Why is my PC Overheating

JoeStarz

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Hello Humans,

I am having an overheating issue, I recently installed a new Power Supply because my old one died. my current setup is as followed.

My current Build:
Main Board - GIGABYTE FM2+ Series Motherboard
Ram - 16 GBs
CPU - AMD A8-5600K APU 3.60Ghz
GPU - GeForce GTX 750 Ti
OS - Win10
Fans - 2 standard fans that came with the case
PowerSupply - Cooler Master G750M

For example, Just got home from work, My PC has been idle all day, and its hot. Not warm.. Hot. My CPU runs on 50% power usage when idle.... I can't open more than 4 Browser tabs. My audio sounds all funky when i try to do two things at once (listen to music and use photoshop) Any ideas on what could be causing this problem?
 
Solution
What case do you have and what was the old PSU? If replacing the PSU makes the system warmer, then the old PSU probably was drawing more air from the case. You should use the more accurate AMD Overdrive to check the thermal margins.