Question CPU Overheating

Oct 12, 2024
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Hello all,
I been in professional IT for a bit now and just wanted some second opinions before I drop any serious cash on this issue. I have a PC with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900x CPU. A couple days ago I came home, and my PC was off. When I tried to turn it on it shuts itself back off. I opened it up and cleaned out the PC, tried a different header on the MB for the AIO, removed the cooler and reapplied thermal paste, and even flashed an updated bios.
When I get into the bios I can go to the hardware tab and see the CPU temp climbing no matter what I do. I even tried putting a standard heatsink on it and blowing compressed air directly at it but the temp keeps climbing and the highest I saw it get was 235F before shutting itself off and it does this within one minute of start up.
Anyone got any suggestions or is the CPU toast and needs to be replaced?
Thanks.

Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900x 12 core 3.7GHz
CPU cooler: NZXT Kraken AIO
Motherboard: ASRock X570 Taichi AM4
Ram: G.Skill Tridentz 64GB
SSD/HDD: SSD: 1TB Toshiba NVME M.2 HDD: 2 TB WesternDigital
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3080
PSU: Seasonic Gold 850 (5 years old)
Chassis: NZXT H7
OS: Windows 11 Pro
Monitor: 1 ASUS 1440P gaming monitor 2 Phillips 4k monitors
BIOS: Version 5.63 Released 08/24/2024
I have 4 fans not counting the one on the GPU. 2 at the front intaking and 1 at the back and 1 on top both exhausting.
 
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Lutfij

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Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

I have a PC with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900x CPU
When posting a thread of troubleshooting nature, it's customary to include your full system's specs. Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.

but the temp keeps climbing and the highest I saw it get was 235F before shutting itself off and it does this within one minute of start up.
That's 113 Deg C, that's not good, at all. Please mention the number of fans in your case and their orientation as well as your ambient room air temps.
 
Oct 12, 2024
2
0
10
Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

I have a PC with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900x CPU
When posting a thread of troubleshooting nature, it's customary to include your full system's specs. Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.

but the temp keeps climbing and the highest I saw it get was 235F before shutting itself off and it does this within one minute of start up.
That's 113 Deg C, that's not good, at all. Please mention the number of fans in your case and their orientation as well as your ambient room air temps.
I have 4 fans not counting the one on the GPU. 2 at the front intaking and 1 at the back and 1 on top both exhausting. Ambient room temp is 70F. I have also updated the post to reflect the requested.
 
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