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The short version is this: I recently bought a 16gb kit of Corsair Vengence 3000mhz RAM to replace my old 8GB kit, and at the same time I also bought a 3 pack of Thermaltake Riing RGB fans to replace my 2 stock case fans.

 

I have noticed, since this upgrade, my temps in almost every video game I play have gone up pretty significantly, by almost 10 C in games like Squad and Forza Horizon 4. Even my idle temps are at like 45 C! Temps have been getting up to 90 C for my graphics card, under load, and 95 for my CPU, both about 10C hotter than before.

 

Now, part of the problem is just that I have high ambient temps of about 25-30 C this time of year, which is just because I live in New Mexico and a lot of older homes do not have A/C (or, in my case, just a crappy 20 year old window unit). That being said, I am not sure why my temps have gone up by like 10 C after this upgrade. I have checked most of the obvious stuff, like making sure the fans are on high RPM, cleaning the filters on my case, making sure the fans are in the correct orientation for intake/exhaust, etc.. Any ideas on what may cause this, or a cost effective way of fixing it? Obviously,something like a new CPU cooler would help, but I just spent my monthly budget for parts on the new upgrade and a new keyboard. Besides, my GPU is too hot for comfort too!

 

Specs:

i7 7700k @ 4.6 ghz

16GB Dual channel Corsair Vengence 3000 mhz

Hyper 212 EVO cooler (soon to be replaced anyways)

EVGA GTX 1070ti

NZXT S340 Elite case

ASUS prime Z270 Mobo

3x Thermaltake Riing case fans, 2x intake, 1x exhaust, recently added a second exhaust fan I had laying around, but that did not help much.

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Did you by chance take of the CPU cooler and not reapply new thermal paste? Or perhaps applied too much/too little paste if you had to reinstall the cooler?

 

Edit - What was the speed of the old kit?

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