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I recently bought an ASUS TUF FX504 with an i7 8750h. The first time i ran cinebench (cpu) it has a 900+ score. Note that the first time i run cinebench i don't have any programs like intel xtu, throttlestop, cpuz, etc, just brand new out of the box with nothing installed. The next time i run it came out with only 750 ish score. I monitored the cpu and it was only running at 2.2 Ghz. This was n't caused by thermal throttling, because the cpu's temperatures were really low, only 55-60 celsius under full load. I opened intel xtu and noticed that it has a power limit throttling. And in throttlestop it shows that one of its limits is PL2. I tried undervolting the cache and the cpu core which resulted in an increase to the cpu frequency to 2.5-2.6 Ghz when running cinebench. Same case like before, thermals are not a problem, still hitting 55-60 celsius. Undervolting the cpu cache increases the cpu frequency, while the core clock doesn't do much, but i can only do it until a certain point. The power limit throttling is still there and i think it is the one that is causing the cpu frequency to be so low. Another thing that i noticed is that when the cpu is running all cores at 100% load, the pacakge tdp is only 25W despite the rated tdp at 45W. Changing the package power limit also didn't help. I changed it to 70W but it only reaches a max of 25W TDP when running cinebench. Btw, the cpu can still run up to 4 Ghz in daily tasks where the cpu load is pretty low. Please help me out.

I have an fx 9590 it has to low temps is that ok? this pc is 8-9 years old

I have both a desktop and a laptop with similar specs. Desktop- i5-6500, gtx1050ti, msi h110m grenade, 8gb 2133mhz ram, corsair vs450 psu Laptop - i5-8300H, gtx1050(4gb), 16gb 2400mhz ram I play games like assassins creed odyssey, watchdogs 2 etc. My desktop cpu seems to be too weak to run odyssey at 60fps as frametimes are in the 20-25ms. But while using msi afterburner to check statistics, it is boosting to the all core 100mhz turboboost and is at 95-100% utilisation throughout. But power usage is in the 20-25W range while being a 65W TDP chip. The temps are also really low, i never saw it going above 55°C whatever the load is. The issue then comes to my laptop which overheats near instantly to 95-98°C on the cpu and gpu sits close to 85°C under 90%+ load. The cpu here uses 30+W quite frequently and goes to the 3.9ghz (max all core boost) dropping occasionally to 3.6-3.7 ghz range even at such dangerous temps. I have undervolted the cpu by -0.15V using Intel XTU but i feel thats not doing anything. I have also tried changing the thermal paste, using a laptop coolerpad with fans but no change ever happens. Is there something i can do so that the cpu in the desktop performs better, and the cpu in the laptop to run a bit cooler?

Hello \o/ I have 1000 Euros for a pc. I want it to be quiet, I do not want it to make a lot of noise with the fans. Silent at 3 meters. I will use this PC to play, at least 1080p (30fps ~ 60fps) in High or Ultra. Programming and emulation, tasks that need a good CPU. Photoshop / Gimp / Magix Music Maker or FL Studio. Basic use of editing videos. Browsing the internet and things like that. High temperatures can be a problem. I live in portugal.

First up system specs are i5 6600k Asus Z170-K (BIOS v. 0323) GTX 1070 2x4gb DDR4 2400mhz and because its relevant to cooling I have a Hyper 212X with two corsair SP120 fans on it and 3 120mm in take fans and two 140mm exhaust fans. I've had my CPU overclocked to 4.6GHZ (a pretty good jump from the stock 3.5) for a while now, its at 1.34V and is stable. I was fluffing around in the bios driving down fan speeds and I wanted to check whether or not my now really shallow fan curves on all fans including cpu would affect temps. I was expecting low 60's but two my surprise after ten minutes of stress testing my max temps are a 47 with the current temps reading a whack as 39. I touched the heat sync and it wasn't even warm. Although CPUID was reading a solid 4600mhz I though something might be wrong so I booted up Cinebench and the cpu did really well getting a CB of 760. I don't really know if this is normal or if my cpus just ballin or something is really broken they just seem like really low temps. I know my PC stuff but i'm hoping there is some expert out there that can provide some input on the situation Cheers

Hey LinusForumFriends I have been teaching myself how to OC and Feburuary was my first post. High V high temps - crash crash crash I have a stable setting now and a really decent CINEBENCH score of 3107 Comments, Haters, Congrats all the same accepted. Honestly lot of y'all have better rigs than me but that's not the point. Point is 'we share, we inform, we learn, we teach' Owned by MÁW thats me lol Good day Y'all RedDevil

