CPU temperature getting very high

[NunezIV]

Recently my CPU temperature has been increasing dramatically. I'm not sure what is causing this issue or how to check what it is. Do I need to replace my CPU, or CPU cooler?
I could have nothing running at all and it still gets pretty high. My CPU is the AMD A8-5600k. Thank you in advance.

 

[coolcole01]

How high is high

 

[NunezIV]

How high is high

Highest I have seen it get is 98 degrees

 

[coolcole01]

thats high im guessing a stock cooler

 

[coolcole01]

did you install it or is this pre built

 

[jnkweaver]

Are you certain that is Celsius?

 

[sketchbagcom]

If it is celsius, that is super high. Clean your heatsink, it might be super dusty or full of hair. ensure your fan is at a decent rpm, maybe a cable is rubbing against it and keeping it low or stopped? Get some compressed air if it looks even a little dusty or hairy. I had a celeron 566 oc'd to over 1ghz that was rock solid at 100deg c for like 2 years, but i dont recommend keeping your temps that high - i just wanted to see if it would last. you could also buy some new thermal paste and apply it. toms has a guide on how much/how to apply after you clean both surfaces. stock heatsinks are designed to be within the correct thermal specs for stock cpu speed, but errors in the little thermal pad might be at the root of it. also, check your cpu usage. if you have something (like a piece of malware mining bitcoins on your cpu) keeping it at 100% use, your temps will be as high as your cooling solution can manage (which is affected by the things i mentioned). at idle your cpu should easily be less.

 

[NunezIV]

Okay so I cleaned it out, there was a ton of dust and dust bunnies. My current temperature is 57 degrees celsius. My fan speed is at 6382 RPM. There is now a really annoying buzzing sound from the fan it seems like. I have no idea how to lower the speed of the fan to see if that is what is making the noise. I downloaded Speedfan but it does not detect my CPU fan, only my GPU.

 

[coolcole01]

The speed cant lower its doing everything it can to stay there change the thermal psste or buy a 212evo

 

[NunezIV]

The speed cant lower its doing everything it can to stay there change the thermal psste or buy a 212evo

I don't really have any money to purchase any new parts. I was hoping for a different solution.

 

[coolcole01]

Maybe you can re set the heat sink get some mx4 or similar and go to town

 

[NunezIV]

Maybe you can re set the heat sink get some mx4 or similar and go to town

How much of that MX4 will I need? and idk how I would apply it.

 

[deitylink4567]

Maybe you can re set the heat sink get some mx4 or similar and go to town

How much of that MX4 will I need? and idk how I would apply it.

You only need a pea sized dot, really. Less thermal paste is more. If it does ever come down to it, you should try to invest in Liquid cooling or just a better cooler. Stock cooling is bad, trust me I have gone up to 98 Celcius while playing BF4. That was before I got a Thermaltake NiC C5 cooler. Now it's around 50 Celcius. But if you just can't afford it, use the thermal paste and just keep dusting ALL of your pc fans and heatsink out... Lets say about every month or so.

 

[NunezIV]

Maybe you can re set the heat sink get some mx4 or similar and go to town

How much of that MX4 will I need? and idk how I would apply it.

You only need a pea sized dot, really. Less thermal paste is more. If it does ever come down to it, you should try to invest in Liquid cooling or just a better cooler. Stock cooling is bad, trust me I have gone up to 98 Celcius while playing BF4. That was before I got a Thermaltake NiC C5 cooler. Now it's around 50 Celcius. But if you just can't afford it, use the thermal paste and just keep dusting ALL of your pc fans and heatsink out... Lets say about every month or so.

Yeah my cooling is stock.