i7 10700k Thermal Throttling at low temperatures

[Roman1991]

Hi folks,

 

I have thermal throttling at low temperatures, it starting at 70°C and it is dropping frequency from 4.7 GHz to 1.2 GHz.

And game which demanding high CPU usage are unplayable.

 

Every game should run, more than fine

specs:

i7 10700k

B460M gaming HD - default BIOS 

Cooler is Argus SU-260 120mm fan

RTX 3060 Ti

 

I was reading many topics, but they are mostly about laptops or desktops which reaching very very high temperatures over 90.

Which is not my case.

 

Attached are 2 ss from XTU and throttlestop, you can see there low temperatures and huge throttling 

 

Did you have similar problem ? Or could you please advice what it can causing ?

If u need more details, I will add them.

 

Thank you very much :}

Roman

 

 

I hope that someone can help me here.

 

[Mateyyy]

Could be the fact that you're trying to push ~160W  for your CPU through a handful of discrete MOSFETs that don't even have a heatsink on them.

 

Point a fan on the VRMs and see how much that helps. In the meantime, I'd probably suggest ordering a new, proper motherboard.

[Roman1991]

yes u were right, during the stress test VRAM reached 99°C and then it start throttling.

Do you have some solution how cool them properlly ? Maybe with some additional heatsink ?

 

thank you very much for your reply

[8-Bit Ninja]

4 hours ago, Roman1991 said:

yes u were right, during the stress test VRAM reached 99°C and then it start throttling.

Do you have some solution how cool them properlly ? Maybe with some additional heatsink ?

 

thank you very much for your reply

You could try buying some thermal pads and generic heatsinks and try fitting them. But the reality is you've bought a very cheap motherboard that while supporting your CPU isn't designed for it. The load your putting on the VRM is above what its designed for, and sooner or later somethings going to blow. I'd do exactly what @Mateyyyhas said and buy a decent motherboard designed to handle the power draw of your CPU

[Roman1991]

thank you for advices, i did not expect thats can happen with cheap MB, i will look for something more suitable for my i7

 

thank you again