I am new to overclocking and just finished my 1sy ever PC build. I have just started overclocking my cpu and am using Ryzen Master to find my cpu limit then will lock them down in BIOS. I went straight to 3.7ghz at stock voltage. Idle temps are 22 degrees and under load after 15 minutes of Prime95 is 41 degrees. Is this normal? Ambient temps are 12 degrees. Ryzen 7 1700 Noctua NH-D15 MSI x370 power gaming titanium 16GB G Skill Flare X running at 3200ghz set easily by selecting profile 2 in Bios. Asus ROG Strix 1070 Samsung 960 evo 500GB Crucial MX500 500GB Sandisk Plus 240GB WD Blue 7200rpm 1TB EVGA 650w Gold Fractal design R5 with 3 case fans I'm thinking I should be able to hit 4Ghz with the above initial results? Also is Ryzen Master accurate at reporting temps? What else could I use to report temps?

Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you knew why my temperature readings of this Amd 3850 processor were so low, at idle I was hitting temps as low of 9c and under load a max of 18c, I tested with Msi Afterburner and Open Hardware Monitor. Is this the actual reading or does the sempron have a bad thermometer?

Hey!! NOT SO IMPORTANT ---------------- So. Wanabe boy story ahead! I've never built a computer in my life (don't just go away). I've been so hyped about it, and really into it, I've spent numberless hours watching vids, reading guides forums, everything. I might be a newb but I know what I want. Ofc I'm gona go with air cooling first, even just to explore and get some knowledge and self-experience on how it works, but I've always loved water cooling since the first moment I heard about it. Eventually my future rig is gona be water cooled for sure, I mean, right now I'm running a gt 540M in a laptop, and as it's not that easy to clean (along with the fact that it's probably half way dead), so it easily goes up to the 90s and I can't play for long before it melts (even light games). I've gotta say, I really hate this pc and I don't feel like cleaning it, I just wanted to throw that outside the window, so let's not talk about this brick. I am crazy and some why obsessed with good looking, water cooling, moding, etc.. So do not at any point try to convince me to buy a titan x instead of a water cooling loop. I am a really sick person, but for what I'm gona play and do, the way I want to play and do is totally ok with me. A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPORTANT --------------------------------------------- Why I'm here: As my laptop is a oven, I wana make a god damn freezer out of my beloved and first creation. Now. LinusTechTips recently made a new build guide video with a nitrogen cooled rig. I aint want none of that. Way too noisy, way too much for my wallet that gaben slowly seduces. And all I want is to go below ambient (not just 3cº like all the stuff I could find on google talking about it). In case you want to know here's my not-water-cooling-needing-at-all-rig. (Just so you don't get surprised, I don't have a lot of money, and if I buy a 4k monitor it's gona be just to work and multi-media in general I'm ok with 1080p for ultra presets stuff gaming, and I'm definitely also getting a 1ms 144hz monitor for comp tf2.) MONITOR - Asus VG248QE + MONEYMUCH -> LG 34UC97 34\ 4K -> Asus PB287Q\ 4K -> Acer XB280HK (These are the options I'm willing to go for, not all at the same time)SSD -Kingston Technology - Disco duro sólido interno de 120 GB (450MB/s lectura, 450MB/s escritura)HDD -Western Digital WD10EZEXCASE -Phanteks Enthoo ProCPU COOLER -Cooler Master Hyper 212 EvoPOWER SUPPLY -Corsair CX 750MRAM -Kingston Fury Black Series 8GBGRAPHICS CARD -Gigabyte 970MOTHERBOARD -ASUS Z97-ARPROCESSOR -Intel Core i5-4690KSome of this will probably change over time And here's the stuff I was thinking about using for my custom wc loop (this is just kind of the schematics of what sort of stuff I'm going to use, don't take it as a huge deal, but still correct me if any of the below listed items are not compatible or dumb decisions). FITINGS -Alphacool Compression Fitting - G 1/4 Thread 3/8" ID x 5/8" OD (16/10mm) - Deep BlackTUBE -PrimoFlex LRTCPU WATERBLOCK -Apogee XLPREVENT STUFF -Pt nukePUMP -Swiftech MCP655RESERVOIR -multi-z 250RAD -Alphacool NexXxoS UT60FANS -NF-S12B Now, I've had quite the ideas, you probably have already been through all this process of being a teen and thinking you can get the coolest rig ever, but let me at least dream c: IMPORTANT TO KNOW: I will probably "get" some source of home made renewable energy generator, just don't mind power consumption at all. My list of ideas: 1=>Getting a few carboys or jugs(google translate isn't really helping with these word I'd say), sticking then in a freezer, and when they where completely frozen, I'd stick them in a big jar with water in it. that would be preventing the "dirty" water from touching a really big reservoir it would be in, so the heat could go through and the "dirt" couldn't. Problems: -If that wasn't enough to cool the water around the whole system it would fail because using rads will lower the temps of the water to ambient levels and not using would overheat. -Condensation(if it works) -Some other you will probably tell me about. 2=>Getting the rads inside a bucket with water and the frozen carboys/jugs/whatever. I really.. Have no idea of what would happen, maybe the materials would get damaged (but then the aluminium or the copper would be exposed and it should theoretically get the temps even lower, but I'm afraid it might just ruin the rads or simply heat up the water faster than the jug can cool it.) 3=>Actually getting a proper system for cooling the water below the ambient temps, I mean, I've read just a bit on how fridges and freezers work, and they seem to compress the water, "pull out the heat", that at higher pressures sort of is relative to "I really am not the adequate person for explaining this", then get it back to normal pressure, that, relatively is colder (?). I doesn't matter, I guess you get it. My list of problems: CONDENSATION K, so, I watched the build guide I mentioned at the beginning of this, and Linus used some sort of anti-humidity paste, and so far, I think near-the-components stuff might be my only concern, the rest, I think, can be easily handled, I need help here. K. I think that might be it, remember, don't hate, this is something I want to learn about and not do, not in a close period of time, I would love you guys to just give your thoughts and opinions on this, thanks. Have a nice day. Thanks for your time. THIS WILL BE EDITED OUT: I'm gona be going to sleep in a few minutes because it's almost 3 a.m here, I'd love to be here right away to discuss with you but I've got school tomorrow, I'm 15 and you probably already guessed what I wana be when I become a grown up. Derp.

