Very high temperature while gaming.

Ruttlik · November 19, 2018

Hello there,

I bought my current PC almost 3 years ago, but I would like to upgrade some parts (upcoming black friday sales). Note that I have been hitting very high temperatures while gaming (80-90s) and I'm not sure why, is it that a part can't keep up with the rest? or do I just have a bad cooling system? If you have any questions regarding my specs or anything that I didn't post (I downloaded speccy and just copy pasted) please let me know.

Here are my current specs (nothing open):

Operating System

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

CPU

Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.00GHz 40 °C

Haswell 22nm Technology

RAM

8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 800MHz (9-9-9-24)

Motherboard

MSI Z97 GAMING 3 (MS-7918) (SOCKET 0) 37 °C

Graphics

VG248 (1920x1080@144Hz)

4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (MSI) 59 °C

Storage

232GB Crucial CT250BX100SSD1 ATA Device (SATA (SSD)) 28 °C

931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-08Y20A0 ATA Device (SATA ) 29 °C

931GB Western Digital WD Elements 10B8 USB Device (USB (SATA) ) 24 °C

Optical Drives

TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224FB ATA Device

Audio

Realtek High Definition Audio

LukeSavenije · November 19, 2018

case? cooler? thermal paste? prebuild or self-built?

Ruttlik · November 19, 2018

Hey Luke,

I'm sorry but when it comes down to computer specs I have no idea what to do and where to find them (hence why I just downloaded speccy to figure out what I even have). The computer was prebuilt by a company, I would assume that after such a long time maybe the thermal paste has worn off and might need a replacement. Do you know where I can find what cooler and what case I have?