Just built a PC with a Ryzen 5 1600X and the temperatures at idle are reaching 65 degrees at idle, dipping to 50 every now and then. I know that there is a 20 degree offset in the BIOS but I even downloaded Ryzen Master and it is actually pushing 60 degrees. Should I be worried about this? I am using an NZXT Kraken X52 AIO cooler by the way. I'll change my fan curve as well but not sure if this will make a difference.
Ryzen 5 1600X idling at 50-60 degrees Celsius, anything to be worried about?
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Have you updated your motherboards bios to the latest version? I believe early motherboard BIOS's had a +20c offset for all the Ryzen X CPU's, so if you have one of those BIOS's then 50c idle temp would really be 30c without the offset.
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I know about the temp offset and updated the BIOS to no avail.
I fiddled around in the BIOS and set the fan curve to be 100% all the time and also disabled XFR which for some reason was making all 6 cores hit 4.1GHz all the time.
I'm on 3.7 now and idle temps are a cool 35 degrees. Sorry if this was a bit of a stipid question...
I fiddled around in the BIOS and set the fan curve to be 100% all the time and also disabled XFR which for some reason was making all 6 cores hit 4.1GHz all the time.
I'm on 3.7 now and idle temps are a cool 35 degrees. Sorry if this was a bit of a stipid question...
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Get thermal paste and paste a few drops on top of the processor, then press the heatsink onto it and lock it in place. Immediate 20c difference. Sometimes the factory thermal paste isn't enough to do the trick. If it still doesnt work, use some isopropyl alchohol and q-tips to clean all of the thermal paste off (including the factory thermal paste) and re-apply to both the processor AND the heatsink. Be sure the heat-sink is secured tightly. If it still doesn't work, then there are a few possibilities: Your heatsink isn't close enough to the processor, the motherboard is reading faulty temperatures, or the processor isn't functioning properly.
Thermal paste is always the FIRST thing you want to try. It is the absolute cheapest fix. You would be surprised how many issues can spout from the lack of thermal paste.
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