High idle temps?

[TomH]

Hi guys, now I know idle temps don't really matter, however, surely mine are a little high? I am running a Ryzen 5 3600 at stock speeds cooled by a Kraken x63 and my temperatures bounce between around 45 and 55 degrees at idle. The ambient is probably around 20 degrees and I only have CAM open while testing. Load temps seem fine at around 70 in prime 95, I'm just curious as to whats causing this. Thanks.

 

 

[bmx6454]

that seems fine to me.

[Cyracus]

40-55 idle is normal operation from what I've experienced/read. Perhaps look up 1usmus ryzen power plan and see if that changes anything (should give a small improvement to performance too)

[Lord Nicoll]

13 minutes ago, TomH said:

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Depends on what's running in the background, there is usually loads of programmes that are actually on in the background, and with slower fan profiles that usually makes idles a bit higher, if you don't mind the noise you can set the fans and pump to 100% but idk if it's worth it. What are heavy load temps like?

[Demonic Donut]

Its normal.

 

If you want lower temps, start undervolting and overclocking.

[Lipe123]

It's a 7nm thing, the silicon can't transfer all the concentrated heat in such a small space to the top of the heatspreader super fast/quick. 

 

I have a custom loop and similar temps, idle at 44-50C and full load in the 70's.