psu tridentz royal 4000 32gb I just turn it on and it starts to rise. I can finish windows install because of it. I go into the bios and put all the fans on max and it sits at 83c. Idk what to do I’m new to building...
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    [SOLVED] Razer Blade 15 just died.

    Hi, I bought a Razer Blade 15 with the RTX 2070 not to long ago and today I was installing the Epic Games store but it froze and gave me the blue screen of death. I figured, "ah whatever" and restarted the laptop. To my surprise, the laptop booted to the bios and for some reason under "Boot" the...
  10. jjjay21

    Question Ryzen 5 2600 running at around 85 whilst gaming

    I am using the stock cooler and I haven't over clocked, I disabled the automatic core boost and actually "Under clocked" my CPU to 3 GHz to try to lower temperatures. I have two case fans in a push pull configuration. I managed to hit 91 in gta and lowered distance scaling which lowered the...
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    Question Cheap High-airflow PC case for Hot CPU/GPU

    So i currently have a kolink obserbatory RGB which was originally for an FX 6300 and an RX 580. Recently i have upgraded my CPU, MB and cooler to an I7 9700K, Z390 ELITE and Corsair H100x. Due to the lack of headroom at the top the cooler was mounted on the front and for reasons im unsure about...