CPU temps seem a little too high? please help!

nightfireman

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Apr 17, 2016
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My CPU's temps look pretty high too me when im gaming. can someone confirm that they are high and i should worry? and if they are high can someone tell me how to fix it?
I got my temperatures from CPUID HWMonitor
my bios temps are broken i think because it keeps going up by .5 unrealistically.


CPU temps from HWmonitor:
Value: 88°C (189°F)
Min: 81°C (177°F)
Max: 99°C (209°F)

i bought a new thing arctic silver 5 thermal compound and put it on the first time but i think it was too much so i removed it and applied a little dab of it the second time which is now.

Specs:
A10-5800K
Asrock FM2a75m-dgs
Kingston Hyperx 8gb 1866mhz
Gtx 750ti
bronze certified 500 psu
500gb HDD 7200rpm
running two monitors (1 is 19", 2 is 32")

the whole rig is about 5 years old and i just bought the ram and gpu this year.
 
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That's way too high, are you overclocking?
The boxed cooler should be sufficient if you are not overclocking.
Check if it is seated right.
Feel the bottom of the cooler if it gets hot. If you get a high temp and the cooler stays cool it is not seated right.
If you apply new thermal grease, make sure you thoroughly clean the cpu and the cooler before applying.
Maybe update the bios if it's showing wrong temperatures.

Ger Dumont

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Sep 12, 2013
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That's way too high, are you overclocking?
The boxed cooler should be sufficient if you are not overclocking.
Check if it is seated right.
Feel the bottom of the cooler if it gets hot. If you get a high temp and the cooler stays cool it is not seated right.
If you apply new thermal grease, make sure you thoroughly clean the cpu and the cooler before applying.
Maybe update the bios if it's showing wrong temperatures.
 
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