Question My CPU works on high frequency all the time and gets extremely hot for no reason

[Wolffrana]

Hello, yesterday I have noticed that my i7 11700KF in my MEG Z590 Infinite X keeps running idle at 4500-5000 MHz (for like not even a second sometimes it drops down to like 1500) and idle it runs at 60 degrees celsius. It is watercooled so I am a bit concerned about that, but what i am really concerned about is when I do stuff like turning on simple apps such as discord or just the browser, the temp goes up to 90-100 very quickly. I use the MSI center app and Intel XTU to look at everything, in the MSI center I set user scenario to balanced, other than that I changed the thermal paste on my CPU. I do not thing anything helped. Other than that I dont feel it really affects the PCs performance, it just looks scare to see that high of a number pop up, and the PC start blowing like crazy to cool it down, which it does for when I do stuff like open the browser or such, but when I play a game, it stays on constant 100 degrees and doesnt move at all, still doesnt affect the performance tho (I think). Thank you for anything you tell me, because I bought this PC like half a year ago and I think this should not be happening. I can provide any stats and recording in whatever program...

 

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Full system specs help. "watercooled" could mean anything, more info on the cooling would be good as well.

If it's a custom loop I'm guessing air bubbles, if it's an AIO then maybe the pump is failing? It should not go to 100C, and it should idle at 1500MHz. That would be normal.

 

[uWebb429]

water cooled

Is it an AIO? Which one? Some MSI coolers were recalled. If your cooler is installed properly, is tight to the CPU and the thermal paste was properly applied, you probably need to replace your cooler.

For comparison, I have a similar 10850K. It has 10 cores compared to your CPU which has 8 cores. I am using a 240mm Corsair H100i RGB Pro XT AIO water cooler.

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/cpu...0i-rgb-pro-xt-liquid-cpu-cooler-cw-9060043-ww

The CPU runs at 65°C when overclocked to 4900 MHz while fully loaded running Cinebench. That is a big difference compared to the temperatures you are getting.

At default settings, many motherboards set the CPU voltage higher than it needs to be set. This can add a lot of extra heat to a computer. If your computer is constantly running at 100°C then it is thermal throttling. This reduces maximum performance.

 

[Wolffrana]

Full system specs help. "watercooled" could mean anything, more info on the cooling would be good as well.

If it's a custom loop I'm guessing air bubbles, if it's an AIO then maybe the pump is failing? It should not go to 100C, and it should idle at 1500MHz. That would be normal.

Hello, thanks for replying, I am not really tech savvy, but I can send you all the info there is in the "system info" in MSI centre. Just to clarify, I bought the pc from local reseller where it was named "MSI MEG Infinite X 11TD-1049HU", I will also attach a screenshot of whats in the system info, and a screenshot how it looks like when its idle.

 

[Wolffrana]

Is it an AIO? Which one? Some MSI coolers were recalled. If your cooler is installed properly, is tight to the CPU and the thermal paste was properly applied, you probably need to replace your cooler.

For comparison, I have a similar 10850K. It has 10 cores compared to your CPU which has 8 cores. I am using a 240mm Corsair H100i RGB Pro XT AIO water cooler.

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/cpu...0i-rgb-pro-xt-liquid-cpu-cooler-cw-9060043-ww

The CPU runs at 65°C when overclocked to 4900 MHz while fully loaded running Cinebench. That is a big difference compared to the temperatures you are getting.

At default settings, many motherboards set the CPU voltage higher than it needs to be set. This can add a lot of extra heat to a computer. If your computer is constantly running at 100°C then it is thermal throttling. This reduces maximum performance.

Hello, thank you for replying, where can I see the name of the cooler? I think it is AOI, please check oout my other response where I put some information...

 

[Wolffrana]

Also I just remembered, I used to hear little crackling/bubbling noises from the PC upon startup, which I do not hear anymore.

 

[uWebb429]

MSI says that your computer uses a MSI AIO cooler.

Built-in MSI AIO Liquid cooling, a stable game experience without having to worry about cooling.

The performance of your cooler is not living up to the hype on the sales sheet.

Without knowing the exact MSI cooler model, I cannot find out if it was one of the MSI coolers that needed to be recalled.

crackling/bubbling noises

That can be a sign that some of the liquid has evaporated or the cooler was not properly filled. This is a common problem. When there is air in a cooler instead of liquid, you will end up with poor cooling performance and high temperatures. If the cooler is under warranty, ask them to replace it.

If they tell you that everything is OK, run a consistent test like Cinebench. Your CPU should run at full speed during this test without ever reaching 100C. Use HWiNFO to monitor for any thermal throttling.

 

[Wolffrana]

MSI says that your computer uses a MSI AIO cooler.



The performance of your cooler is not living up to the hype on the sales sheet.

Without knowing the exact MSI cooler model, I cannot find out if it was one of the MSI coolers that needed to be recalled.


That can be a sign that some of the liquid has evaporated or the cooler was not properly filled. This is a common problem. When there is air in a cooler instead of liquid, you will end up with poor cooling performance and high temperatures. If the cooler is under warranty, ask them to replace it.

If they tell you that everything is OK, run a consistent test like Cinebench. Your CPU should run at full speed during this test without ever reaching 100C. Use HWiNFO to monitor for any thermal throttling.

But even without the cooling working properly, is it normal that it has such high frequency and temperature under no load?

 

[Wolffrana]

MSI says that your computer uses a MSI AIO cooler.



The performance of your cooler is not living up to the hype on the sales sheet.

Without knowing the exact MSI cooler model, I cannot find out if it was one of the MSI coolers that needed to be recalled.


That can be a sign that some of the liquid has evaporated or the cooler was not properly filled. This is a common problem. When there is air in a cooler instead of liquid, you will end up with poor cooling performance and high temperatures. If the cooler is under warranty, ask them to replace it.

If they tell you that everything is OK, run a consistent test like Cinebench. Your CPU should run at full speed during this test without ever reaching 100C. Use HWiNFO to monitor for any thermal throttling.

Okay, I just looked onto the MSI web page and I think I have the MAG CORELIQUID 120 R.

 

[Wolffrana]

Okay I might have just found the solution to my problem... I looked on some other posts and even watched a youtube video, apparently, only the 240 and 360R are officialy faulty, but the 120R are (some of them) faulty as well withou MSI stating it. I will probably bring it to the ship where I bought it cause it should still be in warranty. Thank you everyone for helping!!!