I5 6600K Skylake running hot

[david327]

Hey guys i've had my I5 6600k for about a month or a month and a half now. I have a hyper212 evo and my temps have hit up to 90C playing Ark survival evolved on all max settings for 5-6hours roughly. Even on CSGO a simple non demanding game i hit 82C. This seems extremely hot to me and a new processor shouldn't be running this hot in my opinion. Any advice on what i can do to cool it? I dont care if it means spending a good amount on a nice cooler if it will actually work. Is my 212 a trash cooler/defected possibly? Thanks

 

[Ecky]

That's warm, but not dangerous. Your CPU will throttle at 100c and shut down at 130c. What are your ambient temps? Is the outside of your case warm to the touch when your CPU hits these temperatures? That would indicate that improving case airflow could bring it down a lot.

 

[david327]

I have a lot of fans in my case and it's a pretty big open thermaltake case so the airflow inside should be pretty good. The 212 installation was questionable when my brother did it, said it's a weird design-i'm not good with tech so i had him install it. I live it Arizona so it's 110+ everyday, inside the house is usually 78-80 degrees, inside the office where my pc is is definitely hotter from the PC and 40inch screen warming the room up big time. Not a whole lot of airflow in the room itself other then a ceiling fan/whatever AC makes it to here. Just ordered this Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm AIO Enthusiast Liquid Cooling System CPU Cooler CL-W007-PL12BL-A because i'm paranoid and the last thing i want is a new broken cpu after buying a gtx 1070.

 

[Ecky]

Again, I've never, ever heard of a modern Intel CPU dying of heat. Plenty of laptop CPUs (which use the same silicon as their desktop counterparts) bounce off of the throttle limit (~100c) for years to no ill effect. A liquid cooler is far more hazardous - ask me how many components of mine and of friends have been destroyed by a leak.