i7 6700k 86ºC while gaming

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geesteven

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Yesterday I took my pc to the store so they could see what was wrong with my cpu as it was reaching 86C while playing the Witcher 3 (this temperature was during the winter). Today they told me they weren't sure what was wrong with my pc but they somehow fixed it. They told me the person who built it probably didn't do it right.. They reapplied the termal paste, cleaned everything etc...And then they said the cpu temp wouldn't go past 65ºc during the stress test and that I didn't need any aditional fans (I had requested). Then I got home and played for a bit and it reached 86ºC again. Now..they have air conditioner and I don't. Could that make THAT big of a difference (21ºC+)?
I mean it's hot in my room, I can go around shirtless but it's not like it's burning in here, I think lol...

Specs:

Motherboard Asus Z170 PRO GAMING Aura
i7 6700k (no overclock)
cooler CPU Cryorig H7
ASUS GTX 1080 STRIX AURA Advanced
G. Skill Kit 16GB DDR4 24000MHz Aegis
SSD Samsung 750 Evo 500GB
Western Digital 2TB SATAIII 64MB
WIndows 10
ATX Corsair Carbide 300R w/window

My english is rusty 😛
 
Solution
No need to feel dumb buddy :)

Disabled auto vcore and set it manually to 1.250 Vcore.
As I sayd, you can try lower if you want. If the system will not go past post or the system freeze in windows loadup or in windows, games, etc you have set the Vcore to low. And 1.250 should be enough for running stock with turbo boost.
Play around with it up to 1.350 Vcore and you can not do anything wrong. Exept from seeing temps go up and down depending on what Vcore you set.

Leaving it on auto lets the motherboard run all the way up to 1.500 Vcore.