Question Computer heats up really quickly and the CPU (i think) starts making a ton of noise when running certain apps / games ?

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Bittex

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Hello, recently i noticed that when running certain games or apps my computer would make a lot more noise and start heating up a bit. It wasn't that much of a problem so i just assumed it's working a bit more than it could or maybe just a little bit of dust caught in my parts. I also noticed it may have something to do with the amount of memory used when i took a look at the task manager, but i also noticed that some games will take more memory than others but they won't produce the issue. It wasn't until yesterday that i was running a specific game and slightly more heavy than most games i play called "Cult of the Lamb" (mentioning the name for whatever reason it have to do with) and my computer turned into a racing car, i mean it was making a TON of noise and it was so hot, it would stop doing it when i minimized the game but i didn't want it to continue at all so i shut the game down and didn't open it since. I don't want my computer to get damaged as i don't wanna replace it soon and it's not really old.
I would like to know what could be the cause of this issue? I should emphasis that the computer heats up REALLY quickly, so i don't think it's really a cooling issue but i'm not an expert so i'm open minded...

My specs:

ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Video CardNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Operating SystemWindows 10 64-bit
RAM16 GB
 

Vic 40

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You're right on the DIMM slots. Looking at the picture before it looked like they were in the 1st and 3rd slots, so my bad on that one. I should have enlarged the image.
Had that too, did indeed have to enlarge the picture to see it clearly.



admittedly case can take 3 x 120mm in front so that would work too. 3 intake, 2 exhaust
Was thinking of this with those 5 fans. Wonder if the fan that is in the case right now can be freed up if he gives it a good clean, also should check if it is connected. Whole thing for that matter should be cleaned thouroughly.
 

Colif

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The little diagram to bottom left of memory slots also shows its in the right channel. I never noticed that before, I can see my motherboard clearer in his photos than I can here. His gpu must be thinner than my 2070 Super as I can't see as much of the fan cover under the GPU (covers south bridge), he can see part of the logo. I can't see any of that.
He appears to have a Gigabyte Aorus X570 Elite, its almost same board as I have. It doesn't make any difference, I just noticed it was missing writing mine had. So I dug further.