overheating computer

Forum discussion tagged with overheating computer.
  1. J

    Question PC build shutting down PSU overheating need advice on airflow pattern to fix this

    So I built this PC for my friend and it's shutting down in his place of work but not at my place under continuous load. Passes every benchmark... I suspect his place has +temp inside. i5 (RX GPU 100w) 400w psu (real 400w with two 12v branches 180w each) ssd+slim hdd no optic device. Shutdown...
  2. D

    Question OMEN by HP Desktop PC - 870-210se CTO CPU hit 200 degrees just from windows defender antivirus running

    My PC was overheating to the point of beeping with only the antivirus running. I took the cover off, plugged it in, and powered it up. I found two fans, which were working fine. The power supply felt cool so I imagine the intake fan was running. No searches uncovered any data on how many fans...
  3. N

    Question Computer turns off and I need to flip PSU switch off and on to launch it

    Hello everyone, I'm running into a problem for the last week. Sometimes if I am playing games GPU bound, after a while my GPU hits the temp limit my PC shuts off. And I need to reset PSU to restart my computer otherwise pressing power button won't work too. When I go to Event Viewer on windows...
  4. W

    Question Overheating i9 11900k with lian li galahad sl 360mm

    Hello, First time posting here so please bare with me, I'm having issue with Cooling, I have an i9 11900k which has an idle temp of 50° Celsius, any time I open a game it instantly spikes to 97-100° Celsius,with a max cou usage of 11%, which I believe I shouldn't be getting these temps with low...
  5. MagicDoxxed

    Question PC Misbehaving,overheating,random shutdowns

    Okay so long story short: -I got a pc in early february -Was working fine for 2 or 3 weeks or so -Then suddenly one day it just shut off and it wouldnt turn on -I called the guy who sold me it,and he "fixed it" -Once i got it back,he told me he "replaced" my 580 8gb for a 480 (witch is shady but...
  6. F

    Question i7-12700KF -- Insane Temp Instability ?

    Hello Denizens of the OC Deep! I seek your wisdom of the ages. Random Context: I have been building PCs for about 15~ years now as a side-job; with about 100-200 under my belt (mostly for gaming and lite production work). I have limited OC experience, mostly on the much older Ivy CPUs. I...
  7. Reppoh

    [SOLVED] CPU idling at 70c when playing games gets to 95c-98c

    So i recently ran into this issue. it started with me getting little to no frames in Valorant (10-30 fps) and then escalated to my system promting me with cpu temp warnings. After having these issues i dusted my AIO and fans and re-applied thermal paste (Corsair XTM50). Currently typing this i...
  8. SweetCrxck

    Question White blocks appear and freezed

    Hello, Yesterday I started my pc and while logging in my monitor displayed weird white blocks over the screen and my pc freezed. I cleaned my pc to have it dust free and did a clean windows install but that didn't make any diffrence. When I start up the pc, I get no output from the gpu (I...
  9. T

    Question I’ve built a new pc and I’ve been having issue with what seems to be overheating and it causes my pc to completely shut down. What may be the issue?

    My setup Case: ASUS TUF Gaming GT301 Mid-Tower Compact Case for ATX Motherboards Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming X570-PRO (WiFi 6) AM4 Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen Ryzen ATX Motherboard Cpu: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor Graphics card: MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1660...
  10. R

    Question My CPU is 95Deg C at idle state , my gpu fan is making noise when I (reposition lptp from one place to another /in stationary state too) help ??

    So on 3 Feb 2022 I was playing valorant and suddenly my fan started making noise it used to stops when i reposition my laptop a bit (pick it up and keep it back down) but now my cpu starts from 65 Degree Celcius and goes till 95 and stops at 95 while idle and the fan keeps making noise most of...
  11. R

    [SOLVED] General build-up of heat in system causes immediate shutdown ?

    My PC has recently started to shutdown unexpectedly. Today I discovered this is because of an overall overheating issue within the system. By shutdown I mean total loss of power. My guess is that one of the components is triggering an overheat, causing the system to shut itself off. The weird...
  12. DiabloDizzy

    Question Should i repaste?

    Hi, i have some problem here. Since yesterday, my computer ran slower than before, and it's disturb my productivity. Today i downloaded a software to check my CPU temperature and it's sowing almost 60 degrees celcius in idle. And my question is same as title, should i repaste my CPU? Full...
  13. M

    [SOLVED] Super hot I7 8700

    Hi guys, so i upgraded from an i5 8400 to an i7 8700 not so long ago, after buying a new cooler the tx3 evo, which kept my i5 VERY cool. However when used with my i7, in most games it runs at around 80 degrees or even tipping over, so its abit worrying i would like it to be around 60 really. I'm...
  14. Fardale99

    Question Weird intermittent temp issue

    So having trouble troubleshooting an overheating issue. On a particular day, when I updated my windows and cleaned out my computer (makes it even harder to diagnose issue) a problem started occurring. Basically, SOMETIMES (but still too often), on startup my MSI shows that my HD0 temps are...
  15. M

    [SOLVED] CPU reaching 100 degrees.

