- Aug 31, 2013
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Ok, so I have an Athlon X4 760k , and it works perfect for league, the only game i really play. ive been going fine for a long time, but lately, i started seeing drops to even 45 fps in game, it is pretty low seeing as how i should be getting well above 120.
I've been looking high and low for a reason on why my fps was so low, and im pretty sure i've figured it out. I'm pretty sure my CPU is going well beyond the temp it should be, like way beyond.
Right now while im idle, typing this out, Core temp says im at 90 degrees celcius, HWmonitor says the exact same thing, and while im playing any game, or under any kind of load at all, it goes up to 120 degrees, ive seen it go as high as 125.
The first thing i thought of is that my computer was hella dusty, and while there was some dust in there. i clean it fairly often. So i almost thought that i just had a sensor issue, but my fans are always screaming at me and the case is warm to the touch.
Now i think that since i have a mini tower, that all of the cords are blocking some airflow, add that to the fact im using a stock cooler , sounds like a recipe for disaster. You'd think with 120 degrees, it would just shut itself off before it melts.
I'm going to start looking for a new case and cpu fan soon, but i thought i'd ask you guys first to see if you had any other ideas on the cause maybe? I'm all out of ideas
I've been looking high and low for a reason on why my fps was so low, and im pretty sure i've figured it out. I'm pretty sure my CPU is going well beyond the temp it should be, like way beyond.
Right now while im idle, typing this out, Core temp says im at 90 degrees celcius, HWmonitor says the exact same thing, and while im playing any game, or under any kind of load at all, it goes up to 120 degrees, ive seen it go as high as 125.
The first thing i thought of is that my computer was hella dusty, and while there was some dust in there. i clean it fairly often. So i almost thought that i just had a sensor issue, but my fans are always screaming at me and the case is warm to the touch.
Now i think that since i have a mini tower, that all of the cords are blocking some airflow, add that to the fact im using a stock cooler , sounds like a recipe for disaster. You'd think with 120 degrees, it would just shut itself off before it melts.
I'm going to start looking for a new case and cpu fan soon, but i thought i'd ask you guys first to see if you had any other ideas on the cause maybe? I'm all out of ideas
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