I built my first computer the other day and it's been running smoothly! However after using occt I see that I have 42.5 C as I type this with nothing going on and 58 C putting a high load test and leaving it run for 5 mins. STOCK!
This is much higher than I've observed from other peoples' temperatures so I assume something must be wrong.
I only have a few possible ideas that could be having an affect and I wish for you to all help me confirm or suggest something else if neccessary!
1. I have no idea what SYS_FAN is on motherboard, could not find a plug so I left it out. All case fans(cooler master 690), cpu, psu fans are working but maybe this somehow has significance.
2. My case in a corner with about 1 hand distance between each wall. The walls are on the cases left and back side. No idea if this is enough room for it to breath so I thought I'd share!
3. When I first installed the heatsink, I had put it on backwards. Being the scared child I am and not knowing thermal grease mechanics I was very confused as to why it was stuck. Anyways I realized it was the grease after I noticed it could pivot, so I pulled it out, turned it, and clamped that thing down. I only mention this story because I noticed the grease was fairly spread out over the cpu when I took it out likely due to my pivoting!
These are the only 3 ideas I have friends, any suggestions would be just great.
Specs
TY for any help friends! Please help me solve the issue at hand!
This is much higher than I've observed from other peoples' temperatures so I assume something must be wrong.
I only have a few possible ideas that could be having an affect and I wish for you to all help me confirm or suggest something else if neccessary!
1. I have no idea what SYS_FAN is on motherboard, could not find a plug so I left it out. All case fans(cooler master 690), cpu, psu fans are working but maybe this somehow has significance.
2. My case in a corner with about 1 hand distance between each wall. The walls are on the cases left and back side. No idea if this is enough room for it to breath so I thought I'd share!
3. When I first installed the heatsink, I had put it on backwards. Being the scared child I am and not knowing thermal grease mechanics I was very confused as to why it was stuck. Anyways I realized it was the grease after I noticed it could pivot, so I pulled it out, turned it, and clamped that thing down. I only mention this story because I noticed the grease was fairly spread out over the cpu when I took it out likely due to my pivoting!
These are the only 3 ideas I have friends, any suggestions would be just great.
Specs
TY for any help friends! Please help me solve the issue at hand!
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