Question what to do about high cpu temp

[Valina35]

im teenager btw and its new pc from about 2 weeks ago prebuilt so i cant replace thermal paste or anything like that as my parents are worried i will break my pc, room temp is like 28C rn but in summer it can reach up to 40C so im worried it might thermal throttle during summer

https://imgur.com/a/Zf7753V

View: https://imgur.com/a/Zf7753V

 

[Colif]

what are specs of the PC?

need air conditioning. it can get hot here too, eventually turning PC off is sanest idea.

 

[Colif]

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/65088093 found them

what case do you have?

if you ever want better performance, I would buy a set of 2 sticks of ram and replace that 1 stick as Ryzen CPU really work better in dual channel.

 

[Valina35]

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/65088093 found them

what case do you have?

case is MAG FORGE M100A

 

[Colif]

It appears to have enough intakes, you could maybe put 1 x 120mm exhaust fan in roof as added cooling above the CPU.

MAG FORGE M100A | Gaming Case

The MAG FORGE M100A is a micro-atx tower gaming chassis made for a fancy Auto-RGB showcase. The magnetic dust filter on top is easy for cleaning it.

www.msi.com

What CPU cooler do you have?

downside to more exhausts is it just blows hot air into room. You need a source of cool air or it just heats up everything. I been lucky last 3 years and it hasn't been hot here in summer, but I don't expect it to last. If its over 40c outside I may not bother turning pc on

 

[Valina35]

It appears to have enough intakes, you could maybe put 1 x 120mm exhaust fan in roof as added cooling above the CPU.

MAG FORGE M100A | Gaming Case

The MAG FORGE M100A is a micro-atx tower gaming chassis made for a fancy Auto-RGB showcase. The magnetic dust filter on top is easy for cleaning it.

www.msi.com

What CPU cooler do you have?

downside to more exhausts is it just blows hot air into room. You need a source of cool air or it just heats up everything. I been lucky last 3 years and it hasn't been hot here in summer, but I don't expect it to last. If its over 40c outside I may not bother turning pc on

stock amd cooler that came with prebuilt

 

[Valina35]

strange thing is that even at max load on cpu when its at 90C the air from exhaust isnt warm so its almost like hot air is trapped in cpu, only heat that i notice is when gpu is at max load

 

[Colif]

What were you running to get those temps? only thing I can run that makes mine that hot is prime 95
Cinebench can't

an exhaust fan above it might help. Since I can guess parents wouldn't let you replace anything.

I have more exhausts than intakes meaning if I play games in summer my room heats up fast and makes me open a door to get air from rest of house. That can happen in winter too unless I open my window up.

next time you take screen shot, scroll down hwinfo and click the arrow next to Core effective clocks and take a screen shot of all cores. As its possible the temp was only 1 core and most of CPU wasn't hot at all.

I might need to use my horizontal fan this year. I got it 3 years ago and its not really been needed.

 

[Valina35]

what were you running to get those temps?

an exhaust fan above it might help. Since I can guess parents wouldn't let you replace anything.

I have more exhausts than intakes meaning if I play games in summer my room heats up fast and makes me open a door to get air from rest of house. That can happen in winter too unless I open my window up.

next time you take screen shot, scroll down hwinfo and click the arrow next to Core effective clocks and take a screen shot of all cores. As its possible the temp was only 1 core and most of CPU wasn't hot at all.

reached those temps when compiling source engine map but with cpu-z stress test it reaches about same temps just about less then 1C lower

https://imgur.com/a/v68KhxX

View: https://imgur.com/a/v68KhxX

 

[Colif]

The highest you got today = max all core speed. Its running 100 mhz slower if its also running at around 90 as that is its max temp. It throttles down to not damage itself.

try the top exhaust fan, it will reduce amount of heat around the CPU.

 

[Valina35]

The highest you got today = max all core speed. Its running 100 mhz slower if its also running at around 90 as that is its max temp. It throttles down to not damage itself.

try the top exhaust fan, it will reduce amount of heat around the CPU.

luckily my parents finally agreed to change thermal paste but it might take time but luckily in most games i play max temp it reaches is 80C so it should be ok till thermal paste can get changed

 

[thestryker]

Assuming it's the AMD stock cooler is most likely going to end up with those temps no matter what you do unless you power limit the CPU.