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Thermal Throttling

Forum discussion tagged with Thermal Throttling.
  1. T

    Discussion Air vs. Liquid Cooling in Non-Stop Usage: Which Performs Better?

    Hello Everyone, I’ve had a question on my mind for a long time but haven’t found a solid answer online. To get some clarity, I’m reaching out to both local and international forums that may have the necessary equipment to test this. If no one ends up testing it, I plan to gather the equipment...
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    Question MSI Laptop keeps blackscreening and restarting

    Ever since I shipped my laptop to MSI and got it fixed after the frame which holds the screen started falling apart, I got a new charger, and now it black screens at completely random every now and again. If it's thermal throttling, it happens too quick for me to notice on CPUID HWMonitor before...
  3. J

    Question Intel 12400F intermittent high temps when idle and very strange behaviour - please help if you can

    Hi, I have a very strange problem, which I will outline first and then post some screenshots - so please bear with me. I have a new PC with the following components:- Intel 12400F with 240mm Apeiron Infinity Fan Liquid Cooler Gigabyte H610M-E Corsair 16gb vengeance Kingston 1tb NVME Asus...
  4. B

    Question Any other way to reduce temps ?

    As title says I'm trying to get temps a little lower. I've never under/overclocked in my life. When I built my PC they were out of 14700k so i went with the Intel i9-14900k. I'm using an air cooler which i know swapping to AIO would potentially help a bit but ideally I'd like to avoid messing...
  5. T

    Question All games start lagging persistently ?

    Laptop model: ASUS Strix G513QY (purchased in July 22) I have upgraded the RAM and the SSD, maintained it with periodic cleaning and repasting (moved from liquid metal to Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Thermal Paste. I have started getting problems recently that while playing games, once the CPU...
  6. LANISH007

    Question Huge performance loss after replacing the thermal paste ?

    It had been 1 year since i replaced thermal paste so i replaced it. after i boot the pc the cpu speed was stuck on 0.79ghz/800mhz i got around that problem for a while using throttlestop but now my fps is cut in half in all games. When i asked in a pc repair shop the guy said the cpu was stuck...
  7. hi2011090536

    [SOLVED] Ryzen 7 7800X3D will not transfer heat, it overheats at idle ?

    Hello, I just finished building my girlfriends new PC. The ryzen processor we went with is the ryzen 7 7800x3d and I paired it with a cooler master ml240l ARGB AIO cooler. It will not cool at all. It starts at around 68 degrees Celsius and will slowly rise to high 80s and break 90 after only...
  8. Martin1409

    Question Intel 11900k Overheating at 4.7GHz with "be quiet! Slient Loop 2 240mm" AIO

    Hello, I've this PC that my father brought like 6months ago and having Thermal Throttling problem like forever. I've tried to Undervolt it by reducing Clock and Voltage, It seems to work at first but, this morning it start to act up by BSODing with something like "Clock Watchdog Timeout" or...
  9. Inmazes

    Question Turbo on I5-1035G1 (laptop) is constant, how can I modify it's speed?

    So I have this HP Pavilion laptop that has a 1050 ti and a I5-1035G1 as mentioned, and I can't install IXU to modify the clock speed and my only option was throttlestop that only lets me turn off and on turbo (from 1GHz to >3GHz), my question is, how can I modify its speed to a middle point...
  10. Luffy_

    [SOLVED] Every game runs at 12%~ CPU usage and 100% GPU usage - - - how do i fix this ?

    I just can't get the issue. I updated the BIOS and the GPU/CPU. I even reinstalled Windows a few times to see if it fixes the issues but that didn't help, It could be thermal throttling but since I'm not some genius i thought maybe somebody could fix my issue ?
  11. Sparklingtube

    Question Laptop CPU Really Hot On Startup (90~C)

    Hello everyone! Hope ya'll are having a good day so far, I've recently replaced the thermal paste on my laptop (Lenovo Legion 5 Y520-15IKBN, CPU is I7 7700HQ) With some pretty cheap (4,95 euros) thermal paste, now, I am seeing my CPU on startup jumping to 90 ish C, and while gaming it goes up...
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    Question Is my CPU thermal throttling or just a false temperature reading

    Hello everyone. So I bought a new AIO about a month ago, the CoolerMaster ML240 Illusion, and everything has been working great until today. I was playing the campaign of Infinite Warfare and I noticed the AIO fans were pretty loud, so I checked the temp and it was a whopping 96 degrees on the...
  13. PhilGoodzGaming

    Question I9-13900K THROTTLING ISSUE

    Hey everyone. Here are my PC specs. PNY RTX4090 ASUS - PRIME Z790-A WIFI MOTHERBOARD 64GB VENGANCE RAM 6000MHZ Samsung - 980 PRO 2TB NVME Corsair H100x RGB Elite Liquid CPU Cooler 240mm radiator All temps are perfect when gaming. Never have an issue but when i do video editing or cinebench and...
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    Question CPU Overheating, New Build

    Hello, specs below: z690m-itx i5-13600k blackridge cooler, swapped out fan for noctua a9x14 contact frame 4080 fe CPU keeps overheating. When I run cinebench, all cores instantly hit 100c. When gaming temps are in the low 90s. I've took the system apart about 5 times now and tried reapplying...
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    Question Laptop underperforming?

