Hot chip?

[BlackHat2000]

Hey all,

 

Just put a corsair h150i 360 on my 5900x. not oc or anything, and im seeing 44-50c idles and on cinebench it hits about 82c but never goes over. Just seems a little hot to me, granted this is my first AMD chip, used to frosty intel chips. Looking for some confirmation that these chips run hot 24/7. I have PBO enabled right now. And im pretty confident that my contact with the chip is good, didn't use different thermal paste since I thought i had extra but misplaced it.

[RONOTHAN##]

Those temps are a little higher than I'd expect with a 360mm AIO, but not that far out of the ordinary. Most idle at about 40C (AMD's boost algorithm is weird and runs a lot of voltage under light loads) and hits about 75-80C under load without PBO enabled. My guess is you either used an OK thermal paste, or more likely just live in a hotter climate than most. Personally, my 5900X is custom water cooled with PBO enabled, and it still hits 85C. That's not that out of the ordinary for that CPU.

[Chris Pratt]

Yep, pretty normal. You might want to try undervolting it with the curve optimizer if you want lower temps. Mine runs about 78C under load with a 280, undervolted.

 

What case do you have, BTW? That can make a big difference.