Alright, SO, be ready to read a good chunk of writing most likely, I am a blabber mouth when I start explaining things. Here goes:
In February of this year, I built my first system. Without going over all the specs, the parts that pertain to this problem are:
CPU- Intel i5 3570K (3.4GHz, so stock speed) (I use the integrated GPU on this CPU)
MOBO-MSI B75MA
Case- MSI s-6812
RAM- 8gb (2x4gb) 1333
Stock Heatsink, with the pre-applied thermal paste. Along with 2 case fans: a 120mm and an 80mm (I think 80, I know its smaller)
For a while I never really monitored the temperature, but I never really did a ton on it. Lately, I've been multi-tasking more and just monitoring the CPU temps with HWMonitor, and they seem kinda high. Idling around maybe 40C, which as far as I can tell is fine, but once it gets going it runs kinda hot. Maybe around 80C for a long session playing Team Fortress 2, and about the same if I watch youtube and play a DS emulator at the same time. (I've been saving money for a badass GPU for gaming, things just keep coming up) I don't watch CPU usage nearly as much as the temp, but I think at most it would be at 75%, but most likely 50% usage.
So I bought the humble bundle and started playing Batman Arkham City, a game from 2009. It runs fine and all, but I stopped playing when I saw my CPU temp hovering around 90C. According to intel the CPU will throttle at 105C, and I realllly didn't like being that close to it. So I went into the bios and set the smart fan control to sit around 65C, hoping that would do it. Well today I did a bit of video editing to trim down a long video, and while it was rendering I watched some youtube. My CPU temp hit 100C! I stopped the render immediately and closed out of everything until the temp went back down to around 70C, then started writing this.
Last night, I looked into a few aftermarket heatsinks, but I don't have a ton to spend on them, and honestly from everything I read the stock should be fine if I keep it at stock speed. I live in Ohio, so winter is coming and the furnace is on now, but no vents are really by the computer. My tower is elevated off the ground and has plenty of room for circulation.
So here are my thoughts on what it could be:
Case circulation is just poor and I need a better case
I need more fans, (I have one spot open on the MOBO for a fan but no room in the case)
I need an aftermarket heatsink
Or most likely, I should just re-apply thermal paste of my own.
Am I on the right track here? What do you guys suggest I should do? Until I get it more under control I'm not going to do much gaming or anything on it. I did use the intel CPU benchmark test and my CPU isn't damaged or anything, which is a giant relief to me. (obviously)
Any help or insight you give is greatly appreciated, thanks for your time.
In February of this year, I built my first system. Without going over all the specs, the parts that pertain to this problem are:
CPU- Intel i5 3570K (3.4GHz, so stock speed) (I use the integrated GPU on this CPU)
MOBO-MSI B75MA
Case- MSI s-6812
RAM- 8gb (2x4gb) 1333
Stock Heatsink, with the pre-applied thermal paste. Along with 2 case fans: a 120mm and an 80mm (I think 80, I know its smaller)
For a while I never really monitored the temperature, but I never really did a ton on it. Lately, I've been multi-tasking more and just monitoring the CPU temps with HWMonitor, and they seem kinda high. Idling around maybe 40C, which as far as I can tell is fine, but once it gets going it runs kinda hot. Maybe around 80C for a long session playing Team Fortress 2, and about the same if I watch youtube and play a DS emulator at the same time. (I've been saving money for a badass GPU for gaming, things just keep coming up) I don't watch CPU usage nearly as much as the temp, but I think at most it would be at 75%, but most likely 50% usage.
So I bought the humble bundle and started playing Batman Arkham City, a game from 2009. It runs fine and all, but I stopped playing when I saw my CPU temp hovering around 90C. According to intel the CPU will throttle at 105C, and I realllly didn't like being that close to it. So I went into the bios and set the smart fan control to sit around 65C, hoping that would do it. Well today I did a bit of video editing to trim down a long video, and while it was rendering I watched some youtube. My CPU temp hit 100C! I stopped the render immediately and closed out of everything until the temp went back down to around 70C, then started writing this.
Last night, I looked into a few aftermarket heatsinks, but I don't have a ton to spend on them, and honestly from everything I read the stock should be fine if I keep it at stock speed. I live in Ohio, so winter is coming and the furnace is on now, but no vents are really by the computer. My tower is elevated off the ground and has plenty of room for circulation.
So here are my thoughts on what it could be:
Case circulation is just poor and I need a better case
I need more fans, (I have one spot open on the MOBO for a fan but no room in the case)
I need an aftermarket heatsink
Or most likely, I should just re-apply thermal paste of my own.
Am I on the right track here? What do you guys suggest I should do? Until I get it more under control I'm not going to do much gaming or anything on it. I did use the intel CPU benchmark test and my CPU isn't damaged or anything, which is a giant relief to me. (obviously)
Any help or insight you give is greatly appreciated, thanks for your time.