    I have a ROG Flow X16 GV601RW, and when I bought it it had great performance but now it seems to have taken a quite deep dip. I benchmarked it on Userbenchmark (which I don't like since it's biased), Geekbench 5 and Cinebench, and I noticed that now all my components are seemingly...
  16. Vozenger

    Question Wouldn't a little fire be fun? (idk what to do for my cpu)

    Hello, so in light of recent events, I've been looking to give my old pc a very small upgrade so I at least can stop playing games like a cave man, I bought an RX 570 at a reasonable 40$ and now im looking for a new CPU. My current CPU is a Pentium G3250, which may seem pathetical but it has...
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    Question CPU Performance Being Limited Although Temperatures Are OK

    Prior to asking the question here is my system: ASUS X556UQK Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.90 GHz Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 + Intel(R) NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 12 GB RAM So I just got my HDD replaced with a Samsung EVO 870 SSD 500 GB and then the following problem arose while playing...
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    Question HP Omen 15 gaming laptop - Thermal throttling at low temperatures?

    I have a gaming laptop HP Omen 15, model ek0022nl, bought in 2020. Here's the main specs: CPU Intel® Core™ i7-10750H , NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 , RAM 16 GB, SSD 1TB, Windows 10. Last time I used it to play games was months ago, and I remember having the same problem that I am writing to you now...
  19. Arjun Trehan

    Question Is it ok to run my GPU fans at full speed without reducing their lifetime ?

    My specs :- Gigabyte GTX 1660 (non Ti) I5 12400f (stock cooler) Gigabyte b660m gaming ddr 4 mobo My Question :- I am mining salad io on my pc so my GPU goes 75 c not more than that but I am worried if my GPU is running at these temperatures 24/7 will it damage it or reduce it lifespan or should...
  20. ThePin

    Question Framerates oscillating between 20fps and 70fps every couple of seconds ?

    [UPDATE] I appear to have resolved the issue. When collecting spec info in HWInfo per Ralston18s query below, I noticed that the GPU thermal limit was set to 80C. I downloaded Asus GPU Tweak and increased it to 87C and it appears to have resolved the issue. It seems like a Razer update dropped...
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    Question CPU Overheating

    So my pc blue screened a couple of times while playing games and I went looking for the problem, it was my CPU overheating, so I dusted my PC and went into the bios and changed fan speeds. While in there I saw the Intel rapid storage technology and decided to turn it on, after getting out of the...
  22. Jorgergo

    Question CPU Jumps from 50 C to 100C really fast

    Is it normal for my CPU to jump from average temperature of 50 Degrees to 100 Degreed in literally 1 second? I was trying to perform a Stress Test, My CPU was at 50-52 Degrees, but the second I click on Start Testing, the temperature goes up to 100 Degrees and the CPU thermal throttles. Any clue...
  23. doki2003

    Question Too Little Thermal Paste?

    Hi, My 3-month-old computer's CPU has been running hot and I didn't realize until the past week or so. My games were laggy at first and then I started getting overheating alerts when booting up. According to hwHardware It's getting up to 100 degrees Celsius when I play my games and seems to be...
  24. 3600 owner

    Question 3600 stock cooler and settings thermal throttling at 95 degrees

    my Ryzen 5 3600 with stock cooler and settings is significantly underperforming its boost clock in Cinebench R23, and also underperforming its average Cinebench score by a lot. I believe this to be due to thermal throttling when the CPU hits 80-95 degrees it tends to drop the clock speed down to...
  25. PeYo

    [SOLVED] i7 12700k Thermal Throttle in Cinebench r32 with AiO

    Hello guys! I freshly upgraded my MoBo as well as the CPU to a i7 12700k and a MSI Z690 EDGE DDR4. After turning on my PC the temps seemed normal and while playing games it looks normal too. The issue is when i launch Cinebench R23 and start up the Multicore render ,some cores go to...
  26. B

    [SOLVED] Vrm heat protection

    Does anyone know if an Acer predator Helios 300 (2020) model no ph315-53 has decent built in vrm heat protection? My laptops motherboard isn’t showing sensors for the vrm and I would just like to know if the vrm got too hot, it would thermal throttle instead of cooking itself. Thanks for reading.
  27. Spineworld_23

    [SOLVED] Is it worth replacing my laptop with a PC?

