Ryzen 5 3400G hitting 107 degrees playing scrap mechanic on linux mint

[cretsiah]

Ryzen 5 3400G  with stock cooler

 

idle around 45 degrees

game running for an hour hitting up to 107 degrees

 

requires reboot and bios says something about protecting cpu due to high temp....

 

Question is would it just be thermal paste or should i get a new air cooler?

 

current cooler is not making any noise and appears to be spinning

 

system specs

ASUS Prime m-k motherboard
16 gig ram
Ryzen 5 3400G
550 watt PSU
OS - Linux mint xfce 20.3

 

[Chris Pratt]

Stock cooler is not great, but it's good enough to keep it from thermal throttling. There's something else going on here, because you're going well past throttling, with continued heat soak that's causing hard shutdowns. Paste could be an issue, but doesn't really explain this kind of behavior unless it was missing altogether.

 

Have you messed with any of the voltages or power limits? Also, what case do you have, and what are your ambient temps?

[whm1974]

Did you take the Tape off the HSF compound? Change any BIOS settings? Seat the HSF properly?

[cretsiah]

1 hour ago, whm1974 said:

Did you take the Tape off the HSF compound? Change any BIOS settings? Seat the HSF properly?

this hasnt been touched since it was put together to my knowledge...

 

3 hours ago, Chris Pratt said:

Have you messed with any of the voltages or power limits?

no

 

3 hours ago, Chris Pratt said:

what are your ambient temps?

i f you mean running on idle then as listed above around 40-45. otherwise im unsure

 

its only been happening recently (round about a week ) i'm assuming its not a case of missing thermal paste, but could require replacement ( its been awhile )

 

its not causing hard shut downs....... but i am having to press the power-off button, due to everything locking up.

3 hours ago, Chris Pratt said:

what case do you have

its an old Medion case.... no its not exactly the right case for the newer power supply (airflow is wrong) but it didnt use to get this messed up

 

i also leave the side of the case off.. and have blown the dust out of it

[whm1974]

7 minutes ago, cretsiah said:

this hasnt been touched since it was put together to my knowledge...

I would still check if the HSF is properly seated. Your CPU shouldn't reach those Temperters

[cretsiah]

the HSF appears to be fine seating wise.

turned off compositing (which made apps much quicker to open, alt tab seems to work more effectively.

 

i turned on sensors and told it to poll every second, having done this it says temp starts around 36 degrees

 

when opening up steam and scrap mechanic it jumps to 55 degrees (roaming around map but no construction)

 

ambient temp (room temp?) at the time of initial post was around 30-35 degrees

 

ambient temp (room temp?) last night around 21-23 degrees

[Ralfi]

On 1/17/2022 at 4:22 PM, cretsiah said:

its an old Medion case

A photo of the case (or something similar) would help, as it gives an idea of how it handles air flow.

3 hours ago, cretsiah said:

when opening up steam and scrap mechanic it jumps to 55 degrees

Jumps in temp like that are ok. Often they’ll just drop again, but if you’re in a game, they may maintain their temps & slowly increase even when roaming around maps (depending on game).

3 hours ago, cretsiah said:

ambient temp (room temp?) last night around 21-23 degrees

What’s the max temp the CPU reaches at this ambient temp?

[cretsiah]

@Ralfi

however the front facia plate has been taken off....

 

yeah i been trying to look for a better case but i need the 5 and 1/4 inch bays at least 1-2

 

also the graphics card in the seconds shot has been removed ( its only a nvidea gtx 620 ) 

 

[Zeke_]

On 1/18/2022 at 7:40 PM, cretsiah said:

@Ralfi

however the front facia plate has been taken off....

 

yeah i been trying to look for a better case but i need the 5 and 1/4 inch bays at least 1-2

 

also the graphics card in the seconds shot has been removed ( its only a nvidea gtx 620 ) 

 

I notice you don't have an exhaust fan, that might be worth looking into. You are probably keeping a lot of hot air in your case.