CPU Reaching crazy temps while gaming , Help?

[VladM93]

Hello,

After building my first PC and trying to check my CPU temps to make sure everything is okay,  I've noticed something strange.

Using CAM software to monitor my PC I've been notified that my CPU reached above 80degrees Celsius and it may damage my CPU in the long term.

Trying to follow up on the issue I've been following the CPU temps while gaming and as it turns out, my cpu reaches around 87.25 Celsius on average.

 

Being new to PC building I have no idea if its okay or should I be panicking like crazy.

 

My specs are :
Intel i7-7700k

CoolerMaster Hyper 612 ver 2 CPU Fan

Asus Strix Z270f

Nvidia GTX 1080

Corsair Vengence 16GB 3000Mhz

 

I did not try to overclock anything besides enabling XMP for the memory.

Help? 

 

[ImNotThere]

7700k runs very hot, whats idle temps? your only solution really is to delid

[Bananasplit_00]

Lol CAM is a softy, before 90C I would not worry 

[stefanDB]

did you apply enough thermal paste? and did you remove the plastic from the heatsink before installing it?

maybe reinstall the heatsink if you are not sure. 

[tom_w141]

3 minutes ago, VladM93 said:

Intel i7-7700k

CoolerMaster Hyper 612

7700k is notorious for its thermal issues. So when paired with a budget cooler it will run hot. Not ideal but won't do any harm.

 

DO NOT OVERCLOCK IT

[VladM93]

20 minutes ago, stefanDB said:

did you apply enough thermal paste? and did you remove the plastic from the heatsink before installing it?

maybe reinstall the heatsink if you are not sure. 

I've put a decent amount of thermal paste and did remove the plastic before installing.

 

21 minutes ago, tom_w141 said:

7700k is notorious for its thermal issues. So when paired with a budget cooler it will run hot. Not ideal but won't do any harm.

 

DO NOT OVERCLOCK IT

 

 

should I buy a different CPU cooler?

[tom_w141]

33 minutes ago, VladM93 said:

I've put a decent amount of thermal paste and did remove the plastic before installing.

 

 

should I buy a different CPU cooler?

If you want to overclock yes, get a 240mm AIO minimum

[Cpt. Issues]

1 hour ago, VladM93 said:

 

I did not try to overclock anything besides enabling XMP for the memory.

 

 

What are your temps with XMP on VS off?

 

The reason I ask is because with my motherboard there were some auto settings which kicked in with XMP and a feature on my MSI board called 'game boost' which automatically set much higher voltages than my particular CPU actually requires. Things like Intel SpeedStep which lets the CPU throttle back when not under heavy load was disabled by default which meant it was running at full speed regardless of load.

 

It may be worth checking when your ram overclocks with the XMP profile whether it is changing any other settings at the same time(?)

 

If your CPU voltages are all set to auto and you're not overclocking, try manually setting the CPU voltages to the default values suggested in the BIOS and vcore of 1.200V. It shouldn't get hot with these settings really,  75C under load max probably.

 

If XMP on or off and setting the CPU voltages and multiplier to stock/default values doesn't help then it might be worth reinstalling the cooler before buying another one taking care to clean off the the thermal paste from both the surfaces of the cooler and top of the cpu heatspreader then apply just a small < 'pea sized' amount of paste on the centre of the heatspreader. It should spread out as the cooler is tighened down though personally I like to spread a very fine layer across the heatspreader instead of relying on the cooler to splat it and have always had good results from air cooling. A lot of people will say apply enough thermal paste but what you don't want to do is apply too much and actually make heat dissapation worse, the goal is simply to take up any tiny air gaps between two surfaces which are very flat in the first instance so you don't need a lot. (Sorry if this is like teaching grandma to suck eggs but as it's your first build it might help). You said "decent amount" but you don't want the cpu drowning in thermal paste

 

Hope this helps!

 

P.s. check out youtube for videos/reviews of what people get with certain CPU overclocks and cooling solutions to make up your mind whether or not it is still worth changing the cooler; watercooling is an expensive way to go if you're not going to be making use of that extra 200-300Mhz it might afford over high end air cooling.

[VladM93]

Reinstalled the cooler and got a 3-4celsius improvement.

Eventually got the Noctua D15 and now sitting at around 75-80 while gaming.

Thank you all for the help!