Red cpu led

[JayBee805]

Hello , I just got my first gaming pc .. it’s been great but today I got far cry 5 and when I play it the red led cpu on the motherboard goes on , it’s only with FC5 . When I play TW3 or GTA5 light is off ... only goes on with FC5??

[AskTJ]

Might be a temp warning. Test your temps during the games.

[JayBee805]

6 minutes ago, AskTJ said:

Might be a temp warning. Test your temps during the games.

Stupid question , but how do I check ? And what temps should I have ? 

[AskTJ]

30 minutes ago, JayBee805 said:

Stupid question , but how do I check ? And what temps should I have ? 

OpenHardWare monitor works best for me. Look under CPU and GPU temps.

[JayBee805]

1 hour ago, AskTJ said:

OpenHardWare monitor works best for me. Look under CPU and GPU temps.

Thanks , but isn’t weird that none of my games get it other than FC5?

[Macxd]

FC5 maybe putting a more load on more cores and threads causing more  heat then the other games.

[Geotropism]

Download MSI Afterburner if you want to monitor FPS/Temperature/Core clocks/GPU and CPU usage in game. HWMonitor is another good choice but it doesn't monitor in game.

[JayBee805]

6 hours ago, Geotropism said:

Download MSI Afterburner if you want to monitor FPS/Temperature/Core clocks/GPU and CPU usage in game. HWMonitor is another good choice but it doesn't monitor in game.

Thank you. .