Framerate Lowering and CPU Temps High

[Schlitzy]

My CPU has been reaching high temperatures in games, (According to MSI Afterburner, Speedfan, and some others) as high as 206C, which I don't believe to be true. I don't know what the problem is, I've looked around in other threads and haven't found a solution that has worked for me. When the high temperature happens in games, it drops my framerate dramatically.

Specs: (Speccy)
GPU: GeForce GTX 1070
CPU: AMD FX-8350 / Vishera 32nm Technology / Stock Cooler
OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit
RAM: 16.0GB Dual Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz
Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P23(FX) (MS-7641)

I've noticed on GPU-Z that when my frame drops occur my GPU load dips down to ~20-25% as opposed to the ~60-70% when playing it delivers good framerate. The power consumption also drops when the GPU load drops.

I'm looking for any solution (ex: get a new CPU cooler, download this, do that, etc.)
Tell me if I'm leaving out any details, and I'll be happy to respond.

 

[Supahos]

That board is likely overheating the vrms on the motherboard and causing the CPU to slow down to keep from melting the board. Those boards are not meant to run those 83** CPUs for a long time. Try downclocking and undervolting the CPU some and see if the fluctuations go away. If so you need a new board.

 

[Supahos]

It could be the CPU overheating use AMD overdrive to check it's temps.

 

[lakimens]

Actually, the board does support it, it's tested with CPU's up to 125Watts, but not that exact one.
I think it might be the CPU, it's old, unless you bought the Wraith Cooler model, the cooling might be deteriorated, dust build up, very old thermal paste.

 

[Supernova1138]

Actually, the board does support it, it's tested with CPU's up to 125Watts, but not that exact one.
I think it might be the CPU, it's old, unless you bought the Wraith Cooler model, the cooling might be deteriorated, dust build up, very old thermal paste.

It's a low end board that claims 125 Watt support, but in practice it can't hack it under extended heavy load unless you are running it under ideal conditions eg. top down blower cooler providing extra airflow over VRMs, good case airflow, and a low ambient temperature.

 

[Schlitzy]

Actually, the board does support it, it's tested with CPU's up to 125Watts, but not that exact one.
I think it might be the CPU, it's old, unless you bought the Wraith Cooler model, the cooling might be deteriorated, dust build up, very old thermal paste.

I recently purchased this, cleaned out dust and applied new thermal paste recently.

 

[Schlitzy]

It could be the CPU overheating use AMD overdrive to check it's temps.

Any other cooler i could take except the Wraith? When the temperature comes down from the "206C" it goes down to 40-45. (C)

 

[Schlitzy]

Actually, the board does support it, it's tested with CPU's up to 125Watts, but not that exact one.
I think it might be the CPU, it's old, unless you bought the Wraith Cooler model, the cooling might be deteriorated, dust build up, very old thermal paste.

It's a low end board that claims 125 Watt support, but in practice it can't hack it under extended heavy load unless you are running it under ideal conditions eg. top down blower cooler providing extra airflow over VRMs, good case airflow, and a low ambient temperature.

What board do you recommend, or should I just get an intel processor?

 

[lakimens]

Intel, or wait till Ryzen releases in a few weeks.

 

[Supernova1138]

If you want to keep your CPU, the cheapest board that can run the 8 core FX CPUs reliably is the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P. If you want to do serious overclocking you'd probably want to look at the higher end 990FX motherboards, but it's probably not worthwhile, Piledriver overclocking tends to only offer modest gains, you can't brute force past a flawed architecture.

Switching to Intel, or waiting for AMD's new Ryzen CPUs coming in a few weeks would get you a better performing CPU, but would also require a new motherboard, and new RAM as well, DDR3 is now obsolete and the newest Intel platform that properly supports it is LGA 1150 and the older Haswell CPUs.