HWMonitor says my CPU is running at 105 Degrees Celsius when gaming

[AlbanHampton]

Alright guys, so recently i've been having some issue with Fifa 17, where I'd get annoying 5 second lag every 30 seconds or so, so I decided to check my GPU temperature to see if it's getting too hot, but I noticed that my CPU (Intel i5 3570k not overclocked) is reaching 105 degrees c and roughly 50-70 idle, so I cleaned out any dust I could, re applied thermal paste, and tried again, but the result was the same. I then swapped out the generic intel heatsink and fan with another, yet it still says the same temp, I must add, that I have x2 120mm case fans spinning inside my case aswel, and there is also plenty of room for air circulation. The weird thing is, that even though my CPU fan is spinning like crazy, I put my hand next to it when gaming, and I feel nothing but cool air, like it isn't even warm air, just cool air.

I'm kind of unsure as to what I should do here, I made sure that there isn't too much/too little thermal paste on the CPU. Also made sure the fan is sitting right, if anyone has any suggestions as to what I should do, please let me know, thanks in advance!


Specs;

Asrock Q77m VPro Motherboard
Intel i5 3570k CPU
GTX 970
16GB Corsair Vengeance RAM
XFX PRO 550W PSU
32GB Kingston SSD
500GB Seagate HDD
1TB Seagate External HDD

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Have you checked the temps in the BIOS or with HWINFO?

 

[InvalidError]

If the CPU is reporting 105C core temperature and you aren't feeling any heat coming from the heatsink, then the heatsink must be incorrectly installed.

70C idle is pretty bad, my i5-3470 barely gets there under full-load on a 35C summer day.

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

I second both posts here. Check BIOS for the most accurate temps according to the boards sensors, and check the installation of the heat sink and fan unit.