[SOLVED] My PC is sitting at 60-70 Celsius when idle ?

Feb 28, 2022
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Hello
My PC is idle but the temperature is rising to 70celcius is it normal? and fan speed is 1200 rpm it always shutdown force when it reaches 90 celsius and it is so annoying
it happened when I open the PC casing the temp go to 50c when I open (no airflow blocked)
I clean it dust there no problem in the heatsink
PC Spec:
Core Intel 3 10100
GPU: GTX 1050 Ti
CPU Fan: Cooler master I70c
 
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Likely, the cooler is not mounted well.
The cm 170c is a pushpin mount.
Here are my stock instructions for mounting the intel cooler, yours should be the same:
----------------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...

Lutfij

Titan
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Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

The cooler you've listed above is either a glorified version of Intel's stock cooler or just a knock off of it. Make and model of the case? If the temps drop once you've opened the side panel, that's an indication that you either have a badly designed case or the airflow in the case isn't appropriate.
 
Likely, the cooler is not mounted well.
The cm 170c is a pushpin mount.
Here are my stock instructions for mounting the intel cooler, yours should be the same:
----------------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, first run the cpu to heat it up and soften the paste before shutting down and powering off the pc. That makes it easy to unstick the old 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.
Apply new paste sparingly. A small rice sized drop in the center will spread our under heat and pressure.

It is hard to use too little.
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