Extreme CPU overheating when playing WoW

[winkay]

Hey everyone,

when i'm not playing WoW (World of Warcraft) my CPU temp is idle at around 30-40 degrees C,

however, the second I login to WoW it goes over 100 degrees C, no idea why.

I've tried all the logical stuff (Reapplying thermal paste, cleaning out case etc etc)

but it seems to be just WoW, I can open Battlefield 50 times and my CPU will be fine, but the second I open WoW my CPU just goes to 90-110 degrees C.

Any ideas?

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Oh yeah, also my PC is not generating any physical heat, its almost as if Core Temp is lieing to me

 

[volcanoscout]

Considering each core temp is listed as 98C despite 40% variation in load, I would try checking the temps with different software and see what they show. Try HWMonitor:
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

 

[jdcranke07]

If you have temps being read that high you should check to see if the voltage increase matches with a voltmeter. But first, cross reference other software and possibly use different types of sensors if you can't find a voltmeter. It very well might be a glitch.

 

[winkay]

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[jdcranke07]

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what type of hard drive and RAM do you have? WoW is more CPU based and being that the maps and stuff are stored on your hard drive that might be why its working so hard. Do your temps soar like that with Skyrim or Crysis 3?

 

[Eximo]

Do you have any Mods installed in WOW? One might have an issue and is chewing up an entire CPU core and your processor is balancing the heat by moving it from core to core. I can't imagine that CPU temperature with that input voltage.

Have you actually tried touching the heat sink while this is going on, might just have a conflict with WoW and your monitoring software is going nuts. (Fun example, Coretemp on my i3-4130T pegs the CPU and I had to force a reboot the first few times, works fine on my i7-4770k)

 

[Azizinum]

could you check your world of warcraft folder , there is a file called "WTF" inside it , open the config.wtf , check your SET maxfps , i recommend limiting it to your average gaming fps , i had an issue with it cause am using a 144hz monitor , and that maxfps was on 0 if am not mistaken , and i was getting over 300 fps , which leads to high cpu temps and crashes the system , i did experience that and hope this small tip helps .
i did limit it to "SET maxfps 144" .

 

[winkay]

could you check your world of warcraft folder , there is a file called "WTF" inside it , open the config.wtf , check your SET maxfps , i recommend limiting it to your average gaming fps , i had an issue with it cause am using a 144hz monitor , and that maxfps was on 0 if am not mistaken , and i was getting over 300 fps , which leads to high cpu temps and crashes the system , i did experience that and hope this small tip helps .
i did limit it to "SET maxfps 144" .

Didn't work :^(

 

[jdcranke07]

if you have addons, kill them and run again and check temps. If different then its your addons, otherise look into your hardware

 

[Azizinum]

could you tell you pc specs , ingame video setting , if u could send a picture of your setting would be great 😛 . besides how is you CPU temps while playing other games ? could you check using realtemp while gaming .
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

 

[winkay]

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what type of hard drive and RAM do you have? WoW is more CPU based and being that the maps and stuff are stored on your hard drive that might be why its working so hard. Do your temps soar like that with Skyrim or Crysis 3?

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB HDD 7200rpm
8GB Vengeance RAM @ 1333

I can play literally any game and it'll be fine, except WoW.

Everything was working fine before I went on holiday for a week

 

[jdcranke07]

http://prntscr.com/4gg706
http://prntscr.com/4gg74r
http://prntscr.com/4gg7b5

what type of hard drive and RAM do you have? WoW is more CPU based and being that the maps and stuff are stored on your hard drive that might be why its working so hard. Do your temps soar like that with Skyrim or Crysis 3?

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB HDD 7200rpm
8GB Vengeance RAM @ 1333

I can play literally any game and it'll be fine, except WoW.

Everything was working fine before I went on holiday for a week

I would turn off all of your addons first, if temps don't change then you probably have software running behind the scenes and taking over a core like was previously mentioned. Did you download anything after you got back from holiday break? If so I would turn off or uninstall those programs and see if that fixes the issue. And if you made any hardware changes after you got back then mention those as well please.