Is my CPU cool enough?

thetortuga747 · Sep 7, 2014

I have recently installed multiple upgrades to my desktop. I replaced the stock CPU Cooler, added a discrete GPU (Nvidia GT 730) and have added a rear exhaust fan. I have been monitoring the CPU temperatures through Speccy and HWmonitor and have noticed an idle temperature of 53 degrees, and a temperature of 60-78 degrees when running applications such as Minecraft and TF2. Sometimes this can briefly reach above 80 degrees. My case temperature readings are at 30 idle and about 37-45 while using. Is this at all bad? I haven't noticed any performance degrades.

Karsten75 · Sep 7, 2014

I suspect you installed the cooler incorrectly. The temperatures of the CPU seem to be a tad on the high side.

kanewolf · Sep 7, 2014

I would agree that those temps are generally too high. Read Tom's Guide on thermal paste, verify the tightness of the heatsink and the direction the fan is blowing.

thetortuga747 · Sep 7, 2014

kanewolf :

My heat sink (CoolerMaster Hyper T2) can only blow the the air up or towards the bottom of the case. I currently have it blowing down. Should I reverse the direction? I'll check on tightening the heatsink in a bit.

thetortuga747 · Sep 7, 2014

Just figured out the problem. My heat sink has slipped a few centimeters off the side of the cpu. Thanks for the help guys!

kanewolf · Sep 7, 2014

Usually you want the fan to blow from front to back (toward the ports). An up/down orientation might mean you need to rotate the heatsink 90 degrees. That might also improve the contact with the CPU. The CoolerMaster website doesn't have the installation instructions that I can view, but I BET that it should be oriented with the narrow part of the heatsink pointed to the graphics card.

thetortuga747 · Sep 7, 2014

kanewolf :

I'm trying to position the cooler so that it does blow over the ports, but I cant get it to connect with the motherboard. The clip can only fit in a way that allows the cooler to connect facing up or down

Karsten75 · Sep 7, 2014

Dude... Google it. It can fit on a 90 degree rotation from what you have it. Nobody would be stupid enough to make a cooler that can't blow the air out of the case.

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