Question CPU temps high

[SpyroBot]

Hello everyone.

So I built my first PC today, and surprised to see from benchmarks that my CPU when on load goes up to 94 C (Probably reducing the performance to not go above this) and minimum temps are sitting at around 60 C.
I am very confused why this is happening.

My build:
AMD Ryzen 2600x (Stock settings)
be quiet! Dark Rock 4
16 GB 3200 MHz RAM
Gigabyte RTX 2060
Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming
Lian Li LANCOOL ONE DIGITAL

Hope someone has a fix for this, thanks!

 

[13thmonkey]

Gut feel poor contact pressure between the heat sink and the CPU. It's not unknown for people to have left the plastic film over the thermal paste on the heat sink (I've personally been involved in 3 of those I think). If it were intel I'd blame pushpins, but this should be a bolt down cooler?

 

[SpyroBot]

Gut feel poor contact pressure between the heat sink and the CPU. It's not unknown for people to have left the plastic film over the thermal paste on the heat sink (I've personally been involved in 3 of those I think). If it were intel I'd blame pushpins, but this should be a bolt down cooler?

What do you exactly mean by "bolt down"?

 

[13thmonkey]

how did you fix the CPU cooler to the mobo?

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/be-quiet-dark-rock-4-cpu-cooler-review,2.html

 

[SpyroBot]

Using the brackets on the right with the screws you screw in with a screwdriver

 

[13thmonkey]

So you bolted it down. Did you apply the right amount of pressure? Did you do it in an X, and not one side at a time? Did you actually take the film off?

 

[SpyroBot]

I atleast think that I applied the right amount of pressure, and yes I did do it in an X, and I took the film off.

 

[13thmonkey]

what are you measuring temps with? You should use ryzenmaster I believe.

 

[SpyroBot]

I didn't look at Ryzenmaster too much, but I believe just browsing through chrome got me up to mid 70 C, and the tool I measured the 94 C with is called "Core Temp", but I think ryzenmaster would've given me the same results.

It is also pretty hot in my room, but I don't think that would have this tragic effects.

 

[13thmonkey]

I've seen many times people concerned about temps, but ryzenmaster shows them to be OK. So what does Ryzen master say? Core temp is great but there are issues reading ryzen temps.

 

[SpyroBot]

Attempted a cinebench benchmark with ryzenmaster open, temps jumped up to the 95 region again, and it shows that it started to reduce voltage and clock.

 

[13thmonkey]

So we have a real problem. Personally I believe that the only thing that can cause that high and idle and load is contact pressure. Bad paste would be maybe 10C above expected temps at the very very outside. Bad airflow likewise 10-15C but only have an extended period of time.

Correction there is one other thing, voltage... but there is only one bios version for your board and it supports your chip.

Two things to do, reset bios to defaults (in case it is using higher voltage than it should)
Reseat the the CPU cooler.

 

[SpyroBot]

Alright, well I am not sure if this will have a connection but I'll tell anyways. I couldn't install the chipset drivers because of some error including not detecting something that is needed.

 

[13thmonkey]

Well you need to get past that in my opinion, that'll be potentially causing problems. That's it from me for now though, someone else will be along at some point, at least we have more knowledge.

 

[4745454b]

What paste (TIM) are you using? How did you apply it?

 

[SpyroBot]

What paste (TIM) are you using? How did you apply it?

I used the paste tube that came with the cooler (Dark rock 4) and I used the pea method

 

[4745454b]

Try it again? You did double check that it was tight?

 

[jed.r.w]

Is the CPU fan actually spinning?

 

[SpyroBot]

I am going to check the screws today and yes, the fan is spinning.

 

[SpyroBot]

UPDATE

I tried putting the computer sideways, so that gravity helps the cooler, and the temps went down to 65 - 69 on full load.
I will reseat the cooler soon. Thank you all for helping!