RDM Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) Having an issue with one of my pc's a8-5500 at stock speeds, stock cooler. Idles at 57-60c and 90-94c at 40-50% cpu load. No gpu installed. Also replaced the thermal paste twice with 2 different tubes and no luck. Single 120mm intake fan blowing direcly into the cpu fan. Would a beafy air cooler/single 120mm water aio fix it? Edited March 2, 2018 by RDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irwtonrs1 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 smash it and buy a new pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 How's the airflow of the case? I would think the water aio might hlep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cena Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Airflow and probably the size of the CPU Cooler matters a lot. I've never had issues with 3 fans and 1 custom cpu fan ($40 one). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Turns out CPUID HWMonitor is a lier. Checked the temps with MSI Afterburner and Aida64 and both say its running 55c under 56% load vs 70c at 10% usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirginityStealer Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 1 hour ago, RDM said: Turns out CPUID HWMonitor is a lier. Checked the temps with MSI Afterburner and Aida64 and both say its running 55c under 56% load vs 70c at 10% usage. Even running at 70c at 10% load is detrimental to your CPU. CPU's should be running at max 60-70 at full load to be safe. Personally i've got a h180i Corsaid dual 120mm cooler and its fucking fantastic compared to shitty stock cpu fan, but it all depends on what you're doing with your pc too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...