Question My i5-7600 is getting 50º normally and 85º playing Apex Legends

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Is that normal?
I recently cleaned my pc and reapplied thermal paste, don't know the temps before that.

My setup is an RTX2060, that I heard bottlenecks due to this cpu, and 12Gb of Ram.

Are these temperatures unsafe? It came with a stock cooler I think.
 
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Well there not exactly that great, but not dangerous either. That CPU will throttle (lower it's clock speeds to cool down) around 85c, so you could be losing performance in a game were that CPU hits 85c. I would expect the stock cooler to do a bit better than that with a i5 7600. Are you sure it's mounted correctly? Make sure all 4 pins are in securely, they can be a pain. If they are what case are you using and fan layout? You could have poor case airflow. Are you using a founders 2060? What are it's temps idle and under load?
 
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Something seems to be not seated correctly. That's too high for the idle temps. See if the heatsink is making direct contact. I'm thinking not all 4 sides are locked down. Also what are you using to see those temps?
 
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First off, no bottlenecks. Second, stock cooler is a disgrace, its terrible at handling the variation in temps that the load and voltage variations cause.

It would be wise to invest on a better cooler, hyper 212 is a good solution and not expensive too. While 85 will not kill your chip instantly, it will a shade of doubt, will degrade it fast(er), how fast is the question, but it will.
 
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85c. under load is ok.
The processor will shut down or throttle if it detects a dangerous temperature.
That is around 100c.

How is your case cooling?
Any cooler needs a good supply of fresh air to do it's job.
Do you do any better with the case covers off?

Really I do not see a problem that demands fixing.
Here are my stock instructions on how to mount a pushpin cooler.

----------------how to mount the stock Intel cooler--------------

The stock Intel cooler can be tricky to install.
A poor installation will result in higher cpu temperatures.
If properly mounted, you should expect temperatures at idle to be 10-15c. over ambient.

To mount the Intel stock cooler properly, place the motherboard on top of the foam or cardboard backing that was packed with the motherboard.
The stock cooler will come with paste pre applied, it looks like three grey strips.
The 4 push pins should come in the proper position for installation, that is with the pins rotated in the opposite direction of the arrow,(clockwise)
and pulled up as far as they can go.
Take the time to play with the pushpin mechanism until you know how they work.

Orient the 4 pins so that they are exactly over the motherboard holes.
If one is out of place, you will damage the pins which are delicate.
Push down on a DIAGONAL pair of pins at the same time. Then the other pair.

When you push down on the top black pins, it expands the white plastic pins to fix the cooler in place.

If you do them one at a time, you will not get the cooler on straight.
Lastly, look at the back of the motherboard to verify that all 4 pins are equally through the motherboard, and that the cooler is on firmly.
This last step must be done, which is why the motherboard should be out of the case to do the job. Or you need a case with a opening that lets you see the pins.
It is possible to mount the cooler with the motherboard mounted in the case, but you can then never be certain that the push pins are inserted properly
unless you can verify that the pins are through the motherboard and locked.

If you should need to remove the cooler, turn the pins counter clockwise to unlock them.
You will need to clean off the old paste and reapply new if you ever take the cooler off.
Clean off old paste with alcohol and a lint free paper like a coffee filter.
When you apply new paste, a small rice sized drop in the center is sufficient.
It will spread out under heat and pressure.
Too much will act as an insulator; it is hard to use too little.

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Thank you all.
I removed the cooler, and saw the thermal paste was a disgrace, my father tried applying it evenly with the tip of the syringe.
Also I think the cooler was placed wrong.

I now have 40º idle and 60~73º gaming.
But since @geofelt said to replace the paste everytime I take the cooler off, I will do that now. Also probably will invest in a better cooler, what are your suggestions? I don't think I want to spend more than 50€ on one.

I'll be back with an update.
 
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Alright I can't seem to drop it below 40º idle.
It might be because of the thermal paste I'm using, I just have it in a syringe from long ago, don't even know what type.
But since it's not reaching 80º it should be fine...
 
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Scar667 said:
Thank you all.
I removed the cooler, and saw the thermal paste was a disgrace, my father tried applying it evenly with the tip of the syringe.
Also I think the cooler was placed wrong.

I now have 40º idle and 60~73º gaming.
But since @geofelt said to replace the paste everytime I take the cooler off, I will do that now. Also probably will invest in a better cooler, what are your suggestions? I don't think I want to spend more than 50€ on one.

I'll be back with an update.
Click to expand...

About all you could hope for with factory cooler, and, quite adequate now.
 
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Hello all, heres a small update for anyone with the same problem.

My i5-7600 3.5Ghz had Turbo Mode enabled, which made it use 3.9Ghz. I disabled that in BIOS, even if it's using 100% while playing, now it doesn't go beyond 70º and performance is still the same, atleast in Apex.

In BIOS I also made the fan spin faster at any temperature.
 
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