Just bought a new mobo with a new i7-4790K CPU a week or so back. I live in a tropical country with room temperature around 31C in the day. Using MSI Afterburner, my CPU registers about 40C while idling, but when gaming (particularly CS-GO), it reaches 90C+ to even 100C+ constantly. Even on a "non full-3D" game (e.g. Dota 2), it goes up to 70C. Very marginal improvements even when I take off the casing cover/
I have re-applied the thermal paste using Artic MX-4, but the only good I see is that the CPU temperature recovers to idle-state levels faster. Any idea what is going on?
P.S. On a side note, my 1TB HDD randomly disconnects. A failing PSU perhaps?
Specs:
OS: Win 7 Home Edition (64-bit)
Mobo: ASUS Z97-PRO
CPU: i7-4790K (No OC, stock cooler)
GPU: Palit GTX 650 TI BOOST
PSU: 550W
Storage: Samsung EVO 250GB SSD, 1 TB HDD, 250GB HDD
RAM: 2 x 8GB Kingston DDR3 HYPER-X
Others: 120mm case cooler
I have re-applied the thermal paste using Artic MX-4, but the only good I see is that the CPU temperature recovers to idle-state levels faster. Any idea what is going on?
P.S. On a side note, my 1TB HDD randomly disconnects. A failing PSU perhaps?
Specs:
OS: Win 7 Home Edition (64-bit)
Mobo: ASUS Z97-PRO
CPU: i7-4790K (No OC, stock cooler)
GPU: Palit GTX 650 TI BOOST
PSU: 550W
Storage: Samsung EVO 250GB SSD, 1 TB HDD, 250GB HDD
RAM: 2 x 8GB Kingston DDR3 HYPER-X
Others: 120mm case cooler
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