CPU temps 60-75 degrees C while gaming

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DonQuixoteMC
Hm. Not awfully familiar with the impact of Runescape. I'm guessing it's fairly CPU bound, so this might not be abnormal. Try waiting a day or two. These temperatures are totally fine, safety wise, just a little high if they're in the 70s at stock. I'm just wondering if they'll drop as the thermal paste "burns in."

Have you made sure the cooler is on tight?
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Depends a bit on the game and the CPU you have

I'm guessing you aren't overclocking and are just using the cooler that came with your CPU?

In that case, playing a CPU intense game might lead to those temperatures. Still a little high though. I would expect closer to the 60s range, and less in the 70s.

How dusty is your case?
 
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Its a brand new build, I have an Intel i3 6100 and using the cooler that came with it. I'm playing runescape

 
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Hm. Not awfully familiar with the impact of Runescape. I'm guessing it's fairly CPU bound, so this might not be abnormal. Try waiting a day or two. These temperatures are totally fine, safety wise, just a little high if they're in the 70s at stock. I'm just wondering if they'll drop as the thermal paste "burns in."

Have you made sure the cooler is on tight?
 
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Yes I'm pretty sure its on good and it is cpu bound game
 
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Those temps are fine, but the coolers they throw in with the chip are lame for gaming, and I'd imagine it is probably running at 100% when you're gaming, which is noisy. As 13thmonkey said, an aftermarket cooler makes all the difference. The $ 30 Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is probably the most popular one of all time and has excellent reviews on Newegg- over 4000 of them! Something to think about down the road, if your case can fit it.
 
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Perhaps Muath hasn't run into a game that can make a CPU get hot, but it will happen eventually. Exactly- an aftermarket cooler will be quieter under load, and the stock cooler probably won't keep up when a punishing game comes his way. Besides, we're talking about $30 here. Some people can get by just fine without them, but they sell like hotcakes to enthusiasts for a reason. I said it's "Something to think about down the road", not "You must get one now".

 
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The temps are fine, runescape is more cpu bound. If the cooler is louder than you like I'd go for something like a cryorig h7 or 212 evo. Initially review sites speculated that intel would ship with a new 'stock' fan the ts15a cooler which is similar to previous stock coolers but with heatpipes and over twice the height.

That didn't seem to pan out since reviews I've seen of the i7 6700 non k it's shipping with the same ol' hunk of aluminum with an annoying 92mm fan strapped to it they've been using since the core 2 duo days. Given the temps over 70c I'd say the fan is likely kicking in to full speed and the stock heatsink just doesn't have the capability to handle heat at the lower sound levels of even a 'simple' cooler like the 212evo/h7 which incorporate several heatpipes with larger fans.

It's up to you whether $25-30 is worth it or not. Granted some coolers have nearly the same noise at max rpm's but the aftermarket coolers don't have to run as hard to keep the cpu cool, meaning the fans can run slower and quieter. Just about anything is better than the stock cooler more times than not, I never even unpack them personally.
 
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