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EDIT 2: So I actually fixed it. Today I went out and bought the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, along with some Arctic Silver 5 and the Cooler master Megaflow 200 (Red LED) to put on the top of my case. Works like a charm. Played a BF3 game for about 10 minutes, and the maximum the Temps for the CPU went for 60C. Thanks for all the help though, hopefully someone might benefit from it more than me.

 

Also, I still don't know what was wrong with my T4... I reinstalled it and everything, same results. Temps go to 80C in 20 seconds of playing BF3. Might have just been a faulty unit.... :/

 

 

Pretty much if I play Battlefield 3, my CPU goes from 20C, to above 80C In 5 minutes, causing my whole computer to freeze. (The screen just freezes, ). I don't understand what's wrong, I have a Cooler Master T4 cooling the CPU, and I know its working fine because at idle it runs at around 18C on average. Also, if I put my hand over the top of the PC (I have the cooler facing up) its pretty damn cold. Today I re-applied the thermal paste that came with the T4, thinking that was the problem, but no. It didn't make a difference. (I used the pea method) Can anyone please tell me what the problem is?

My Specs
AMD FX-8350
MSI GTX 770 (2GB)
Cooler Master T4 CPU Heatsink
Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3
8GB RAM

EDIT: Here are a few pictures of my case.
http://i.imgur.com/9cSVUu0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/46hNQmm.jpg

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Pretty much if I play Battlefield 3, my CPU goes from 20C, to above 80C In 5 minutes, causing my whole computer to freeze. (The screen just freezes, ). I don't understand what's wrong, I have a Cooler Master T4 cooling the CPU, and I know its working fine because at idle it runs at around 18C on average. Also, if I put my hand over the top of the PC (I have the cooler facing up) its pretty damn cold. Today I re-applied the thermal paste that came with the T4, thinking that was the problem, but no. It didn't make a difference. (I used the pea method) Can anyone please tell me what the problem is?
 
My Specs
AMD FX-8350
MSI GTX 770 (2GB)
Cooler Master T4 CPU Heatsink
Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3
8GB RAM

 

 

Your room must be pretty cold for your CPU to be running at 18C average. 

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What's the airflow like in your case??

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Your room must be pretty cold for your CPU to be running at 18C average. 

It varies from 18-23C

 

What is your clock speeds and voltage? Also, dam in summer your cpu idles at 18C? o_O what are the ambients....

They're at stock, and I don't know, I have a fan running like 24/7 :P

 

What's the airflow like in your case??

Its pretty decent, currently I have Cooler Master HAF 912 with a case fan on the front, and the back. So no additional ones.

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I have absolutely no idea...

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I dont even understand how your having this much of a problem at stock speed and voltages -.- Even the Intel stock heatsink can do better than this if you could mount it on AMD sockets.

I know! I honestly don't get it! I have my CPU cooler like this, but REVERSED. (Fan is facing up)

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/nitrosycho/cpuup.jpg

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Okay, so I just ran Battlefield 3 at the LOWEST settings, at 1280x720....... Same results. Goes from my idle 22C, to around 55C (Sticks for 20 seconds) then it starts climbing to the 80's. I shut off the game at 78C. What the hell is going on! Do I have a defective Cooler on me hands?

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Okay, so I just ran Battlefield 3 at the LOWEST settings, at 1280x720....... Same results. Goes from my idle 22C, to around 55C (Sticks for 20 seconds) then it starts climbing to the 80's. I shut off the game at 78C. What the hell is going on! Do I have a defective Cooler on me hands?

is the top and exhaust or intake?

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From what I understand about small arrows on fans it would seem as if you are pushing air downwards towards the gpu. So try and turn the fan around so that it's pulling air upwards and out of the case.

PC Specs: Case: NZXT Phantom 530; Motherboard: Maximus VI Formula; CPU: Intel Haswell I5 4670k; CPU Cooler: Intel Stock (for now); RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 2x4GB 1600 MHz; GPU: XFX Radeon HD 7950 DD; HDD: WD 1TB Caviar Black; SSD: Samsung 840 EVO; PSU: Corsair AX 860; Monitor: Asus MX23H

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So if I'm correct what is happening is that all the warm air is staying inside the case and is also heating up the gpu

PC Specs: Case: NZXT Phantom 530; Motherboard: Maximus VI Formula; CPU: Intel Haswell I5 4670k; CPU Cooler: Intel Stock (for now); RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 2x4GB 1600 MHz; GPU: XFX Radeon HD 7950 DD; HDD: WD 1TB Caviar Black; SSD: Samsung 840 EVO; PSU: Corsair AX 860; Monitor: Asus MX23H

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Are your volts at stock? It can be your motherboard delivering too much power, try clearing CMOS.

My PC specs; Processor: Intel i5 2500K @4.6GHz, Graphics card: Sapphire AMD R9 Nano 4GB DD Overclocked @1050MHz Core and 550 MHz Memory. Hard Drives: 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM, 2TB Western Digital Green Drive, Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V , Power Supply: OCZ ZS series 750W 80+ Bronze certified, Case: NZXT S340, Memory: Corsair Vengance series Ram, Dual Channel kit @ 1866 Mhz, 10-11-10-30 Timings, 4x4 GB DIMMs. Cooler: CoolerMaster Seidon 240V

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