Need help with a cooler

Joecosta23

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So in my current build I have a Gemini M4 on my i5 6600k with a gene 8 and a gtx 1080 all inside a corsair air 240 I just don't like that my CPU I feel like is running hot and for some reason whenever I open task manager even if I don't have anything running it's using like 50% or more of the CPU I'm saying to myself it's a heat problem can you recommend a better cooler that will fit in scared of liquid cooling I actually bought a h100i but had a ton of trouble trying to install it so can anyone help me out thank you in advance
 
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I think you've got it backwards. If it's using 50% at idle that's probably what's causing the extra heat. Not extra heat causing high CPU usage. You should figure out what your processor is doing. Check Task Manager and Resource Manager and Users and see what processes are using the most CPU. Might even have an infection.
I think you've got it backwards. If it's using 50% at idle that's probably what's causing the extra heat. Not extra heat causing high CPU usage. You should figure out what your processor is doing. Check Task Manager and Resource Manager and Users and see what processes are using the most CPU. Might even have an infection.
 
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