Have been a fan of Linus since a long time. Thought of posting the mods I have made in my PC. Specs: CPU: i5 3570K (delidded with AS5 applied) MB: Asus Maximus V formula RAM: 16GB Corsair 1333Mhz GPU: R7 270 PSU: GIGABYTE 500 Watts Cooler: H100i SDD: Samsung Evo 120Gb After a lot of trial and errors with overclocking and heat problems, the purpose came down to having a stable CPU at maximum frequency but at the lowest voltage and temperature possible. Had a difficult time adjusting the IHS after delidding and AS5 application due to its slippery nature. The temperature: After 3-4 times of cleaning and refitting, it’s finally optimally set. I had read in several forums that not all 4 cores have the same temps. This was true in my case as well, wherein from the day I bought this CPU more than a year ago, the difference between the hottest and the coldest core was 10 degrees centigrade. Now that’s a lot. But after some trial and errors, the IHS, TIM and the cooler base are set so perfectly that all the 4 cores are reporting almost the same temps across on and off load. 30-32 degrees at idle and 62-65 degrees at full load. All of this with 0 noise from the case. This was what I was looking for. Same temps across and lower temps. 1st target achieved. The Overclocking and the power savings: Had a lot of trial and errors as mentioned. I tried 4.5 GHz and 4.4 GHz both of which needed huge voltage bumps and emitted a lot of unnecessary heat. So went to 4.3 GHz at stock voltage, but still with unsatisfactory temps. Could not accept 70 degrees or higher and 130-140 Watts on regular/normal non-gaming use. So this time instead of keying in static voltage or +ve offsets I set it to "-ve" and entered 0.075. Tried booting with 4.3 Ghz and no success. So dialled the clock down to 4.2 Ghz and it worked. Ran prime for 2 hours and noticed 1 core was failing after an hour and 30 mins of prime. So changed the offset to -0.070 and re-started the tests. Purpose achieved! All stable at 4.2 GHz at low volts and less heat. Oh, and I had reduced the CPU PLL voltage to 1.55 volts from 1.80 volts. Conclusion: Idle volts and temps: 0.912 volts @ 30-32 Degrees centigrade Full load prime test: 1.128 volts @ 62-65 Degrees Centigrade. And the PC consumes a steady 100 Watts at normal usage (non-Gaming).

Hi I live in Canada and I've loved gaming for a long while and decided to build my fist gaming PC which is prices between the $2000 - $2500 price range which I want to be optimized for gaming, staying cold, and quiet and I'm not sure if I should use a dual graphics card layout or a single card so if anyone has any suggestions could anyone please say them because they are highly appreciated. CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H100i Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero ATX RAM: KINGSTON 16GB 1600MHZ DDR3 DIMM 2X8 HYPERX FURY Graphics Card: MSI Geforce GTX 980 Gaming HDD: WD Blue 1TB Desktop Harddrive SSD: Crusial MX100 256GB SSD PSU: Corsair RM Series RM750 750 Watt Power Supply Case: NZXT Guardian 921RB Mid-Tower Case OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 DVD OEM