Curious About My Temps

metaleggman · May 8, 2020

Hi,

So I'm running a Ryzen 3600 with a Noctua NH-U12S (with dual 120mm fans) with 5 NF-P14s (one back of case pull, two front of case push, one top of case pull, one top of case push) and a RTX 2060 XC Black. I'm currently running F@H and I'm basically getting about 80-85C for my CPU and between 70-72C on my GPU. I've overclocked both using whatever ai tuners the manufacturer has (Asus Ai tuning on my x570 mobo in bios, and EVGA precision within windows for my gpu). A peer mentioned these temps seemed high (gaming would be lower for CPU, maybe low to mid 70s), but with an overclock and an ambient of about 23-29 C (when it was colder, my CPU maxed out at like low 70s on hard load), that doesn't seem crazy to me? I just paused F@H, and only 30 seconds in, I'm back down to an idle of 45-55C on the CPU and about 40C gpu on the GPU. GPU is now at a steady 33C and the GPU likes to cycle from 55C-45C, like clockwork. The fans are all allowed to control themselves, from what I recall.

Said peer also said they would try to never hit past 70-75 on their CPU, like in game, which seems a bit odd to me. I can't tell if I'm out of touch or if they're either super cautious, or out of touch in a completely different way. Don't know their rig: older AMD CPU+GPU combo, but good enough to run modern games like doom:eternal maxed at 1080p100, if that helps.

So what do you guys think? Are those reasonable temps for my pc under a hard GPU+CPU load in hotter temps, or am I crazy and going to kill my PC (I'm sure it's something in between)? If I can air condition the room I'm in, I was actually thinking of overclocking a bit more, but temps and time will tell if that's wise at all (afaik, at least for the ryzen cpus, the AI OC is pretty good at squeezing out performance).

PS. Wasn't sure if I should put this under CPU, GPU, or Air Cooling subforums, so if a mod/admin feels this is better suited to another subforum, please move! I chose CPU as the CPU temps were what I was more curious about, because of the chiplet design.

RageTester · May 8, 2020

Overclocking is always dangerous, but you managed to keep temperature under control so far... Want longest possible life for the hardware, don't overclock, rather underclock.

Mateyyy · May 8, 2020

If the AI overclock works as good as on my ASUS board, then I guess it just loves to pump unnecessary voltage, so 80-85C while stress testing doesn't sound too bad.

They're far from unsafe, you don't really have to worry about it. When you start getting into 90-95C+, then it might be time to tone down the OC or improve the cooling.

Also, do you have a fan mount on the bottom of your case? Having an intake on the bottom would work better than the intake on top next to an exhaust imo, as it could create turbulence.

metaleggman · May 8, 2020

2 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

If the AI overclock works as good as on my ASUS board, then I guess it just loves to pump unnecessary voltage, so 80-85C while stress testing doesn't sound too bad.

They're far from unsafe, you don't really have to worry about it. When you start getting into 90-95C+, then it might be time to tone down the OC or improve the cooling.

Also, do you have a fan mount on the bottom of your case? Having an intake on the bottom would work better than the intake on top next to an exhaust imo, as it could create turbulence.

VID is around 1.1v on Core Temp, and Core Voltage on CPU-Z shows about 1.3-1.4v (both idle). Not sure if that's similar to your case haha! Alright cool, that's what I was thinking, especially since modern CPUs and GPUs are, unless I'm mistaken, fairly good at preventing permanent damage to themselves. Sure the higher you heat em, and longer, you heat them, the more damage is possible, but I need to start running F@H only during the night time; electricity is much cheaper then lol. Not perfect temps, as I was considering the bigger cooler, but honestly, the CPU and GPU might end up in a HTPC down the line, so I'm happy with what I have. I'll save that for a Ryzen 9 build or something in the future haha.

And sadly, I got the Phanteks Pro M PH-ES515PTG_BK, and it doesn't have any fan mounts on the bottom of the case (except for a vent for the power supply). That's why I had one fan on the top, nearest the front, pull air in, and have the other fan on the top, nearest the back, push air out. I'm open to thoughts, but it seemed the best I could do with the case (though it's possible fewer fans could be better, i.e. less turbulence).