RDM Posted March 2, 2018 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
Brownian Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 How's the airflow of the case? I would think the water aio might hlep
John Cena Posted March 2, 2018 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).
RDM Posted March 4, 2018 Author 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.
VirginityStealer Posted March 4, 2018 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