Question 11600k normal temps idle but 100°c when under 100% cpu load

[Esteban Mantero]

Hello, as the title says ive been having this problem ever since ive bought the pc, at the beginning I had a cheap air cooler so i swaped it for an AIO but the problem persist, the temps seem normal in idle (around the 30°s) but hits the 80°s while gaming or when starting windows, and when under heavy load, like the intel xtu benchmark or cinebench r23 it hits the 100°c mark, my room temp is around 20°c so i dont think that is the problem, ive changed the thermal paste and the aio configuration a couple of times but no improvement. The entire setup is only a year and a couple months old.

Components:
cpu: i5 11600k
aio: id-cooling frostflow x 240
motherboard: MSI B560M-PRO E
ram: Patriot Viper Steel 2x8gb 3200mhz
case: Aerocool Zauron with 2 120mm coolers

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Sounds to me like you may have a contact problem with the cooling plate to the cpu. I would remove the thermal paste on each, then put a pea size dollop of thermal paste in the middle of the cpu plate. Then bolt down the cooling plate on to the cpu. Then remove the the cooler and see if the thermal paste has spread evenly on the face plate and cpu.

 

[Nighthawk117]

Sounds like something wrong with the installation or an issue with the pump. Have you checked the pump RPM to make sure it's working?

What's your CPU vcore under load?
Was the machine previously ok and has since developed this issue or has it always been like this?

 

[Esteban Mantero]

Sounds to me like you may have a contact problem with the cooling plate to the cpu. I would remove the thermal paste on each, then put a pea size dollop of thermal paste in the middle of the cpu plate. Then bolt down the cooling plate on to the cpu. Then remove the the cooler and see if the thermal paste has spread evenly on the face plate and cpu.

checked the thermal paste spread and it was even, i checked the pump rpm with fancrontrol and it turns out the pump was running at %60 and the radiotor fans at %70, i cranked them to %100 but it is still hitting 95-98°c

 

[Esteban Mantero]

Sounds like something wrong with the installation or an issue with the pump. Have you checked the pump RPM to make sure it's working?

What's your CPU vcore under load?
Was the machine previously ok and has since developed this issue or has it always been like this?

checked thermal paste spread and pump and the fans, also ran the benchmarks
XTU benchmark
Cinebench R23

 

[Phaaze88]

aio: id-cooling frostflow x 240
case: Aerocool Zauron

Zauron - AeroCool

High-performance mid tower case with a full tempered glass side panel to showcase the inside of your rig. Comes equipped with Fixed RGB fans.

aerocool.io

Liquid Cooling

Front: 120/240mm Radiator (Optional) Rear: 120mm Radiator (Optional) Top: no support was listed

Where's the airflow? The front panel doesn't look too good for that, plus there's a radiator behind that now?
Air resistance has been stacked, and not in the cooler's favor.
Methinks a plain ol' air cooler would've been just fine here.

 

[geofelt]

What is your problem??


Is your normal workload benchmarking?
Or, is it gaming or such?
How is your performance in games?

It is normal for a modern intel processor to run up to 100c. under some loads where it will throttle a bit to protect itself.
Your case is not a good one for any kind of cooler.
A cooler needs a good supply of fresh air to let it do it's job.
See what happens if you take the side cover off and direct a house fan at the innards.

It is likely that your motherboard has abandoned stock power limits to boost your cpu to unreasonable levels.
Backing off a bit will not impact performance mush.
Here is a video on that:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFgswzTvyc

 

[Esteban Mantero]

Zauron - AeroCool

High-performance mid tower case with a full tempered glass side panel to showcase the inside of your rig. Comes equipped with Fixed RGB fans.

aerocool.io

Liquid Cooling

Front: 120/240mm Radiator (Optional) Rear: 120mm Radiator (Optional) Top: no support was listed

Where's the airflow? The front panel doesn't look too good for that, plus there's a radiator behind that now?
Air resistance has been stacked, and not in the cooler's favor.
Methinks a plain ol' air cooler would've been just fine here.

i had an air cooler and the cpu would hit 90°c while just gaming and idle would be around 50°c
Original cooler

 

[Esteban Mantero]

What is your problem??


Is your normal workload benchmarking?
Or, is it gaming or such?
How is your performance in games?

It is normal for a modern intel processor to run up to 100c. under some loads where it will throttle a bit to protect itself.
Your case is not a good one for any kind of cooler.
A cooler needs a good supply of fresh air to let it do it's job.
See what happens if you take the side cover off and direct a house fan at the innards.

It is likely that your motherboard has abandoned stock power limits to boost your cpu to unreasonable levels.
Backing off a bit will not impact performance mush.
Here is a video on that:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFgswzTvyc

Im just really worried about the sudden high temps when starting windows or just opening chrome, i may be overly protective of the component and trying to take as much care of them as possible as i will not be able to replace them if they break, thankfully the video you shared put some of my concerns to rest. Thank you for your reply.

 

[Phaaze88]

i had an air cooler and the cpu would hit 90°c while just gaming and idle would be around 50°c
Original cooler

Pardon, but that cooler wasn't adequate for the 11600K to begin with...

 

[Esteban Mantero]

Pardon, but that cooler wasn't adequate for the 11600K to begin with...

I knew when i bought it, but it was just to be able to use my pc, i upgraded to an aio 2 months after

 

[zx128k]

You can reduce the power limit for the CPU. This will reduce the load on the cooling system at maximum load. This is a budget AIO cooler and has a maximum rated TDP of 250 watts. The 11600k when unlocked power wise can really draw the power and get very hot.

At stock its approx. 125W power rating and overclocked to 4.9GHz is approx. 200 watts. Really it shouldn't be a problem for your cooler at stock. Overclocking you may see limits reached.

Something like Intel Adaptive Boost Technology enabled, then you can possibly hit 100c. Stock should be fine.

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y-cruncher performed to our expectations. We recorded a peak of 274W and peak temperatures of 94C

Cooler is fine at stock but its budget and won't go above 250W TDP. If you reach these levels you need better cooling. You are looking at about 200 watts for 4.9GHz with that CPU. Try an AVX offset as well to reduce temperatures. As AVX has the maximum power draw.

 

[TerryLaze]

Something like Intel Adaptive Boost Technology enabled, then you can possibly hit 100c. Stock should be fine.

While this is the official intel boost, many mobos have their own version of this you would have to look out for like 'enhanced turbo' or what not, and those are enabled by default/auto.