cpu getting hot during gaming

[striker477]

This was after a couple hours of gaming on gta 5. Running a I5 6600k clocked at 4.4Ghz. 

 

 

 

Is this safe? What would be causing it to get quite that hot?

 

Here is my pc build. 

[19_blackie_73]

it's on the limit, I'd suggest getting a beefier cooler

[bgibbz]

3 minutes ago, striker477 said:

This was after a couple hours of gaming on gta 5. Running a I5 6600k clocked at 4.4Ghz. 

 

 

 

Is this safe? What would be causing it to get quite that hot?

 

Here is my pc build. 

Games stress the CPU, which causes heat. Get a better cooler. 

[GDRRiley]

The cooler is having a hard time keeping up. 92 getting hot. I would say lower the OC until you get a better cooler.

[striker477]

I was wondering if cooler wasn't cutting it for some reason anymore, eventhough the system has been together for quite some time and has been fine. Or seeing if trying to turn my cpu cooler the other direction might help. Right now it's pointing up/down in the case and had it set up to vent out of the top where the 240mm case fan exhaust was. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

90C for the entire package is running pretty hot. Either downclock the CPU or get a better cooler.

[striker477]

2 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

The cooler is having a hard time keeping up. 92 getting hot. I would say lower the OC until you get a better cooler.

I will try disabling the OC and see if that changes things much. Just weird that it randomly started happening and it's been running fine for months. 

[Imakuni]

5 minutes ago, striker477 said:

This was after a couple hours of gaming on gta 5. Running a I5 6600k clocked at 4.4Ghz. 

Did you know: your CPU is thermal throttling. It's not even getting to the requested 4.4ghz!

 

So no, you are not safe. Either:

1. Reduce voltage. Say, 1.3v. That's what I run mine on, I can't go any higher (not with my cooler anyway). Speaking of which,
2. Get a better cooler. Will cost you money, though.

[GDRRiley]

2 minutes ago, striker477 said:

I will try disabling the OC and see if that changes things much. Just weird that it randomly started happening and it's been running fine for months. 

you don't have to disable it just run something easier with less voltage. 

[striker477]

8 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Did you know: your CPU is thermal throttling. It's not even getting to the requested 4.4ghz!

 

So no, you are not safe. Either:

1. Reduce voltage. Say, 1.3v. That's what I run mine on, I can't go any higher (not with my cooler anyway). Speaking of which,
2. Get a better cooler. Will cost you money, though.

Yeah, a better cooler probably wouldn't hurt, I will probably have to go water cooling with my current case the cooler barely clears the fan on the door. Wouldn't have enought room for a 212 evo or something like that. 

[striker477]

So i reset it back to stock speed. and within minutes I'm shooting up in temp, I noticed on HWMonitor it shows it reached 3900MHz I'm assuming it's turbo boosting. Should it be doing that? 

 

 

 

Is it signs that I just need to look into another cpu cooler or is something else deeper wrong? 

 

 

[Imakuni]

17 minutes ago, striker477 said:

So i reset it back to stock speed. and within minutes I'm shooting up in temp, I noticed on HWMonitor it shows it reached 3900MHz I'm assuming it's turbo boosting. Should it be doing that? 

 

 

 

Is it signs that I just need to look into another cpu cooler or is something else deeper wrong? 

 

 

Did you not hear me? Your voltage is too high. Look, you are running at 1.328v. Running on auto won't help you, as you can clearly see. Voltage is still a bit too high for your cooling solution.

 

Set it to manual and, as I said, put in 1.3v. You can even try to get your 4.4ghz in if you want (mine stops at 4.3), but please, reduce your voltage.

[striker477]

16 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Did you not hear me? Your voltage is too high. Look, you are running at 1.328v. Running on auto won't help you, as you can clearly see. Voltage is still a bit too high for your cooling solution.

 

Set it to manual and, as I said, put in 1.3v. You can even try to get your 4.4ghz in if you want (mine stops at 4.3), but please, reduce your voltage.

Thanks I didn't even notice that I don't know why it was doing that thought because in bios it was set on auto at like 1.02V and i changed it to manual at 1.3V. I will give it another shot. 

 

Thanks for your help. 

