Hey guys,
This is the second PC I've ever built so I'm still fairly new to all of this. My current build is:
CPU: i7 8700k
GPU: Gigabyte Gaming OC 3080
RAM: 16gb Flare-x DDR4 (3200MHz in XMP)
PSU: Corsair RM 850x
Mobo: Asus Maximus X Code
Here is the inside of my PC for those curious
I've had the 8700k for a few years now , but I got lucky getting a 3080 last week and replaced my 1080ti with it and started noticing temps getting really high with the cpu. To be frank, it could have always ran hot in the past because I never really took an interest in temps, etc. until now.
I figured I'd try a simple overclock at 4.7GHz and followed this video here
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbRauc8gpQM
I pretty much followed his settings to a t but had my cores at 4.7 with a voltage of 1.3, but I planned on lowering that until it became unstable.
However, I noticed when playing the Cold War beta that temps would hit around 80-90c after an hour or so of playing and occasionally hit 95c. I then reverted back to the default bios settings just to check temps, and they were still getting around those temperatures when playing. Idle seems good though and is usually around 35-40c. I made sure to re-seat the Dark Rock 4 cooler (there's no sticker so please don't ask that lol), apply new thermal, and dust the fans. Everything still runs hot and I'm not sure what to do. Please go easy since I'm fairly new and any guidance and tips is very much appreciated.
Edit: Another thing I'll point out, it looks like the DR4 fan next to the ram doesn't run as fast as it could and just barely ramps up from idle to under load when gaming. I'm not totally sure how I can check what the rpm for that is or if I can even adjust it.
Edit 2: I tried using SpeedFan to see what the speeds were and this was what it showed when running the Cold War beta. Is that a normal RPM speed for the cpu? Also, why were my back and rear fans that are spinning not showing up here?
This is the second PC I've ever built so I'm still fairly new to all of this. My current build is:
CPU: i7 8700k
GPU: Gigabyte Gaming OC 3080
RAM: 16gb Flare-x DDR4 (3200MHz in XMP)
PSU: Corsair RM 850x
Mobo: Asus Maximus X Code
Here is the inside of my PC for those curious
I've had the 8700k for a few years now , but I got lucky getting a 3080 last week and replaced my 1080ti with it and started noticing temps getting really high with the cpu. To be frank, it could have always ran hot in the past because I never really took an interest in temps, etc. until now.
I figured I'd try a simple overclock at 4.7GHz and followed this video here
I pretty much followed his settings to a t but had my cores at 4.7 with a voltage of 1.3, but I planned on lowering that until it became unstable.
However, I noticed when playing the Cold War beta that temps would hit around 80-90c after an hour or so of playing and occasionally hit 95c. I then reverted back to the default bios settings just to check temps, and they were still getting around those temperatures when playing. Idle seems good though and is usually around 35-40c. I made sure to re-seat the Dark Rock 4 cooler (there's no sticker so please don't ask that lol), apply new thermal, and dust the fans. Everything still runs hot and I'm not sure what to do. Please go easy since I'm fairly new and any guidance and tips is very much appreciated.
Edit: Another thing I'll point out, it looks like the DR4 fan next to the ram doesn't run as fast as it could and just barely ramps up from idle to under load when gaming. I'm not totally sure how I can check what the rpm for that is or if I can even adjust it.
Edit 2: I tried using SpeedFan to see what the speeds were and this was what it showed when running the Cold War beta. Is that a normal RPM speed for the cpu? Also, why were my back and rear fans that are spinning not showing up here?
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