Are my cpu and gpu temps to high?

[Tiebar90]

Hello everyone I am a little concerned about my cpu and gpu temps.

My specs:
Micro atx h81 motherboard
I5 4440
Gtx 970 4gb

Gpu: idle temp- 53C / gaming 70C

Cpu: idle- 50C / gaming- 64C

This is playing Star Wars battlefront so it's not even like far cry 4. I'm just a little concerned because when I'm playing games my computer cranks out heat so bad I get really hot in my room.
All of the fans are stock there. This is also a pre built pc I just upgraded the gpu. The case is a mid tower and isnt really spacious. The gpu only has about an inch and a half of space from the fans to the bottle of the case.I'm wondering if buying an after market full tower case with more space and some case fans will help.

Also does the power supply wattage effect this? If the power supply is to low? It's a 520W

 

[jetfighter545]

Your GPU is relatively normal, but your CPU is running at a way too high temp. CPU's can take up to about 72 degrees Celsius whereas GPU's can take up to a whopping 100.

 

[jetfighter545]

The power supply doesn't effect the temperatures, but now that I think of it, your GPU should run at a lower temperature.

 

[Tiebar90]

Your GPU is relatively normal, but your CPU is running at a way too high temp. CPU's can take up to about 72 degrees Celsius whereas GPU's can take up to a whopping 100.

what is recommended to be done? do you think a full tower case will work or should i buy some after market coolers?

 

[jetfighter545]

GPU coolers are tricky to replace, and I would recommend an after market CPU cooler, but my i5-4590 -which is a similar CPU - runs at 28 degrees idle with a stock cooler. There are a few things you can do to find the problem. First, go into task manager and check if any tasks are running intensively on your cpu while you aren't gaming.

 

[jetfighter545]

Another thing you could do is open your case and see if the components run at lower temps. That would mean you need a better case.

 

[Tiebar90]

Both of those temps were with the case open. I could get an after market CPU cooler from new egg. But whats a solution for my GPU?

I imagine since the case was open and i got those temps then getting a new case should be in my near future.

 

[Tiebar90]

also i checked my task manager at idle it is only 3% but after about 20 minutes after gaming my cpu finally goes down to 39-40 C

 

[jetfighter545]

That's still a high temp for a CPU. Have you installed GPU drivers?

 

[Tiebar90]

Yes all drivers up to date.

 

[Tiebar90]

Now after being away from my computer for about an hour the cpu temp is at 29-30C and the gpu is at 44C so it looks like it goes down it just takes awhile

 

[FinneousPJ]

Your temps are fine for stock coolers.

 

[jetfighter545]

Fin is wrong. Do you know your way around whatever BIOS or UEFI setup you have? If you do, go there and find the fan settings for your cpu and put it to full.

 

[Tiebar90]

Yeah I can get around my bios on this pc.

I just downloaded msi after burner and it turns out my gpu fans were set to never come on. I turned them on 50% and my gpu temp went down to 60C or so when gaming. It still cranks out hot air it literally makes my room 80 degrees. Is there a way to get the temp ever lower when gaming? So the damn thing isn't a space heater.

 

[jetfighter545]

Nah, sorry. The heat it generates will be the same. You could underclock it, but it wouldn't perform well and it wouldn't turn the temperature down much.

 

[Tiebar90]

Hmm I wonder if a new case will even effect it then.

I have another question, sorry for picking your brain.

I don't know if your familiar with msi afterburner but I'm looking through the options and I see a power limit percentage, what does that do exactly? My card isn't over clocked.

 

[jetfighter545]

No problem. I have a lot of spare time. The power limit is how much power your graphics card is allowed to take from your PSU. It is mainly meant for over/underclocking. If its 0 its normal. More power is used depending on how far the slider is put, e.g. +10 = 10% more power allowed, -5 = 5% less power allowed.

 

[Tiebar90]

Oh boy because that was set to 80%. I just lowered it to the lowest point and my gaming temp for my gpu just went from 60C to 50C. My cpu temp is still at about 64C when gaming.

 

[jetfighter545]

Hold on a sec, +80 isn't possible. Just did some research. 100% = +0. Sorry. I didn't know it was different on the newer versions of afterburner.

 

[Tiebar90]

Okay so when I move the scroll across on that power limit bar all the way to the end the number goes from 100 stock to 58. Is that what you meant by underclocking? Because I just set it to that and started playing one of my games and it ran fine and the temp only got to 50C.

 

[jetfighter545]

What do you mean by 'when I move the scroll across on that power limit bar all the way to the end the number goes from 100 stock to 58'?

 

[Tiebar90]

http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=files&action=file&id=266

If you look at that picture it's pretty much how my settings are. If you look at the power limit (%) bar it is set all the way to the left. This is what I meant by 58.

If I do this my cpu temp while gaming goes from 62C to about 50C. Is this an okay setting or does having power limit all the way to the left hurting my gpu?

 

[jetfighter545]

It might be hurting the GPU. I would put it higher, but I also see that your fan is running auto. put the fan on a higher percent. Your cpu having a low temp as a consequence means your CPU is probably fine. It would just be the graphics heating up the whole case.

 

[jetfighter545]

This is an obvious question, but have you looked at your task manager while you are 'idle'? If there is something running in the background that could be the problem.

 

[Tiebar90]

Okay I'll set it higher and probably just have to deal with the gpu being at about 60C when gaming.

I was thinking that about the cpu too, the heat from the graphics card is probably raising the temp of the cpu.

And yes I have kept a close eye to task manager it hasn't had any significant back round usage