    Hello, I have an ASUS ROG Zephyrus M15 and it's semi-perfect for the fact that it has INSANE thermal throttling, which I believe is not normally occurring the way that my laptop is. On ThrottleStop, my GPU constantly has BD Prochot and thermal in yellow, and EDP other flashing red, even when...
  28. tronlegacy001

    [SOLVED] gaming laptop fps drop

    Hi I have a hp pavilion 15 gaming laptop ec 1052ax which has an Processor:AMD ryzen5 4600h GPU:Geforce 1650 Ram:-8GB,3200Mhz 256Gb SSD and 1TB HDD I was able to play valorant with more than 100 fps but now it is limiting itself to 60-100fps(all low settings).Also I play apex legends and here the...
  29. hyperpckitten

    [SOLVED] Where all do I need thermal pads on my 3080 ti? Diagram with labels will be appreciated.

    My specs are as follows: AMD Ryzen 5950x Zotac 3080 ti Trinity Gigabyte Auros Master x570S Corsair 2x32GB 3200MHz RAM Corsair 1000w PSU Windows 10 for Workstation For the above system, I built a Corsair based custom-cooling system and used the Corsair XG7 Reference water-block for the GPU (that...
  30. psychobacter

    Question Laptop thermal throttling even after repasting and undervolting

    So some info about the whole ordeal first, Recently I repasted my Asus Zephyrus M GU502GU about 3 weeks ago with Cooler Master master gel maker and undervolted it. I ran cinbench r20 to verify if the repasting improved the temps and I got max temps of around 80 degrees celsius on the CPU which...
  31. Boyan Sabchev

    [SOLVED] Intel I7 Thermal throttling on 49°C

    Hello everyone, I have an old laptop Lenovo Z50-70, but unfortunately I dropped it on the floor... After this the laptop is constantly lagging even during Windows boot up. To open a web browser is an achievement since it is taking a lot of time. I downloaded ThrottleStop and saw that the CPU...
  32. R

    [SOLVED] Laptop overheating after re-applying thermal paste.

    Hello guys, I have a Dell Inspiron 7560 (i7-7500u / 940mx) and it's around 5 years old. I was experiencing some GPU thermal throttling while playing some games, so I thought to get the thermal paste changed, hoping it will solve the problem. I got it changed from a nearby repair shop, and he...
  33. ranjithsamuelking

    [SOLVED] thermal throttling in AMD ryzen 5 3550H while gaming, with stuttering issues

    I have a entry level gaming laptop With amd ryzen 5 3550H @2.1Ghz And gtx 1650. I started noticing stutters in games frequently, and I found that themal throttling is why that happened, the cpu temperature is above 90*C, The real problem is , the game RDR2 gives 43 fps while cpu running at...
  34. Stryder2NPO

    [SOLVED] AMD FX-8350 Throttling, High CPU Temperature but low Core Temperature?

    Hello! I've got a problem with my rig throttling under heavy load despite individual core temps being below the threshold by a long shot. Rig Specs CPU: AMD FX-8350 MB: Asrock 970 Pro 3 R 2.0 RAM: DDR3 4GB Kingston HyperX 1026MHZ (X3) (12GB Total) Graphics Card: Nvidia Titan X GTX Cooler...
  35. A

    [SOLVED] Thermal Throttling

    Hello, i'm currently using a laptop with an 8300H and a 1650. It was very very cheap and as a surprise to no one, it thermal throttles. now my aim is to make this laptop last for a long as it can and i don't think that's gonna happen if the CPU stays pegged at 95degrees while i'm gaming...
  36. Hxlyzz

    Question Gpu throttling (i think)nvidia mx230

    Hello everyone, im new here,i need to ask something, i have an intel core i7 10510U with 16gb ram and nvidia mx230( as stated above) . Everytime i play heavy games the gpu will downclock and when i check with gpu z the performance cap says thermal. Ive already done undervolt with throttlestop on...
  37. octaゼ永あ

    [SOLVED] Why does my RX 580 get so hot?

    I bought my ASRock Phantom Gaming D RX 580 8GB yesterday, and i noticed that the temps are too high, i've seen reviews and the maximum of temperature that this card reaches is like 75c ° (without undervolting), but mine just goes up to 85c ° and it gets thermal throttled, the thing is that i...
  38. jamest626

    [SOLVED] Power Throttling on Razer Blade 15 (advanced 2019) Solutions or ideas?

    Hi All, I am having an issue with my razer blade 15 laptop. I noticed my CPU fans were on quite a bit even when doing little things and that the temps were in the high 70's (C) even when just browsing the web. I was going to do some undervolting but saw Intel XTU does not support my CPU. But I...
  39. M

    Question Gtx 1080ti thermal throttling after fresh Windows Install

    About a year ago I bought a pc off of FB marketplace. I went to see the system, tested it out, and decided to buy it. The seller was awesome, he clearly knew his stuff and even provided me with a clean install of windows. I took the pc home, set it up, and it ran great for a few days until it...
  40. F

    [SOLVED] i5 6600K 100c temp (thermal throttling) & 100% Usage. Please help.

    Hello All, My i5 6600k temp idles around 44° C to 49° C and with load (playing game-cs go, using video editing tool-filmora) it shoots to 100° C within 30 seconds. Also when I did a stress test with intel extreme tuning utility same thing 30 seconds into the test it shoots to 100°C. Also my...