Question CPU Overheating Issue - Need Help!

[ssplinky]

Hi everyone,

I recently built a new computer and am encountering an issue with my CPU overheating immediately upon running a benchmark on occt.

https://imgur.com/a/9lbj6yd

I am able to play most games perfectly fine like the new BO6 beta and RDR2, however yesterday when I attempted to play fortnie with my friends, I noticed my cpu temps were above 90° and then tried an occt test to discover this. The idle temp is around 35° - 40°.
Here’s a link to my full parts list for reference: PCPartPicker List

https://imgur.com/a/gprjEwD

Does anyone have any suggestions on what might be causing the issue or how I can resolve it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for your help!

 

[rgd1101]

latest motherboard bios?

 

[Phaaze88]

I recently built a new computer and am encountering an issue with my CPU overheating immediately upon running a benchmark on occt.

https://imgur.com/a/9lbj6yd

That result is a given, considering the cpu, cooler, a hard benchmark, and how aggressive the motherboard settings may or may not be.
This was going to go over poorly, no matter what.

Update to latest bios as suggested by rgd1101.

I am able to play most games perfectly fine like the new BO6 beta and RDR2, however yesterday when I attempted to play fortnie with my friends, I noticed my cpu temps were above 90°

How much power is the cpu using between these games? [It shouldn't be the same.]

 

[Zerk2012]

Hi everyone,

I recently built a new computer and am encountering an issue with my CPU overheating immediately upon running a benchmark on occt.

https://imgur.com/a/9lbj6yd

I am able to play most games perfectly fine like the new BO6 beta and RDR2, however yesterday when I attempted to play fortnie with my friends, I noticed my cpu temps were above 90° and then tried an occt test to discover this. The idle temp is around 35° - 40°.
Here’s a link to my full parts list for reference: PCPartPicker List

https://imgur.com/a/gprjEwD

Does anyone have any suggestions on what might be causing the issue or how I can resolve it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for your help!

That's fairly easy your cooler is not good enough.

 

[TeamRed2024]

That's fairly easy your cooler is not good enough.

I was thinking the same thing. I wasn't even aware $23 coolers were available. Even the Thermaltake Assassin that I've heard so many great things about is $35+.

 

[TheHerald]

Hitting 100c in OCCT with your cooler is kinda normal, nothing much to worry about. But that shouldn't happen during games. Have you checked how much power your CPU is pulling during OCCT and gaming? If it hits 90c during fortnite with the CPU only pulling 70-80w then just trying opening your side panel while gaming and see if that drops the temperature. If it's a yes, then its your case not being able to handle your 3070 and heat accumulates in there.

 

[geofelt]

Your temperatures look to be normal.
Only two cores hit 100c.
Intel 12th gen processors are happy to run at 100c. all day long.
If a core gets hotter than that, it will throttle until the issue is resolved.
Games are not going to use all 20 threads like you would in a benchmark.
Activate task manager cpu graph. Right click to select logical processor view to get an idea on how your games use threads.

Your case is excellent for air cooling.
It comes with three 140mm front intakes which is as good as it gets.

Yes, your cooler is very low end.
A twin tower cooler with 140mm fans would do better. But, I see no compelling reason to change it out.

 

[ssplinky]

Activate task manager cpu graph. Right click to select logical processor view to get an idea on how your games use threads.

https://imgur.com/a/ruYguDR

So this is my graph while playing forntie, CPU around 70°-90° peaking at 95°

https://imgur.com/a/j2radLP

This is the graph while playing cyberpunk, CPU at 60°-70° peaking at 82°

My main concern was that if temperatures reached 100°, it might damage my CPU. However, your reassurance has eased my worries. Thanks for that! One last question: do you think adding extra fans to my case would be beneficial?

 

[geofelt]

Heat is not what damages a processor, it is higher voltages that does it.
Motherboard makers set default settings to give best performance for marketing purposes.
That was a prime contributor to 13/14gen issues.
By now, the defaults will be set to Intel specs.
Really, you are looking at only a few percent performance difference.

Your task manager graph looks strange to me.
I would expect to see half of the performance cores looking busy, the hyperthreads not so much and the efficient cores with hardly any activity.

What is your windows version?
My win 10 looks very different.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000091284/processors.html