Question CPU Struggling to cool down

[TinyTeeth437]

I have a 10 core Intel i5-12600k, cooled by a Thermaltake Toughair 510, and after the CPU gets hot (80-90), it struggles to cool down lower than ~55°C after that, at around 1% load.

 

[Phaaze88]

Poor case airflow, a conflicting fan setup, or both, will do that.
If we just had those details... or some pictures(image hosting site required).

 

[TinyTeeth437]

Poor case airflow, a conflicting fan setup, or both, will do that.
If we just had those details... or some pictures(image hosting site required).

The case fan config is the stock config for the Corsair Spec-Delta case (3x 120mm Intake at the front, 1x 120mm Exhaust at the top back. The CPU heatsink is sandwiched between 2 120mm fans, where both fans’ intakes are facing the intakes of the case.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/226/7VEsKq.jpg

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/2994/EQ1Cnj.jpg

 

[Phaaze88]

The case fan config is the stock config for the Corsair Spec-Delta case (3x 120mm Intake at the front, 1x 120mm Exhaust at the top back. The CPU heatsink is sandwiched between 2 120mm fans, where both fans’ intakes are facing the intakes of the case.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/226/7VEsKq.jpg

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/2994/EQ1Cnj.jpg

Quite the hard wall there at the front for fans. Try removing that front panel and see if it continues.

 

[TinyTeeth437]

Quite the hard wall there at the front for fans. Try removing that front panel and see if it continues.

Just tried it without the front panel with no change :/

 

[TinyTeeth437]

Intel i5-12600k, Thermaltake Toughair 510, Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste, all inside a Corsair Spec-Delta.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/2994/EQ1Cnj.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/226/7VEsKq.jpg
Removed the case front panel to no effect
Paste applied in an X across the proccessor surface, pressed down thoroughly before cooler install

 

[drivinfast247]

The case fan config is the stock config for the Corsair Spec-Delta case (3x 120mm Intake at the front, 1x 120mm Exhaust at the top back. The CPU heatsink is sandwiched between 2 120mm fans, where both fans’ intakes are facing the intakes of the case.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/226/7VEsKq.jpg

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/2994/EQ1Cnj.jpg

The fan on the heatsink is backwards!

What's the orientation of the other heatsink fan?

 

[Lutfij]

What are your ambient room air temps? As for your build, what is the make and model of your motherboard? BIOS version for your motherboard? How are the fans tethered in your build?

 

[TinyTeeth437]

What are your ambient room air temps? As for your build, what is the make and model of your motherboard? BIOS version for your motherboard? How are the fans tethered in your build?

Ambient Room Temp is 73°F (Give or take ~2°). Gigabyte B660 Gaming X AX rev 1.0 (BIOS Ver F21, the most recent) with 4x 4–pin System fan connectors. They are connected via the 3-pin connectors from the fans with the plastic railing on the connecter clipping into the motherboard header.

 

[TinyTeeth437]

The fan on the heatsink is backwards!

What's the orientation of the other heatsink fan?

Both the fan arrows are pointed towards the back of the case, and down. For the one not visible in the photo, the intake is closest to the heatsink.

 

[Phaaze88]

Just tried it without the front panel with no change :/

You know... what applications is this happening in?

 

[TinyTeeth437]

You know... what applications is this happening in?

It has only been tried on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, with Opera GX, Xbox App, and the Oculus App as other background applications

 

[Phaaze88]

It has only been tried on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, with Opera GX, Xbox App, and the Oculus App as other background applications

Ok. Unless you're actively using those apps alongside the game, those are just hanging on the ram.

Are you running Wallpaper Engine, or anything else that might be using the gpu after a session is done?
Because if the cores sit around 55C, that would mean the temperature of the air inside the case is about the same.

 

[hotaru.hino]

Also out of curiosity since I haven't profiled an Intel machine in forever, but run HWiNFO and see what temperatures it reports on the CPU vs. whatever you're using to read the temperature.

I assume Intel reports average temperature as the CPU temperature, but I'd like to know for certain what it's doing.

 

[drivinfast247]

Both the fan arrows are pointed towards the back of the case, and down. For the one not visible in the photo, the intake is closest to the heatsink.

You are 100% right. It looked like the back of the fan. My apologies.