As of today, I noted a sudden an unexpected dip in performance, likely due to thermal throttling.
I do not routinely monitor system temps, although I probably should but upon checking I noted a temperature of 97-98°C which took me by surprise to say the least, especially as the PC is basically idle.
I decided upon a restart which triggered BIOS speakers temp warning alarms, so I did not proceed beyond this point.
My first port of call was to check the paste. It was a little thin and overdue a replacement anyway and the chip was indeed kicking off some significant heat, I allowed the chip to fully cool and then cleaned, prepped and re-pasted the chip and see what the situation was following.
Now the effects of thermal throttling have gone but the temps are still showing at 97-98°C again, not under any load. I decided to load up a game, in this case Starfield to see what occurred; the thermal throttling effects where apparent once more although little difference was shown as to the CPU's utilization percent.
Screenshots below are of the PC idle, followed by Starfield also running.
Some technical info.
CPU is Intel Core i9 10900K, There is no overclocking so it's running at the stock 3.70Ghz clock speed and voltage.
Cooler is: MSI MAG CORELIQUID 240R
CPU tech sheet: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...0900k-processor-20m-cache-up-to-5-30-ghz.html
At this point I'm wondering if the cooler pump is buggered, from my research I understand this chip can run hotter than what I was used to in previous PC's but this is clearly excessive. That said, I am open to suggestions if anyone has any thoughts.
Thanks so much,
Kane
I do not routinely monitor system temps, although I probably should but upon checking I noted a temperature of 97-98°C which took me by surprise to say the least, especially as the PC is basically idle.
I decided upon a restart which triggered BIOS speakers temp warning alarms, so I did not proceed beyond this point.
My first port of call was to check the paste. It was a little thin and overdue a replacement anyway and the chip was indeed kicking off some significant heat, I allowed the chip to fully cool and then cleaned, prepped and re-pasted the chip and see what the situation was following.
Now the effects of thermal throttling have gone but the temps are still showing at 97-98°C again, not under any load. I decided to load up a game, in this case Starfield to see what occurred; the thermal throttling effects where apparent once more although little difference was shown as to the CPU's utilization percent.
Screenshots below are of the PC idle, followed by Starfield also running.
IDLE
STARFIELD
As you can see, little difference.
STARFIELD
As you can see, little difference.
Some technical info.
CPU is Intel Core i9 10900K, There is no overclocking so it's running at the stock 3.70Ghz clock speed and voltage.
Cooler is: MSI MAG CORELIQUID 240R
CPU tech sheet: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...0900k-processor-20m-cache-up-to-5-30-ghz.html
At this point I'm wondering if the cooler pump is buggered, from my research I understand this chip can run hotter than what I was used to in previous PC's but this is clearly excessive. That said, I am open to suggestions if anyone has any thoughts.
Thanks so much,
Kane
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