Question CPU overheating

[skhoff27]

Hello, I have had a problem with my CPU for a few years: whenever the temperatures reach over 10°C (50°F) it overheats in certain cases:

1. Some non-demanding games.

2. Unzipping some zip or rar files.

3. Connecting to the internet and downloading Windows 10 updates.

4. Sometimes, staying idle for a few minutes, if I move the mouse the temperature stops rising and stabilizes again, reaching around 14°C (57°F).

5. When starting Windows.

6. When hibernating, in the last seconds before shutting down.

7. There are games in which it only overheats when a menu opens or there is a cinematic.

I've tried everything: keeping it clean, obviously, changing the thermal paste, adding fans to improve airflow, killing unneeded apps in background, I've never overclocked it, but nothing has worked, I have to wait until next fall to be able to play "heavy" games, which aren't that heavy either since my PC isn't very modern either, mid-2016.

Games like Wolfenstein The New Colossus, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Assassin's Creed Unity, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Watch Dogs I and II, The Outer Worlds and Fallout 4 ran perfectly fine (in fall and winter seasons). I really don't get it, I'm really tired and bothered.

Specs:

CPU: AMD FX-8730 (Eight-Core) with Wraith Cooler

Motherboard: Gigabyte 970-Gaming

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750Ti

RAM: 12GB.

Thanks in advance, I would appreciate any help.

 

[Ralston18]

PSU: Make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Other attached devices.

 

[skhoff27]

PSU: Make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Other attached devices.

Disk drives: HDD: Western Digital WDC WD5000AZLX-00ZR6A0 500GB, two partitions, Drive E: 27GB used; Drive F: 61,5 GB used.
SSD: Kingston SUV400S37120G 111GB, 50GB used.
I can't see PSU make or model, but it was original to build, it's a Thermaltake.
The monitor is Samsung S20C300L.

 

[80251]

It sounds to me like the cooler should be dismounted from the CPU and a check of the TIM to see if it hasn't dried out or pumped out.
If your cooler is an AIO there's the distinct possibility the pump is dying.

 

[Phaaze88]

Those FX chips would report how far they were from throttling, not their actual operating temperature.
Also, is it really 10-14C inside your room..?

Motherboard: Gigabyte 970-Gaming

I suspect the VRMs on this motherboard have been taking a beating from that power hungry cpu; when the VRM power throttles, it throttles down the cpu with it. Some of the 970 chipset boards weren't rugged enough in power delivery to handle those 125w TDP-rated Bulldozer and Piledriver architecture cpus.

Perhaps dial down the core clocks or lower the power limit(or both). Should yield more performance in the scenarios the motherboard VRM is throttling the cpu. As for the scenarios where it isn't happening, yes, performance will be worse, but it is what it is.

 

[CountMike]

Hello, I have had a problem with my CPU for a few years: whenever the temperatures reach over 10°C (50°F) it overheats in certain cases:

1. Some non-demanding games.

2. Unzipping some zip or rar files.

3. Connecting to the internet and downloading Windows 10 updates.

4. Sometimes, staying idle for a few minutes, if I move the mouse the temperature stops rising and stabilizes again, reaching around 14°C (57°F).

5. When starting Windows.

6. When hibernating, in the last seconds before shutting down.

7. There are games in which it only overheats when a menu opens or there is a cinematic.

I've tried everything: keeping it clean, obviously, changing the thermal paste, adding fans to improve airflow, killing unneeded apps in background, I've never overclocked it, but nothing has worked, I have to wait until next fall to be able to play "heavy" games, which aren't that heavy either since my PC isn't very modern either, mid-2016.

Games like Wolfenstein The New Colossus, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Assassin's Creed Unity, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Watch Dogs I and II, The Outer Worlds and Fallout 4 ran perfectly fine (in fall and winter seasons). I really don't get it, I'm really tired and bothered.

Specs:

CPU: AMD FX-8730 (Eight-Core) with Wraith Cooler

Motherboard: Gigabyte 970-Gaming

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750Ti

RAM: 12GB.

Thanks in advance, I would appreciate any help.

FX-8730 ??? Didn't you men 8370 ? Wraith cooler, unacceptable for 8core FX, How long has it been since paste was changed last time. What about case cooling ?
What are you testing and monitoring temperatures with ? Those temps you mentioned are practically impossible unless they are room temperatures‚ If for CPU, not even outside winter time in Alaska. Tjmax for that CPU is 60c core and 90c package temps.