Question Installed new 360AIO, CPU temps at idle and full load stays around the same

[fdpdocarai]

Hi, I just installed CoolerMaster's 360 Chun-Li AIO(with a 5700g CPU) a week ago. It's my first time using one. I have a question.

So, the temperature with only a browser and Wallpaper Engine opened is around 45-53c. While playing something like Cyberpunk 2077, the CPU temps stays around 50-58c, which surprised me.

Are these temperatures normal? I thought the temperature with only browser+WE opened would be lower, like 35-40c.
The reason I'm asking this is because my air cooler (AK400) could bring CPU temps down to 38-40c with a browser opened+WE.
In the BIOS, the CPU temperature stays around 32c.
Current ambient temperature is 18c.
Ambient temperature can fluctuate daily around 22-35c where I live.

Also, got scared today when I turned on my PC, radiator fans went full speed suddenly and when I checked CPU temps, it was on 95c on idle. I heard that it's good to leave pump speed at 100% all the time, so I changed it today, hoepfully that fixes that problem🤞.

 

[Phaaze88]

Are these temperatures normal?

It's YOUR normal, based on several factors:
-silicon quality.
-motherboard settings. [Different boards don't apply the exact same settings.]
-case ambient or room ambient, whichever is the primary source of the cpu cooler. Since most do roof mount, then it's the former, which is always warmer than the latter.
-applications running, or running in the background.
-power plans.
-case and cpu fan curves.
-overall case airflow.
I'm sure I left out some things, but... those thermals are well within spec.

Also, got scared today when I turned on my PC, radiator fans went full speed suddenly and when I checked CPU temps, it was on 95c on idle.

Continue to monitor that. Make sure the connector isn't loose.
The connector could be faulty, if that turns out to be the case, return the cooler.

 

[thestryker]

I definitely don't change my pump speed, but on AIO pumps that you can it's usually not a good idea to go below 80%. Personally I'd leave it at 100% unless there is a noise pitch problem in which case I'd suggest trying 5% at a time drops.

 

[fdpdocarai]

It's YOUR normal, based on several factors:
-silicon quality.
-motherboard settings. [Different boards don't apply the exact same settings.]
-case ambient or room ambient, whichever is the primary source of the cpu cooler. Since most do roof mount, then it's the former, which is always warmer than the latter.
-applications running, or running in the background.
-power plans.
-case and cpu fan curves.
-overall case airflow.
I'm sure I left out some things, but... those thermals are well within spec.


Continue to monitor that. Make sure the connector isn't loose.
The connector could be faulty, if that turns out to be the case, return the cooler.

Thank you for the answers! I'm not worried about the idle/underload temps, but was wondering why it's working like it is in my build.
Will keep an eye on the temps and see if it happens again on boot.

I definitely don't change my pump speed, but on AIO pumps that you can it's usually not a good idea to go below 80%. Personally I'd leave it at 100% unless there is a noise pitch problem in which case I'd suggest trying 5% at a time drops.

Oh, I meant that I changed the pump speed to 100%, as I didn't touch the speed when installed the AIO(all default in BIOS). It's actually pretty quiet here with the pump at 100%, the fans from the case muffles the AIO sound.

 

[Phaaze88]

Thank you for the answers! I'm not worried about the idle/underload temps, but was wondering why it's working like it is in my build.
360mm Cooler Master AIO: So, the temperature with only a browser and Wallpaper Engine opened is around 45-53c.
The reason I'm asking this is because my air cooler (AK400) could bring CPU temps down to 38-40c with a browser opened+WE.

That is a difference of 7-13C. The primary source of air for the cooler, which I mentioned earlier, could account for that difference. Not unusual for case ambient to be ~10C higher than room ambient with some setups, and that's not even with a gpu active, which would raise case ambient a little more.
Ambient temperature affects mins and maxes at about a 1 to 1 rate.