[SOLVED] Any advice on how to reduce my cpu temp?

[Dan311]

I have an ASUS Z490-A motherboard with an i9-10850k chip. I am cooling it with a be quiet dark rock TF but it is still running at upwards of 90 degrees Celsius when playing certain games, namely Call of duty Warzone.

 

[rubix_1011]

Interesting that this came up today.

'Pea sized drop' of thermal paste is usually far too much. I have a thermal compound roundup coming out in coming days which has some visuals on size of blob which is ideal. Most of this comes down to a rounded drop that is 3-4mm in diameter, too much is excess and likely will be pushed out or can accumulate under the cooler if cooler mounting tension isn't high enough.

The Tom's cooling system is also an i9-10850k. 4.6ghz (all 10 cores) at 1.190v. Most motherboards which provide one-setting overclocking or utilities that do so, often set vCore too high for the sake of stability over thermals.

I restored the default settings but the cpu is still attempting to run at 4812 Mhz.

Likely only 1 core, though, not all cores, which would be a big difference. Download and use HWInfo and see what is defined for your core speeds.

 

[Dan311]

Interesting that this came up today.

'Pea sized drop' of thermal paste is usually far too much. I have a thermal compound roundup coming out in coming days which has some visuals on size of blob which is ideal. Most of this comes down to a rounded drop that is 3-4mm in diameter, too much is excess and likely will be pushed out or can accumulate under the cooler if cooler mounting tension isn't high enough.

The Tom's cooling system is also an i9-10850k. 4.6ghz (all 10 cores) at 1.190v. Most motherboards which provide one-setting overclocking or utilities that do so, often set vCore too high for the sake of stability over thermals.




Likely only 1 core, though, not all cores, which would be a big difference. Download and use HWInfo and see what is defined for your core speeds.

I just did as you said an it shows 10 cores running at 4813mhz

 

[Dan311]

Interesting that this came up today.

'Pea sized drop' of thermal paste is usually far too much. I have a thermal compound roundup coming out in coming days which has some visuals on size of blob which is ideal. Most of this comes down to a rounded drop that is 3-4mm in diameter, too much is excess and likely will be pushed out or can accumulate under the cooler if cooler mounting tension isn't high enough.

The Tom's cooling system is also an i9-10850k. 4.6ghz (all 10 cores) at 1.190v. Most motherboards which provide one-setting overclocking or utilities that do so, often set vCore too high for the sake of stability over thermals.




Likely only 1 core, though, not all cores, which would be a big difference. Download and use HWInfo and see what is defined for your core speeds.

In addition I used xtu to run a vf curve and it showed upwards of 1.4v at 5 ghz

 

[Phaaze88]

Cooler master masterbox nr600 Mid tower case. I have 2 stock fans along with 2 200rpm cooler master fans. 3 intake 1 output

Good chassis. Not enough exhaust though.
Top-down air coolers like the Dark Rock TF need more exhausts, unlike tower air coolers.

I restored the default settings but the cpu is still attempting to run at 4812 Mhz.

That's odd. You should be seeing like 5.2ghz on 1-2 cores under light loads and 4.8ghz across most cores under heavy loads.
Did you update your mobo's drivers? [chipset, audio, lan, etc.]

In addition I used xtu to run a vf curve and it showed upwards of 1.4v at 5 ghz

Doing too much at once...
Don't use XTU - at least until you get this sorted out.

 

[Dan311]

Good chassis. Not enough exhaust though.
Top-down air coolers like the Dark Rock TF need more exhausts, unlike tower air coolers.


That's odd. You should be seeing like 5.2ghz on 1-2 cores under light loads and 4.8ghz across most cores under heavy loads.
Did you update your mobo's drivers? [chipset, audio, lan, etc.]


Doing too much at once...
Don't use XTU - at least until you get this sorted out.

What can I do to increase the exhaust?

 

[Phaaze88]

You add fans, specifically 2, up top.

 

[Dan311]

You add fans, specifically 2, up top.

I dont believe there is enough space to do this especially with my mobo. there is also no place to mount these fans on top.

 

[white.a.drew]

I restored the default settings but the cpu is still attempting to run at 4812 Mhz.

Like i was saying try turning off speed step and auto turbo for a moment. And lets see how it does from here.

 

[Dan311]

Like i was saying try turning off speed step and auto turbo for a moment. And lets see how it does from here.

Alright i will do that and report my findings.

 

[Phaaze88]

I dont believe there is enough space to do this especially with my mobo. there is also no place to mount these fans on top.

You've got a standard ATX mobo. I don't see how you couldn't put a couple fans up there...

 

[Dan311]

You've got a standard ATX mobo. I don't see how you couldn't put a couple fans up there...

I dont know how i could mount them up top even if I could fit them, there is no place to mount any fans on the top area.

 

[Dan311]

Like i was saying try turning off speed step and auto turbo for a moment. And lets see how it does from here.

I lost about 20 fps but the cpu was peaking at around 50C, Is there any way to resolve this loss performance or am I stuck with it?

 

[Phaaze88]

I dont know how i could mount them up top even if I could fit them, there is no place to mount any fans on the top area.

We are talking about the NR600, right?

Spoiler

A radiator and fans fit up there, so just fans should also fit up there.

 

[Dan311]

We are talking about the NR600, right?

Spoiler

A radiator and fans fit up there, so just fans should also fit up there.

Yes but the problem is with the dark rock tf, it barely leaves any space, certainly not enough for fans.

 

[Phaaze88]

I don't know what else to tell ya, other than you will need to uninstall the cooler before you can install fans up there.

 

[Dan311]

I don't know what else to tell ya, other than you will need to uninstall the cooler before you can install fans up there.

Thank you for your help!

 

[white.a.drew]

Thank you for your help!

So we know that your pc dosn't have sufficient cooling to run max turbo thats the issue so what i would do is find a happy inbetween oc that will allow you to achive acceptable preformance in your eye's amd keep your cpu at happy temps. Till a better cooling solution is found

 

[Phaaze88]

1)Cpu isn't boosting properly.

2)Not using the best fan setup with the top-down air cooler.

 

[Dan311]

1)Cpu isn't boosting properly.

2)Not using the best fan setup with the top-down air cooler.

Im trying to remedy that situation, I'm getting new thermal paste and when that arrives I will be switching out my Be Quiet for an older liquid cooling from my last pc to hopefully resolve these issues.

 

[Phaaze88]

Ah, I was just highlighting the current issues in the PC.

 

[Ketchup79]

Your best bet is 2 120mm fans on top, with your cooler pushing air up. I am not sure why there wouldn't be room for that.