Lepa 240MM high temps on stock AMD 8350

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HeavyHERO93

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Sooo here is what i ran into. i decided to play some good old fallout 4, and i have a speed boost mod on, im sure the processor doesn't like loading a world at the speeds it has to but it did a good job doing so. Back to the situation. I opened up corsair link and checked my temps and my cpu was running at 47C after like 2 hours after playing fallout. I then went into system info on corsair link and it stated my max temp was 57C, i am currently running at 25-28C idle right now, again stock speeds. So i am wondering if maybe my thermal paste is starting to dry out, its been about a year since i built my pc, haven't overclocked at all, and i am using artic silver 5.

Not to mention im somehow running 11/24gb of ram and its not showing up anywhere.....

The temps are still within spec but i feel for running stock, i should be no where near 50, low 40s if anything, (back when first installed it was hard to go above 42) for having a 240MM aio cooler.

Thanks for looking, feel free to leave some feedback
Windows 10 =/
amd fx 8350 stock 4ghz
msi 970 gaming mobo
msi 970 100me GPU
24gb of ram, 3x8gb sticks
Rosewill 750 gold psu
256gb samsung evo SSD
 
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Karadjgne
The size of the AIO won't have much affect on performance when it comes to stock speeds. You'd be getting roughly the same temps with a hyper212 or h55 or a h110gtx. Any good cooler will show good results, but you are looking at a cpu TDP of 125w on a cooler capable of well over 200w.

A 'better' cooler might drop your temps, but not a 'bigger' cooler. The only difference is that bigger coolers have higher TDP so can withstand the greater cpu TDP during overclock. If you put a 200w OC on that 8350, paired with a 180w hyper212, you'll hit thermal shutdown in seconds but your Lepa would handle it easily.

Arctic Silver 5 has a life expectancy of @ 200 heat cycles. That's not daily usage, a heat cycle is when the cpu is pushed to high...
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The size of the AIO won't have much affect on performance when it comes to stock speeds. You'd be getting roughly the same temps with a hyper212 or h55 or a h110gtx. Any good cooler will show good results, but you are looking at a cpu TDP of 125w on a cooler capable of well over 200w.

A 'better' cooler might drop your temps, but not a 'bigger' cooler. The only difference is that bigger coolers have higher TDP so can withstand the greater cpu TDP during overclock. If you put a 200w OC on that 8350, paired with a 180w hyper212, you'll hit thermal shutdown in seconds but your Lepa would handle it easily.

Arctic Silver 5 has a life expectancy of @ 200 heat cycles. That's not daily usage, a heat cycle is when the cpu is pushed to high temps during stress tests or high cpu usage etc. So you could have 10 heat cycles in 1 day or in 1 month, no telling exactly. I'm not a fan of AS5 for that reason alone I find it unreliable for extended use. MX4, Gelid Extreme, Noctua NT-H1 are much better options that are easier to apply and clean, relatively cheap and performance is better.
 
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