Question CPU hitting 61C while not doing anything.

[KAPUTknowsnothing]

It was working fine at 34C while watching YT then it launched up to 50C. Restarted and left it on the desktop with MSI companion open, went up to 61C reddit says its normal but there is no way that's true.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Which CPU? Please list your full specs, including case, and internal fans.

 

[thx1138v2]

It was working fine at 34C while watching YT then it launched up to 50C. Restarted and left it on the desktop with MSI companion open, went up to 61C reddit says its normal but there is no way that's true.

Temperature readings are meaningless unless you include the ambient temperatures also.

 

[TerryLaze]

Temperature readings are meaningless unless you include the ambient temperatures also.

It went from 34 to 50C ... unless there was a volcanic eruption in their neighborhood it's not the ambient temps fault.

We need more info.

 

[KAPUTknowsnothing]

It went from 34 to 50C ... unless there was a volcanic eruption in their neighborhood it's not the ambient temps fault.

We need more info.

Its 17c in my room
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/KAPUTtherapy/saved/jKZdFT

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Its 17c in my room
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/KAPUTtherapy/saved/jKZdFT

Did you build it yourself? If so, what thermal paste was used, and how was it applied.

Are you sure the fans on the cooler are running? Is the cooler seated correctly?

Are all system drivers up to date, including chipset? What bios is currently running?

 

[dwd999]

It was working fine at 34C while watching YT then it launched up to 50C. Restarted and left it on the desktop with MSI companion open, went up to 61C reddit says its normal but there is no way that's true.

Just because you personally are not doing anything does not mean that Windows and any software you have installed is not doing anything. Windows performs all sorts of maintenance functions in the background. Other software from Intel which you may have installed also performs maintenance functions in the background. The same applies to browsers which may perform update maintenance functions in the background. So if the temperature jumps periodically from one of those its no big deal.

 

[35below0]

Just because you personally are not doing anything does not mean that Windows and any software you have installed is not doing anything. Windows performs all sorts of maintenance functions in the background. Other software from Intel which you may have installed also performs maintenance functions in the background. The same applies to browsers which may perform update maintenance functions in the background. So if the temperature jumps periodically from one of those its no big deal.

If it climbs to 61 and stays there longer then a second after Windows has finished whatever chores it was doing, then CPU cooling is faulty.

 

[TerryLaze]

If it climbs to 61 and stays there longer then a second after Windows has finished whatever chores it was doing, then CPU cooling is faulty.

Or it could be malware, or the bios could have had an issue and changed settings, or who knows what.
Cooling being faulty but only a little bit faulty so that the CPU only goes up to 61 instead of going up to 100 and shutting down is pretty low on the possibilities.

 

[CountMike]

Real idle in Windows is up to 1% of CPU usage, at 3% and up it's already running on multiple cores.