CPU Temp??

[Mr. Mantis]

Hi, whenever I'm running Forza Horizon 3 (installed on C: drive) my CPU temp is usually about 65C to 70C and about 50% to 65% utilization. Are these normal temps? Also should I have a better heatsink rather than the stock Intel one? I would appreciate the help. Thanks.

 

My PC Specs:

 

Motherboard: Dell XPS 8930 Motherboard.

 

CPU: Intel i5 8400 with stock Intel Heatsink.

 

GPU: GTX 1060 6gb FE.

 

RAM: Dell XPS 8930 1 x 8gb DDR4 RAM.

 

PSU: Dell XPS 8930 450W PSU.

 

Storage: Toshiba 256gb SSD C: paired with WD Black 750gb 7200rpm Laptop Drive.

 

Case: Dell XPS 8930 Case.

[WickedStarfish]

65 - 70 degrees isn't really in my opinion what would be considered bad, my i5 4670 with the stock cooler would run at 90+ degrees when running games such as forza

[aezakmi]

that's ok

[Enderman]

90+ is bad.

[K i a r a]

Its not "Bad"

Id suggest you get a Heat sink tho..

 

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Is mostly everyones Pick for a cheap priced Good cooler, I also use one! And have for 5ish years.

 

Id strongly recommend 

 

[WickedStarfish]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

90+ is bad.

yeah that's why i got a different cooler and these are my new temps, - just had forza open for a few minutes and drove around for a bit 

[DimasRMDO]

It's fine, shouldn't you be worried. But if it goes around 100C then you really need to do something like getting a better heatsink, clean inside your case, etc.

Unless you're going to mess around with your CPU like overclocking then stock heatsink is enough.