cpu over heating when on balanced power mode

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So like ive had my computer for 3 years now and i used to run this computer on balanced mode and i used to play games fine with no lag and in my third year i ran game and it randomly shut down my whole pc thought it wasnt a big deal but it kept happening then i googled it and downloaded a core temputer software and the cpu said it could max out at 81C but it when i tested and saw it my computer shut down when it reached 61C on balanced and im not even running the game on high and put all things to low and lowered my resolution mostly to 1024 x 768 so now i run my games on power saver mode and they lag a little but id prefer to run it smoother without any problem i asked my friend and said its getting old and i cleaned my computer also but it still does this should i buy a new cpu ,fan, or both?

i run games like

-counter strike GO
-saints row 4 & 3
-and more games that might come out and im soon upgrading my graphics card to a gtx 960

these are my specs
-(cpu) AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz(fan)a thermal take one idk exactly which one but its sqaure
-(motherboard)MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) AM3+ AMD 760G + SB710 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
-(Power) 500W
-(case) Raidmax Viper Gaming Case
-(current Card) geforce Gt 610
 
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You cleaned out the fans and stuff. But did you remember to replace thermal paste on your CPU and it's CPU cooler. If you search online and forums, it is recommended that you replace the thermal paste every 6months or so. Some people replace them ever year. It maybe due to old thermal paste that has already dried up that's why you are experiencing overheating. And take note, AMD hardware tends to run a tad hotter than intel. So cooling on AMD hardware has to be adequate.
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You cleaned out the fans and stuff. But did you remember to replace thermal paste on your CPU and it's CPU cooler. If you search online and forums, it is recommended that you replace the thermal paste every 6months or so. Some people replace them ever year. It maybe due to old thermal paste that has already dried up that's why you are experiencing overheating. And take note, AMD hardware tends to run a tad hotter than intel. So cooling on AMD hardware has to be adequate.
 
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The windows power savings settings does not lower performance or cpu temps, its things like screen brightness, sleep timings, and other things, ur cpu and gpu will still run at their stock settings or whatever it is set at in the bios.

Either change the heatsink to something better, like a CM tx3 or T4 or zalman cnps 5x. Or get some thermal paste and reapply it, but at the cost of thermal paste for double u can get a new cooler that comes with paste.

U can attempt to manually set the voltage of the cpu so it produces less heat, but requires stress testing and finding the lowest voltage it can run at stock settings and not crash. Or lower the cpu clock speed so it produces less heat but lowers performance
 
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Really Intel has a higher temperature threshold before thermal throttling than AMD does, where intel can run to 90c where amd is more 60c, but with a higher voltage than intel it is easier to put out more heat. Just needed to throw that out there lol.

 
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Yea that's why I say AMD hardwares runs a tad hotter than intel. But if you lower the core voltage manually then its a whole different story altogether. I'm pretty sure that's what you meant ?
 
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Kind of, but intel cpus can reach a much higher temp before throttling down, so really they can put out more heat as they can reach a higher temp, but for amd 1.5v is max voltage and intel is more around 1.3v before u need some better cooling and stuff. There is more than that, that effects heat output, but amd cpus do usually require more cooling than its intel counterpart. Part of it could be the spec'd tdp which is 95-125 to 225w with amd and about 65-88w with intel, which is its thermal dissipation.
 
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Yea, I knew that. Just needed to make sure I wasn't giving wrong information out :D Cause the thing that affects CPT temps are the core voltage. Higher Core Voltage = Higher Core Temperature.
 
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