Weird Overheating issue

[DeathStalkerGR]

Hey guys , just yesterday I played a little Diablo 3 and I've experienced some major frame drops for a couple of seconds that persisted in my one hour long play session. I stopped playing annoyed, and thought that it may have been a Diablo bug. But I was wrong as later today these 3-5 second *major* frame drops occurred when I was playing Don't Starve , and also PES 2016, which are not heavy games , including Diablo 3. So I ran a temperature test and saw my AMD Phenom  ii X4 Black Edition being under HUGE stress, in the area of 80 degrees celsius which is over 20 degrees from the manufacturers maximum. I know 60 degrees after a use of 6 years isn't realistic, but I've became accustomed to 65 tops, not 80 or more...  For the record I have an Arctic Cooling Freezer A11 which does mediocre work. Long story short I've cleaned my rig of dust, and reapplied *TWICE* with thermal paste and I've realised that after my CPU reaches these temps, the cooler itself is cold. The fans work properly all of them, and I don't know what to do. The screws tight so my cooler isn't loose. any help? Sorry for the long post.

[GirlFromYonder]

4 minutes ago, DeathStalkerGR said:

Hey guys , just yesterday I played a little Diablo 3 and I've experienced some major frame drops for a couple of seconds that persisted in my one hour long play session. I stopped playing annoyed, and thought that it may have been a Diablo bug. But I was wrong as later today these 3-5 second *major* frame drops occurred when I was playing Don't Starve , and also PES 2016, which are not heavy games , including Diablo 3. So I ran a temperature test and saw my AMD Phenom  ii X4 Black Edition being under HUGE stress, in the area of 80 degrees celsius which is over 20 degrees from the manufacturers maximum. I know 60 degrees after a use of 6 years isn't realistic, but I've became accustomed to 65 tops, not 80 or more...  For the record I have an Arctic Cooling Freezer A11 which does mediocre work. Long story short I've cleaned my rig of dust, and reapplied *TWICE* with thermal paste and I've realised that after my CPU reaches these temps, the cooler itself is cold. The fans work properly all of them, and I don't know what to do. The screws tight so my cooler isn't loose. any help? Sorry for the long post.

Did the temperature increase in ur room, try with the sidepanel off. if not get a new cooler  guess

[henkka_scorpio]

First question: have you overclocked it? Second question: (i know a stupid question but still) have you put enough thermal paste?

[DeathStalkerGR]

My room temp isn't a lot higher than 20 C. So reaching in "stress" 80 is just plain ridiculous.  In idle it sits on 35-40 which is fine if I do *nothing* at all.

 

[DeathStalkerGR]

2 minutes ago, henkka_scorpio said:

First question: have you overclocked it? Second question: (i know a stupid question but still) have you put enough thermal paste?

No I've never OC'd and I think I've put a decent amount of paste. If it persists I'll clean it and reapply with a generous amount .  

[henkka_scorpio]

3 minutes ago, DeathStalkerGR said:

reapply with a generous amount .  

*applies thermal paste* http://i.nextmedia.com.au/Utils/ImageResizer.ashx?n=http%3A%2F%2Fi.nextmedia.com.au%2FFeatures%2FThermal+Paste+System+Builder.JPG&w=640&c=0

"oops"

 

But seriously. The fan should be more than sufficient for the processor according to the stats. Try opening side panel and look if the fan spins fast when heating up, if it is then i have no clue.

[DeathStalkerGR]

2 minutes ago, henkka_scorpio said:

*applies thermal paste* http://i.nextmedia.com.au/Utils/ImageResizer.ashx?n=http%3A%2F%2Fi.nextmedia.com.au%2FFeatures%2FThermal+Paste+System+Builder.JPG&w=640&c=0

"oops"

 

But seriously. The fan should be more than sufficient for the processor according to the stats. Try opening side panel and look if the fan spins fast when heating up, if it is then i have no clue.

LOL, not *that* generous of amount. I'll check that but I think the spinning is fine .   Thanks thought .