PC gets hot to the touch, offline games have intermittent lag, HWMonitor doesn't look bad. Please help!

[alexdotts]

Hi all, I've been running into some heating issues with my PC lately and am looking for some direction on if there is an issue, what I should do, and if the issue I have with gaming is tied to it.

The PC case itself gets extremely hot to the touch and the fan is constantly running loud. I opened the case and carefully cleaned dust off of everything, giving extra care to the fan, but the issue persists.

Lately, I've run into a lag issue during some games. This is most prevalent when I'm playing FIFA18 (which I exceed the specs for), the game play will slow down to a crawl then go back to normal speed then slow down again. I think this might mean I need to get a SSD, though wonder if it's tied to the heating issue.

I've run HWMonitor and I believe everything looks standard, but could use a second opinion. Here's a screen grab of it while running this page in Chrome, HWMonitor, and Netflix: HWMonitor

Here are the PC specs:
Processor: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz
GPU: Radeon RX480
RAM: 8GB
WIndows 10 x64

Any insight would be appreciated, thank you!

 

[RememberThe5th]

What is your powersupply? If the powersupply is on top its probably working hard since you have RX.

And there is something wrong maybe wrong reading, but 2 sensors read above 100*C...
Well you can try to touch heatsinks and see which component gets HOT.

 

[Vic 40]

Try AMD's own tool for better software readings.It displays thermal margin,the smaller the margin,the worse it is.

 

[alexdotts]

What is your powersupply? If the powersupply is on top its probably working hard since you have RX.

And there is something wrong maybe wrong reading, but 2 sensors read above 100*C...
Well you can try to touch heatsinks and see which component gets HOT.

I have a Corsair 750W PSU, recently upgrade from my 500W.

 

[alexdotts]

Try AMD's own tool for better software readings.It displays thermal margin,the smaller the margin,the worse it is.

So the margin is bouncing quite a bit, it's gone from -2.1 to 12.6 and keeps fluctuating. Generally I'm seeing it in the 5's

What is a normal/average margin? What can I do to resolve the issue?

 

[Vic 40]

You'll need to keep it in the blue,those red figures aren't good. Things like a better cooler or better case (or maybe add fans to yours if a good one) might help.

Does the case sit in a closed corner? Which case?
Which psu do you use? maker+model+wattage.


As a tip,update your last post if noone has responded yet,moderaters could see this as bumping although i don't think it's what you try here.