I'll try to keep this short, but it's a long and complicated issue.
I recently upgraded from a GTX 750ti to a GTX 770 and bought two different PSUs to try out with it - a Corsair CX600 and a AeroCool Strike X 600w
Since installing these things my CPU is hugely more hot, especially during games. Now the CPU (i5 2300) isn't getting crazy hot - up to 76 c ish - but I can feel the extra heat and smell it too and as soon as the temps get to near 60c I notice big performance issues - frequent but short freezes (1-3 seconds) and very slow loading times.
I have-
- reseated the heatsink and applied new thermal paste.
- Done a Memtest (all fine)
- swapped PSUs (same on both the the new PSUs)
- Bought an extra case fan
- Set all fans to max
- Removed case lid
- Reseated the GPU
- Checked voltages
All these things mean that I now have temperatures that max at around 61c when gaming (with case open and all fans blazing) but I'm still getting those performance issues at around 60c and obvioulsy it isn't pleasant gaming on a computer that sounds like it's about to go in to orbit.
My last hope is that I have ordered an aftermarket cpu fan, but I wouldn't think that would be necessary unless I'm overclocking (which I'm not).
And yes, I know that the PSUs are low quality, but A: I can't afford anything better; and B: I don't see how both PSUs would produce the same results.
Also shouldn't an i5 2300 be totally fine at 60c?
I have a multitude of data and monitoring screenshots I can provide if necessary.
Please help! I wish I'd just stayed with my low level 750ti at the moment (or got an PS4).
I recently upgraded from a GTX 750ti to a GTX 770 and bought two different PSUs to try out with it - a Corsair CX600 and a AeroCool Strike X 600w
Since installing these things my CPU is hugely more hot, especially during games. Now the CPU (i5 2300) isn't getting crazy hot - up to 76 c ish - but I can feel the extra heat and smell it too and as soon as the temps get to near 60c I notice big performance issues - frequent but short freezes (1-3 seconds) and very slow loading times.
I have-
- reseated the heatsink and applied new thermal paste.
- Done a Memtest (all fine)
- swapped PSUs (same on both the the new PSUs)
- Bought an extra case fan
- Set all fans to max
- Removed case lid
- Reseated the GPU
- Checked voltages
All these things mean that I now have temperatures that max at around 61c when gaming (with case open and all fans blazing) but I'm still getting those performance issues at around 60c and obvioulsy it isn't pleasant gaming on a computer that sounds like it's about to go in to orbit.
My last hope is that I have ordered an aftermarket cpu fan, but I wouldn't think that would be necessary unless I'm overclocking (which I'm not).
And yes, I know that the PSUs are low quality, but A: I can't afford anything better; and B: I don't see how both PSUs would produce the same results.
Also shouldn't an i5 2300 be totally fine at 60c?
I have a multitude of data and monitoring screenshots I can provide if necessary.
Please help! I wish I'd just stayed with my low level 750ti at the moment (or got an PS4).