[SOLVED] CPU at 50 degrees celsius at idle

[DarkForestLTU]

Is it normal for a Ryzen 5 2600X to sit at 50-55 degrees celsius at idle?

 

[Udyr]

Is it normal for a Ryzen 5 2600X to sit at 50-55 degrees celsius at idle?

"Normal" will depend on your cooling solution and case airflow. If it sits below 80 under load, you're good.

 

[coolraveen]

Is it normal for a Ryzen 5 2600X to sit at 50-55 degrees celsius at idle?

It depends upon your ambient temperature, if your fan is stock and ambient temperature high, that's the temperature you would expect at idle, with the stock cooler

 

[DarkForestLTU]

"Normal" will depend on your cooling solution and case airflow. If it sits below 80 under load, you're good.

So I did a cinebench r23 test and the maximum that it got to was like 78. And my pc case has 3 fans at the front and 1 at the back.

 

[Udyr]

So I did a cinebench r23 test and the maximum that it got to was like 78. And my pc case has 3 fans at the front and 1 at the back.

78C for a stress test load is normal. Your case has 3+1 fans, but are you running the CPU with the stock cooler? If so, you're within normal parameters for that CPU under those conditions.

 

[DarkForestLTU]

It depends upon your ambient temperature, if your fan is stock and ambient temperature high, that's the temperature you would expect at idle, with the stock cooler

I don't really know what counts as high ambient temperature, but it's around 25-30 degrees celsius.

 

[DarkForestLTU]

78C for a stress test load is normal. Your case has 3+1 fans, but are you running the CPU with the stock cooler? If so, you're within normal parameters for that CPU under those conditions.

Yeah i'm running the stock cooler.

 

[Udyr]

Yeah i'm running the stock cooler.

Then temps are normal and within safe range. If you want lower temps, then get an aftermarket cooler that fits your needs and budget.

 

[DarkForestLTU]

Then temps are normal and within safe range. If you want lower temps, then get an aftermarket cooler that fits your needs and budget.

Ok, thanks for the help.

 

[Karadjgne]

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/5600x-getting-40-50-temps-idle.3703277/post-22318726

 

[coolraveen]

I don't really know what counts as high ambient temperature, but it's around 25-30 degrees celsius.

What i meant by ambient temperature, is it's your room temperature, when if it's high, then with stock cooler it's bound to do those temperature you mentioned. Those temperature are normal for that wraith spire cooler. My summer temperature are 40deg, so my room temperature will be high. So either go for an aftermarket tower cooler or an liquid cooler for overclocking

 

[Karadjgne]

Understand that ambient temp is the temp of the air that surrounds/feeds a component. So if you think about a cpu air cooler, the ambient air is what's inside the case, same with a top/rear mounted liquid cooler and almost all gpus in a standard configuration. Mostly, only a front mounted liquid cooler uses Room ambient air.

So consider there's a gpu, cpu, chipsets, ram, other small heatsinks giving off heat inside a case. This is where airflow matters most, a well ventilated, good airflow case can get most of that radiated heat out of the case, so case temps stay just a little above Room ambient temp. In a poorly ventilated, bad airflow case, case ambient temps will be considerably higher than Room ambient.

This is important because it's physically impossible to cool a cpu to below ambient temps by mechanical means. A fan blowing air across a heatsink is mechanical process, it'd take a chemical process like liquid nitrogen to get below ambient.

So if your room temp is 40°C, expect that you'll generally see 43ish°C to 50ish°C inside a case, putting the absolute minimum a cpu temp will be is @ 45°C to 55°C. Generally an intel cpu will be @ 6-10°C higher, an AMD cpu @ 10-20°C higher than room ambient depending on the cooler's efficiency.

Airflow matters.