My new PC's specs are as follows:
When I power up the PC, the temp with Firefox and Steam open lingers at about 46C with the occasional jump to ~60C, according to Speccy. I know this is quite high but the PC operates fine so far. However, when I tried to play Minecraft, it shot up to 73C and steadily climbed to 80C, where I closed it to prevent overheating. Other than that, the game ran perfectly fine at 60fps.
What could be causing the high temps? I've already re-applied thermal paste and reseated the cooler and heatsink, and the PC is in a room at about room temperature, with neither side pressed against a wall. I've heard that the AMD stock cooler isn't great, but I don't think they'd sell something that brings a CPU up to 80C after 5 minutes of Minecraft. Is there anything else I can try other than just buying a new cooler? I really don't want to have to spend any more on one if I can get the PC to work fine without.
AMD Athlon X4 CPU (stock heatsink)
Kingston 1x4GB RAM
MSI A88X-G43
GTX750 (monitor at 1280x1024 and a TV at 1804x1014 to compensate for the overscan)
2TB Hitachi HDD
When I power up the PC, the temp with Firefox and Steam open lingers at about 46C with the occasional jump to ~60C, according to Speccy. I know this is quite high but the PC operates fine so far. However, when I tried to play Minecraft, it shot up to 73C and steadily climbed to 80C, where I closed it to prevent overheating. Other than that, the game ran perfectly fine at 60fps.
What could be causing the high temps? I've already re-applied thermal paste and reseated the cooler and heatsink, and the PC is in a room at about room temperature, with neither side pressed against a wall. I've heard that the AMD stock cooler isn't great, but I don't think they'd sell something that brings a CPU up to 80C after 5 minutes of Minecraft. Is there anything else I can try other than just buying a new cooler? I really don't want to have to spend any more on one if I can get the PC to work fine without.