- Apr 25, 2015
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I have owned my computer for just under five years now and have never really experienced any performance issues. However, approximately two weeks ago, I noticed my computer's speed to drop significantly; I checked up on my task manager and noticed that with running google chrome with a single tab (nothing else except task manager open) my CPU was running at 100%. Only recently had I come up with the idea to take a look at my computer on OCCT and noticed that all four of my cores on my i5-2500k processor were running with an average temperature of about 95C. This temperature can be confirmed with BIOS, Realtemp, and CPUID HWMonitor. I have overclocked in the past and had done so not too long before my computer experienced this sudden drop in performance. The Overclock on OCCT is showing an average of -50.0% (varies between -75% to -20%) and divebombs to -75% whenever I open any application.
I had hoped that this would maybe be some issue with dust buildup or some issue with my thermal paste, but after using compressed air to clean the pc and re-applying new thermal paste (Insignia brand) to the cooling unit, the temperature continues to stay at mid 90C, even after double checking the the cooling unit was properly seated.
Could this be my processor beginning to fail/deteriorate? An idea of mine is that perhaps my Corsair LCS is malfunctioning (sorry I don't know the exact model of the LCS). What steps should I take to possibly remedy this problem? I'm not exactly the most experienced individual when it comes to computers.
I have checked the voltage for my CPU (w/ CPUID HWMonitor) and the CPU VCORE (I'm assuming is what is relevant here) hovers around 1V. Online resources say that the CPU that I am using can handle up to 1.25V, so I do not believe that I am overvolting my cpu (unless I'm looking at the wrong thing). CPUID and OCCT show an airflow temperature of 30C, and my GPU temperature is just under 40C. It appears that only the CPU is experiencing excessively high temperatures. Upon touching the LCS that contacts the cpu, I feel a warm temperature but nowhere near 90C, and the exhaust fan for the LCS blows rather cool air...perhaps the LCS is malfunctioning?
Computer Specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
CPU: Intel i5-2500k 3.30GHz, 4 Cores
RAM: 8.00GB
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6850
LCS: Corsair Brand
I had hoped that this would maybe be some issue with dust buildup or some issue with my thermal paste, but after using compressed air to clean the pc and re-applying new thermal paste (Insignia brand) to the cooling unit, the temperature continues to stay at mid 90C, even after double checking the the cooling unit was properly seated.
Could this be my processor beginning to fail/deteriorate? An idea of mine is that perhaps my Corsair LCS is malfunctioning (sorry I don't know the exact model of the LCS). What steps should I take to possibly remedy this problem? I'm not exactly the most experienced individual when it comes to computers.
I have checked the voltage for my CPU (w/ CPUID HWMonitor) and the CPU VCORE (I'm assuming is what is relevant here) hovers around 1V. Online resources say that the CPU that I am using can handle up to 1.25V, so I do not believe that I am overvolting my cpu (unless I'm looking at the wrong thing). CPUID and OCCT show an airflow temperature of 30C, and my GPU temperature is just under 40C. It appears that only the CPU is experiencing excessively high temperatures. Upon touching the LCS that contacts the cpu, I feel a warm temperature but nowhere near 90C, and the exhaust fan for the LCS blows rather cool air...perhaps the LCS is malfunctioning?
Computer Specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
CPU: Intel i5-2500k 3.30GHz, 4 Cores
RAM: 8.00GB
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6850
LCS: Corsair Brand
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