Hi there,
I've built my first gaming pc about one year ago and untill recently it worked perfectly. But since about 4 weeks now, the cpu temperatures keep getting hotter and hotter. The temperatures with only skype and google chrome opened (taskmanager says usage is around 0%-2%) went towards 50-55 degrees celcius.
I am running an AMD fx-8320 cpu with the stockfan. I have 1 case-input-fan that came with the case and the PSU is supposingly my output fan. I know this may not seem like a good airflow but it worked fine at first, so I decided not to buy an extra input- and exhaust fan.
I initially thought I just had to re-apply some thermal paste, so that's what I did. I bought the silver paste that is meant for overclocking and stuff like that at a local hardware store. I applied it and since the heatsink got really hot when the pc was running I assumed that it was applied correctly.
After re-applying the thermal paste there was little to no difference and the temperatures kept increasing. After being on google chrome for 10 minutes while skype is active in the background HWMonitor tells me I've had temperatures between 49-64 degrees celcius. This really worries me. Especially because the cpu fan runs at 5800RPM (speeds I never used to reach before) and makes a lot of noise. It really sounds like the pc is screaming for help xD.
What could be the cause of these insane temperatures while the pc is being 'idle'? And why does this happen after about a year and not directly after I built it?
P.S. I may need to add that when I open the case while the pc is running the temperature drops about 5-8 degrees celsius. (I am using the Fractal Design core 1000 which doesn't really offers a lot of airflow).
Thanks in advance,
Jacco
I've built my first gaming pc about one year ago and untill recently it worked perfectly. But since about 4 weeks now, the cpu temperatures keep getting hotter and hotter. The temperatures with only skype and google chrome opened (taskmanager says usage is around 0%-2%) went towards 50-55 degrees celcius.
I am running an AMD fx-8320 cpu with the stockfan. I have 1 case-input-fan that came with the case and the PSU is supposingly my output fan. I know this may not seem like a good airflow but it worked fine at first, so I decided not to buy an extra input- and exhaust fan.
I initially thought I just had to re-apply some thermal paste, so that's what I did. I bought the silver paste that is meant for overclocking and stuff like that at a local hardware store. I applied it and since the heatsink got really hot when the pc was running I assumed that it was applied correctly.
After re-applying the thermal paste there was little to no difference and the temperatures kept increasing. After being on google chrome for 10 minutes while skype is active in the background HWMonitor tells me I've had temperatures between 49-64 degrees celcius. This really worries me. Especially because the cpu fan runs at 5800RPM (speeds I never used to reach before) and makes a lot of noise. It really sounds like the pc is screaming for help xD.
What could be the cause of these insane temperatures while the pc is being 'idle'? And why does this happen after about a year and not directly after I built it?
P.S. I may need to add that when I open the case while the pc is running the temperature drops about 5-8 degrees celsius. (I am using the Fractal Design core 1000 which doesn't really offers a lot of airflow).
Thanks in advance,
Jacco
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