[Imakuni]

5 minutes ago, striker477 said:

Thanks I didn't even notice that I don't know why it was doing that thought because in bios it was set on auto at like 1.02V and i changed it to manual at 1.3V. I will give it another shot. 

 

Thanks for your help. 

If you have it on auto, it'll change voltage depending on load. While on bios, where load is next to non existent, it'll drop down (to 1.02, it seems). But as soon as you add load to it, the thing will shot up to whatever the BIOS deems necessary, which in your case seems to be 1.328v.

[striker477]

17 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

If you have it on auto, it'll change voltage depending on load. While on bios, where load is next to non existent, it'll drop down (to 1.02, it seems). But as soon as you add load to it, the thing will shot up to whatever the BIOS deems necessary, which in your case seems to be 1.328v.

That makes sense kinda crazy bios would be wanting it to have that much power even at stock speed, I set it to 1.3V and the package temp got up to 80 degrees max. Which sounds a fair amount better. 

 

I'm confused though  VID Voltage is maxing at 1.344 now which is higher than it was. I was told that VID what voltage level is requested by the cpu to the motherboards voltage regulator. Why did the number rise after I changed the actual Voltage which would be listed under Vcore on HWMonitor correct? 

[Imakuni]

2 minutes ago, striker477 said:

That makes sense kinda crazy bios would be wanting it to have that much power even at stock speed, I set it to 1.3V and the package temp got up to 80 degrees max. Which sounds a fair amount better. 

 

I'm confused though  VID Voltage is maxing at 1.344 now which is higher than it was. I was told that VID what voltage level is requested by the cpu to the motherboards voltage regulator. Why did the number rise after I changed the actual Voltage which would be listed under Vcore on HWMonitor correct? 

Can you give us a full HWMonitor screenshot please?

 

Also, did you set voltage to manual (not offset / adaptive / whatever)?

[striker477]

19 minutes ago, striker477 said:

ense kinda crazy bios would be wanting it to have that much power even at stock speed, I set it to 1.3V and the package temp got up to 80 degrees max. Which sounds a fair amount better. 

 

I'm confused though  VID Voltage is maxing at 1.344 now which is higher than it was. I was to

i'm sorry I meant to say I set it to 1.2V at 4.2GHz and yes i have it set on manual

 

 

First image is at 1.2V @ 4.2

second is 1.3V @ 4.4

 

 

 

 

 

[Imakuni]

@striker477Oh, don't worry. Sometimes, readings can differ, but that's normal. Yours is running at 1.296v just fine. Take a look at mine, for example:

[striker477]

@ImakuniThat's weird that your VID is lower than your Vcore and mine is always higher. So would it be safe to assume staying at 1.2V @ 4.2? or why is my temps rising that big of a difference going to 1.3 @ 4.4? 

[Imakuni]

4 minutes ago, striker477 said:

@ImakuniThat's weird that your VID is lower than your Vcore and mine is always higher.

It happens on a case by case basis. Sometimes both readings are correct, sometimes only the top one is right (and the bottom one is stupid, either up or down) and even the mobo one is completely off in some instances. For... whatever reason. Skylake platforms have problems with reporting numbers back.

 

6 minutes ago, striker477 said:

So would it be safe to assume staying at 1.2V @ 4.2? or why is my temps rising that big of a difference going to 1.3 @ 4.4? 

The big difference comes from the fact that higher voltages is the second thing that matters for heat generation (1st one being load, but let's ignore that). Going from 1.2 to 1.3 is quite a lot, and that causes temps to go up so much. Going from from 4.2ghz to 4.4ghz also increases temps a little, though it's effect is not as big as the increase caused by voltage. Couple that with lackluster cooling, and you have a recipe for a toaster.

 

Given your temps, I'd say it's best to stick to 1.2v at 4.2ghz. Try that out. If you ever have BSOD problems, fear not: you still have a little more room to increase voltages, even if your current cooler. If needed, up it a notch and see if you can keep your 4.2 then. So long as you don't go over 83, you'll be fine.

[striker477]

@Imakuni Ok, thank you very much for your help I will give it a spin for a while and see how it goes. 

 

I wonder if trying to orient my cooler the other direction would affect temps any. 

[Imakuni]

2 minutes ago, striker477 said:

I wonder if trying to orient my cooler the other direction would affect temps any. 

What can I say...

 

See if you get lucky.