    I heard that performance issues can arise when your CPU reaches about 75-80 something and mine reaches 98 on heavier CPU bound games. I haven't reapplied thermal paste in 2 years and I did take off the CPU cooler once already and I did not apply thermal paste after I put the CPU cooler back. I...
  16. T

    [SOLVED] Acer Nitro N50-600 | Massive Overheating Problem

    So it all started a few days ago when I noticed my games were a lot laggier than usual, and a couple minutes later the display stopped and both my monitors said "No Signal" but the PC was still on (sound and RGB was still on). I forced shutdown and rebooted and it worked but started checking the...
  17. vineeth.konavoor

    [SOLVED] My CPU idles at 70C. Cleaned fan and applied new thermal paste. Still no good

    I have an old pentium dual core 1.80GHz CPU with me. The mother board is Intel D945GCNL. I was hoping to hook it to my tv to play netflix and stuff. So i took it put of the dust and gave it a spin. Even by just staying in the bios, the temperature slowly climbs to 60C. I tried running puppy...
  18. J

    [SOLVED] New build with CPU temps at 50C/122F at idle?!

    Just finished my new build and I'm getting a max temp reading of 136F with no load in HWMonitor. Not sure how this is happening but using ICUE readings range from low to mid-80s, with Ryzen Master readings are low to mid-90s, but within HWMonitor the readings skyrocket to 120+. Not sure which...
  19. xrique007

    [SOLVED] FX6300 Overheating and shutdown in seconds

    I just bought deepcool gammaxx 300 and tried to overclock my FX 6300 at 4ghz but it was overheating at 90c so I was changing my case fans position but I forgot to connect 4pin connector at the top and ran for a minute or two after that I turned it off and connected it an started my pc again but...
  20. X

    Question PC keeps freezing then rebooting when running games! 5700XT

    Ever since I got the 5700 xt, my computer overheats and is forced to reboot. I run games like COD. At first, everything was working fine for a while. The screen now flicker and sometimes goes green before rebooting. Is this because my CPU is overheating or the PSU isn't strong enough? Build...
  21. E

    Question CPU overheating Ryzen 9 3900x

    Recently I bought a new PC, (first time I ever built a PC). After some difficulties I finaly made it, and I think heatsink is mounted properly. But my CPU is overheating (Ryzen 9 3900x). Iddle temperatures are around 50 degrees °C, sometimes even higher. In games when its supposed to be 60...
  22. Camzijss

    [SOLVED] My intel I5 laptop boosts untill it crashes my game!

    So when i stress test my laptop it lowers the boost but when gaming it boosts untill it hits 100C and then game crashes. Now i have disabled intel turbo boost with reg edit.
  23. B

    Question HP Omen Obelisk cooling worries

    Hello all, I purchased an HP Omen Obelisk and so far has been great. It’s packed with a water-cooled intel i7 9700k, RTX 2070 Super, 512gb M.2 ssd, and 16 GB of RAM (with 4 total DIMM slots). Well, I didn’t realize it is limited on fans. It has your typical rear exhaust fan. The top fan seems...
  24. D

    [SOLVED] My PC overheats even after new thermal paste has been applied and a new fan has been installed.

    I'm not very knowledgeable about PC's so please go easy on me, I bought a pc a good 3 years ago from amazon however at some random point it started overheating and crashing at as much as a youtube video. This has not happened before and I assumed that it was because the CPU fan was broken and I...
  25. N

    Question Surprise Overheating

    I have been playing games on my Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming ( https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/cty/pdp/spd/inspiron-15-7567-laptop?view=configurations ) for almost a year as of right now and as it naturally has poor cooling I undervolt it using intels tuning tool to -0.165v (its maximum safe)...
  26. N

    [SOLVED] Long term effect of running cpu above max temp for multiple hours?

    Hello, Recently my wife experienced a crash on my computer. It's never crashed before and is pretty high spec. I'm pretty certain it was due to overheating issues as it's stored in a cupboard for neat keeping but the door needs to be opened in heavy use or during hot conditions. Today was a...
  27. C

    [SOLVED] New PC overheating HELP

    So I'm really new to PC gaming (was a console player forever). I run fortnite and OBS on my PC which makes it very hot. I really don't want to ruin or kill this PC so any advice on how to make it run cooler or parts that would help make it more efficient would be awesome. Also I've only had this...
  28. Winterbark

    Question New overheating issues for my FX 9590

    https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fy2fNQ That's my parts list, aside from my M.2 ssd. I have been having issues with a computer locking up after a few min of use. Now it seems as though nothing is helping this issue. I have tried altering voltages ( blindly lowering them little by little) and the...