System running at abnormally high temps..

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iamatechnoob

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Hi guys, got my custom rig 1-2 years ago, picked the parts myself and got the hardware guy fix it up for me. Works well but I'm always encountering overheating issues when gaming. I live in a tropical climate and temperatures are always around 28-32 degrees celcius (82 - 90 Fahrenheit) in my country.

Setup:
CoolerMaster N400 Tower Case
Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H
Intel Haswell i5-4670 @ 3.4ghz (factory OC) - Socket LGA150
2 x 4gb DDR3 Corsair Vengeance
GeForce GTX760 (2GB)
Samsung EVO SSD 120GB
Western Digital HDD 1TB
Corsair CS650M PSU
Windows 8.1

I use some Win7 widgets (CPU Meter, GPU Meter) to check temps (not sure if its accurate). My system runs at around 31-36 Celcius (89 - 97 F) at idle, and often hits over 80 Celcius (176 F) on games such as Tomb Raider (2013), Call of Duty Advanced Warfare when I run on slightly higher settings. Removing the side panel and improving air-flow in the room helps bring it slightly below 80 Celcius.

I also have 2 stock CoolerMaster Xtra Flow (120mm) fans, 1 for in-flow in the front, 1 for out-flow at the back, as well as vents at the top and right side.

Any help to improve this situation? I am considering getting 1 in-flow fan from the side, and 2 out-flow fans (all 120mm) to help with the situation but wish to get some feedback first..

Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for any help.
 
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Mr Kagouris
Well GPUs are more resilient so unless you're hitting 90C you don't have anything to really worry about there. Case fans won't do much as all they do is circulate the air in the case so hot air doesn't pile up. When the ambient temperature of the room itself is high they don't help much. All you can really do is get a CPU cooler.

Beyond that, a good solution for people in tropical climates is to do mineral oil cooling (basically submerge almost everything into a tank full of mineral oil) but that involves a bit of work and is costly.
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At idle, I expect a properly mounted cooler to show 10-15c. over ambient. You are good there.
Under load, the stock cooler will do the job, but the 92mm fan will be noisy and you will see high temperatures.
80c. seems high, but considering your ambient temperature it is not out of line.
The cpu will throttle or even shut down if it gets too hot. That is about 100c.

Because removing side panels does not help much, I conclude that adding more fans will not help either.

I suggest you replace the stock cooler with a modest tower type cooler with a 120mm fan.
$30 will buy you a cryorig H7 or cm hyper 212 cooler which will be more efficient and quieter.
 
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Heat dissipation meaning I should get a new cooler and/or replace my thermal paste? I have not much idea about both of these.

Will try to post the temps soon, should I test them separately or together? And whats the best way of testing, should I run a demanding game and leave it in the background while recording the temps, or should I run tests like Prime95?
 
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If anything is changed regarding CPU cooler, ALWAYS remove old thermal paste and apply new if not provided by cooler.

Since your base temp already is high, a good cooling solution is highly recommended. Good but costly solution would be something like Alpenföhn Brocken 2.
 
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Not sure why but HWMonitor is making my pc freeze indefinitely (left it alone for 20 mins even) after I save monitoring data. Had to force reset my PC twice. The saved file is completely empty when I open it after I restart my pc. Help?

On other notes, if I may give an informal reading:

Running Prime95 'Blend' test option: GPU idle at 41 degrees, CPU hitting 90-100 degrees.

Running Call of Duty Advanced Warfare on Ultra settings: GPU and CPU over 80 degrees
 
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Yup my coolers are all stock, I never knew there were aftermarket coolers actually. What about my GPU, do I need an aftermarket cooler for it too? I doubt there's space for both though...

Will probably get the CoolerMaster Hyper 212X, its within my budget and size limits for my mid-size tower.
 
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With the GPU you can't really do anything worth the money. Although the new generation of GPUs that use a 16nm or 14nm architecture are much more power-efficient, so if you upgrade to one of those (AMD Polaris/Nvidia Pascal) at some point you won't have this issue anymore.
 
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Okay I ran another test using CPUID to check temps while playing a game:

CPU: max 72-76 degree
GPU: max 82 degrees

Besides a CPU cooler, what is your advice on a couple more case fans? Really want to bring the temps down slightly more, don't want my GPU/CPU to burn out over prolonged gaming.
 
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Well GPUs are more resilient so unless you're hitting 90C you don't have anything to really worry about there. Case fans won't do much as all they do is circulate the air in the case so hot air doesn't pile up. When the ambient temperature of the room itself is high they don't help much. All you can really do is get a CPU cooler.

Beyond that, a good solution for people in tropical climates is to do mineral oil cooling (basically submerge almost everything into a tank full of mineral oil) but that involves a bit of work and is costly.
 
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Alright have just placed an order for Cryorig H7 tower cooler after seeing good reviews. Thanks for all the help everyone, appreciate it!
 
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