What's "normal" gaming Temperature

[LUA]

I bought a pre-built and I have zero knowledge about hardware and temperatures and I was wondering if someone can give me an approximate of what is a good average temperature for my CPU and GPU when gaming and streaming my games at the same time. The case the system came with doesn't seem very balanced, airflow-wise, but I can definitely be wrong. I wanted to keep an eye on its temperature, but I don't know what a good average temperature that I can go by.

 

My specs are attached, everything is stock. If anything else I need to post let me know. Thanks in advance.

[Kid.Lazer]

Being a pre-built (exact model would be nice to know for sure), I'm guessing it has a stock cooler or 120mm AIO. A Ryzen 3600 under a stock cooler with decent case airflow should peak in the low 80's. This would be under synthetic load though, and shouldn't get near that high in a gaming scenario. Although, this can also vary a ton based on PBO or other Auto OC modes, if enabled.

 

The 2060 (assuming it's a Gigabyte Windforce) should run in the mid-70s.

Edited October 4, 2022 by Kid.Lazer
Better wording, more information

[Noble3212]

1 minute ago, Kid.Lazer said:

Being a pre-built (exact model would be nice to know for sure), I'm guessing it has a stock cooler or 120mm AIO. A Ryzen 3600 under a stock cooler with decent case airflow should peak in the low 80's. This would be under synthetic load though, and shouldn't get near that high in a gaming scenario. Although, this can also vary a ton based on PBO or other Auto OC modes, if enabled.

 

The 2060 (again, assuming stock Founders Edition and not a crazy AIB cooler) should run in the mid-70s.

I say as long as it doesn't go past 90c the cooling is fine. Now the real issue is. This person bought a PRE-BUILT. With a AMD CPU. Does it have dual channel ram!!! 

[NekoBubbles]

Normal gaming temp depending on if its high quality enthusiast should be around 40 to 60 C's With AC and well vented case GPU temp. Depending on cooling solution the CPU could be as cool as 30 to 31.1 C's water cooled. To maybe 29 C's on air. As to Air vs water cooling air can be cooler temp wise overall but that's generally what the sensors are telling you. BUT A well built AIO is gonna be warmer but its also gonna be a like full 90% of the heat absorbed compared to the 80% a air cpu cooler. 

Medium enthusiast AMD 2000x to high 3000x  cpu with a 1600 to 3050 RTX/GTX should be closing in on (55 to 65 C's GPU)  (CPU probably will stay 30 ~ 35  C's with water s max Air might be toasty at 34 C to 40 C)

 

Low end enthusiast  probably talking  2 to 4 core CPU (probably close to only maxing out 22 C's on CPU, if its a low end 900 GTX or lower GPU is gonna probably be only single or dual fanned and it can get messy with these suckers as they pull significantly less power but if you aren't like occasionally dusting these suckers a well maintained low end GPU might be a cozy 40 to 50 C's but it its dusty and neglected it can get to a toasty 60 or 70 C's and your GPU probably won't be happy with you under gaming load. 

 

NOTE: A lot of reviewers are using synthetic benches with overclocks most of the time XD. Meaning its maxing out the cores and as such they typically are talking about maxed out median temps. Meaning a 5800x under synthetic overclock load is gonna be WAY higher than under a realistic gaming PC. 

Also more fans in a case doesn't automatically mean cooler, you want enough fans to push the air around but too many fans in a enclosed case just creates a vacuum and the heat will just get trapped in the case. 

[NekoBubbles]

2 minutes ago, NekoBubbles said:

Normal gaming temp depending on if its high quality enthusiast should be around 40 to 60 C's With AC and well vented case GPU temp. Depending on cooling solution the CPU could be as cool as 30 to 31.1 C's water cooled. To maybe 29 C's on air. As to Air vs water cooling air can be cooler temp wise overall but that's generally what the sensors are telling you. BUT A well built AIO is gonna be warmer but its also gonna be a like full 90% of the heat absorbed compared to the 80% a air cpu cooler. 

Medium enthusiast AMD 2000x to high 3000x  cpu with a 1600 to 3050 RTX/GTX should be closing in on (55 to 65 C's GPU)  (CPU probably will stay 30 ~ 35  C's with water s max Air might be toasty at 34 C to 40 C)

 

Low end enthusiast  probably talking  2 to 4 core CPU (probably close to only maxing out 22 C's on CPU, if its a low end 900 GTX or lower GPU is gonna probably be only single or dual fanned and it can get messy with these suckers as they pull significantly less power but if you aren't like occasionally dusting these suckers a well maintained low end GPU might be a cozy 40 to 50 C's but it its dusty and neglected it can get to a toasty 60 or 70 C's and your GPU probably won't be happy with you under gaming load. 

 

NOTE: A lot of reviewers are using synthetic benches with overclocks most of the time XD. Meaning its maxing out the cores and as such they typically are talking about maxed out median temps. Meaning a 5800x under synthetic overclock load is gonna be WAY higher than under a realistic gaming PC. 

Also more fans in a case doesn't automatically mean cooler, you want enough fans to push the air around but too many fans in a enclosed case just creates a vacuum and the heat will just get trapped in the case. 

As to though OP's posting so long as your PC isn't shutting down mid gaming session you shouldn't have to worry too much about heat other than maybe keep a hardware temp monitor and check like every few months as to when to dust your parts. If you notice temps are spiking under gaming load when it use to not its probably a dust buildup.