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decreased i5 4570 CPU performance when playing BF4 and running the system for about 6 hrs.

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October 1, 2014 3:27:54 PM

I have a i5 4570 but for some reason after playing a game for about 2 to 2 1/2 hours I get decreased frames per second and CPU temps of 65 degrees Celsius max while playing either Borderlands 2 or Battlefield 4. I need to know if I need a better CPU heatsink and cooler since I'm using the "stock" Intel heatsink and cooler that comes with the CPU itself and also I need to know if the that temperture range is acceptable or if it's a bit high for a CPU of this model. I'm thinking that it's a bit high considering that it's causing my frames to drop and gain at a rapid pace of motion.

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October 1, 2014 3:30:44 PM

It must be throttling. I recommend the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO. Cheap and works great.
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October 1, 2014 3:36:31 PM

I use a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO. Was not my first choice but it does work great and the price is very good.

If you want top of the line you can get a closed loop liquid cooler for about $100 USD.

get some good paste with it and you should be good.

Let us know!
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October 1, 2014 3:40:04 PM

I recommend a 120mm tower cooler other than the frequently-parroted Hyper 212 EVO. That one isn't a bad cooler, but is overpriced compared to competitors (sometimes its own Hyper212 Plus). The small differences in performance (1C-3C) are not worth what may be 30%-40% differences in price. Competitors include Enermax, NZXT, Rosewill, Gammax, and even Logisys, such as this one for $22: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... .
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October 1, 2014 3:42:34 PM

And the GPU temp ?
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October 1, 2014 4:00:00 PM

65°C while gaming its not that high, download msi afterburner and check your gpu temps, gpu usage, video memory usage, cpu temps, etc.
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October 1, 2014 8:43:51 PM

I get 79 degrees Celsius max with my Geforce GTX 560 TI while gaming. But I get 31 Celsius min temps on my GPU. BTW I have the reference version of the 560 ti and I had this GPU for 2 and a half years.
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October 2, 2014 11:59:25 AM

Looks okay to me. Are you sure there is nothing running in the background? That would be my first guess.
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October 2, 2014 1:56:09 PM

maestro0428 said:
Looks okay to me. Are you sure there is nothing running in the background? That would be my first guess.
Yeah I think I solved the issue myself. I enabled "Integrated Core Enhancement" which makes all 4 cores run at their max frequencies so I disabled that so that the core speed adjusts accordingly to heat etc. and I setted the CPU fan speed to "Max" just so that it will run just fine for now til I get a new Cooler. But that solved the issue it looks like. No wonder why frames were dropping when tempertures gained, cause all cores we're working on their maximum level and it's not fluctuating the speeds based on heat.

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October 2, 2014 5:07:23 PM

From what you say, sounds like by manually setting the fan to max, you solved the problem. The fan curve in bios probably didn't hit max speed until cpu reaches 70° but there's no saying what the curve actually is. Your temp of 65° may have put you at only 50-60% fan speeds. Bios doesn't really care what the temp is, as long as it's under 70°. Using a software based, controlable fan curve like Asus Suite fan Xpert2 or speedfan will give much better results than bios, and being user controlable fan curves, you could set the fans to max out at 50° and run a sharp curve from 35° to 49° etc. Doubtful you'll ever see 65° again with a higher TDP rated cooler and a decent fan curve, on all the fans, not just cpu
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