CPU Temp getting high / Overheating

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Dylan242

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Hi guys, new to this forum but seen a lot of solutions and hopefully someone can help me with this.

I recently was playing Planetside 2 (or IL2 CoD) cant remember but as i was playing my PC shut off and started up again as if the power had cut (which it hadn't) i did some research and found that this could be because my CPU was overheating, i linked this to the fact i had installed my new GTX670 2 days ago and maybe the CPU was getting too hot because of the graphics being produced and it couldn't stay cool

Anyway after research i thought id start monitoring my temps and found that my temps (non gaming 0-10%) were 50-60 or high 40s, when i entered any game, minecraft/PS2/IL2 ect the temps were hitting 80c - 90c i think it actually got to 97c at one point. i tried lowering the setting on games to see if that would help but to no avail.

i decided i put my old GPU (GT 520) in and check and it was the same, still going up to the 80c -90c while trying to play and around 50c - 60c on desktop or youtube. (My GPU Temps were fine in games 30c-40c maybe 50c+ sometimes)

I decided i take off the stock cooler and check for dust, not too much blew it off and still a decent amount of thermal paste and put it back on. no change from that. Its all fitted properly too.

Would getting a new cooler fix this, is the stock not able to handle the GTX670, is the stock cooler broken? I had it for about a year and a half now. is it possible that the one overheat has damaged a sensor or the CPU making it hot?

Specs:

Intel i7 2600k Sandy Bridge
Stock Intel Cooler
AS-ROCk h67m-ge
16Gb ram
2TB
EVGA GTX670 Signature 2 FTW Edition
Corsair G600 PSU

any other specs required ask ill get them
cant think of anything else at the moment

Thanks - Dylan
 
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planetside 2 and minecraft are very cpu intensive, when you put the heatsink back on did you clean and replace the thermalpaste?

you want to clean the old paste off and re apply it by placing a small rice grain amount to the centre of the cpu and place the heatsink down, give is some light twists and do not lift it off again at all or you will need to clean the paste and start over, once the heatsink is down and you done a few twists immediately clamp it.
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planetside 2 and minecraft are very cpu intensive, when you put the heatsink back on did you clean and replace the thermalpaste?

you want to clean the old paste off and re apply it by placing a small rice grain amount to the centre of the cpu and place the heatsink down, give is some light twists and do not lift it off again at all or you will need to clean the paste and start over, once the heatsink is down and you done a few twists immediately clamp it.
 
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1:No i have not set it to overclock
2:I dont know my room temp, it doesnt feel hot or cold :p but ill try and find out
3:CIT Vantage Midi Mesh
4: 3 Fans, 2 pulling air in from the side of the case, 1 at the front pulling air in, a vent at the back of the PC but no fan there just a grid of holes. nothing on top or the right side(Behind Motherboard)
5: I have a top mounted PSU and its fan is facing downwards
 
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ok my fans are both conecting to a small green board with a 3 pin white connector which then leads out from a 2 pin connecting cable with a 4 pin molex on the end, dont thing i can take on off and mount it on the back, unless i get a 3 pin to molex maybe? is that possible/worth it? should i buy a new fan?
 
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ok so buying a new cooler is not neccesary, i should:

Move a fan to the rear as an exaust
Replace thermal paste (Mx4)

what about cable management, Could that be a large problem? it feels to me like my main source of air is from the side as ive had do move the corsairs THICK cables towards the front of the case, and the front fan really doesnt do much because of the case design.

so could i:

Move the front fan from the front to the make making it an exaust and then just have the 2 sides and rear fan.?
Modify the case so it has a vent in top to let air out?

Cable management is at its best due to the amount of spare cables and non modular PSU and other large components also meaning the front fan has a reduced effect
 
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""It sounds like the fans are either on a splitter or speed controller.
A new fan is the most practical. If you don't have a 3 or 4-pin fan connector on your motherboard besides the CPU fan header, the only other way it seems besides a new fan + splitter or extension cable is popping out the small 3-pin connector, and removing the power and ground pins and forcing them into a molex. I do this all the time with old PCs to make the CPU fan quieter. They are set to 12v, the molex has both a 12v (yellow) and a 5v (red) and 2 grounds in the middle (black). If you take a small flathead and pop the red and black fan wires out of the small 3-pin and place the red in a yellow (for maximum speed; louder) or red (quieter) and the black in a black then you can move the fan anywhere you need it as long as the molex reaches it. This won't harm the PSU or fan as long as the leads are not touching anything else. You can do this temporarily until your new fan arrives.""




not too comfortable rewiring things as i will propably screw somthing up big time ect :p but ill see about buying a 3 pin to molex adapter and getting a new fan. im gonna see if there is actually a spare 3 connecter anywhere

EDIT: it seems there is a 3 pin socket next to where the CPU fan is connected mayby i could use that?
 
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Here some pro artwork that gives a rough idea, and ill try setting this up now :)
 
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