Yes, the fan is seated correctly, it is spinning fine, and I applied a generous amount of thermal paste to the CPU. I'm now using MSI Afterburner to monitor the temps while performing the same activity, mainly watching YouTube. The temps bounce around from 45-ish to just below 60, with the occasional jump to 65 or so.no, that's not ok it is way to warm. check your cooler to make sure it's installed correctly and that your fan is working. did you apply thermal paste?
I flashed BIOS before putting in the CPU, but did not clear CMOS. Not sure what that is, what it does, or how to do it, either.After installing the new cpu did you clear CMOS and allow the BIOS to reconfigure itself?
I just headed off for tonight, I'm going to download that software tomorrow and use it then. My ambient room temp actually runs very cold this time of year, almost always below 60 F°. I have only one intake and one exhaust fan. I have not tried increasing the CPU fan speed, can I do that from Ryzen Master?Have you checked the temps using Ryzen Master? it is THE Most Accurate.
What is your ambient room temp?
What case is this in How many intake fans do you have ?
Have you tried kicking up the Cpu Fan more?
That sounds like everything is okOk, so I just played around inside Garry's Mod, (from what I understand, Source games are CPU-intensive) and spawned hundreds of NPCs, props, all on a gigantic map to top it off. The temperature on my CPU was at an almost stagnant 62C. Like, completely constant almost. It would maybe bounce from 61, 62, and 63 C, but was basically at a standstill of 62 C. I would hope this is a good sign? I bought the CPU for better performance on VR games and I haven't really had the chance to play around inside VR as of today.
Summer runs pretty hot around here, but I have a massive AC unit inside my room that keeps the room cool, below 70° F.For being cpu intensive it doesn't seem to be bad temps for a cold room.
But what are your summer temps
That I'm not sure about in Rm on fan speed adjustments.
But check in your bios look in qfan and maybe in monitor sections.
I plan on playing some VR games tomorrow, I'll monitor temps while I play and put them here.That sounds like everything is ok