i7700k hitting 89° (in game) according to NZXT CAM. Is it normal??

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ashleyverger

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I built my pc about a month ago and have never seen it get this hot. I just now closed my game because it got me worried.
The cooler is the bequiet Dark Rock 3. Everything is at stock speeds. Should I try increasing the CPU Fan speed curve?
 
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DigitalHamster
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I have heard that the 7700k and similar CPUs from Intel use the bad TIM paste which causes the chips to run hotter than you would expect. I have the same problem on my 4790k.
However, for your CPU high temperatures are fairly normal, especially when overclocking on air coolers.

At stock frequencies, you really shouldn't be hitting 89c.
To see if it is throttling, open task manager then the resource monitor to see what speed the CPU is actually operating at.
If the speed is not the maximum boost (Resource monitor might read this as 109%), then there is a chance it is throttling.

First of all, try ramping the CPU cooler fan profile up to get some more air through and see if that improves temperatures.
The second thing to try is to...
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samuspunk

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That it's not normal at all, if your fan speed is too low you can change the fan curve, but I would take out the cooler and reseat it with new thermal paste, also check if you removed the sticker from the cooler base
 
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Hey!
I have heard that the 7700k and similar CPUs from Intel use the bad TIM paste which causes the chips to run hotter than you would expect. I have the same problem on my 4790k.
However, for your CPU high temperatures are fairly normal, especially when overclocking on air coolers.

At stock frequencies, you really shouldn't be hitting 89c.
To see if it is throttling, open task manager then the resource monitor to see what speed the CPU is actually operating at.
If the speed is not the maximum boost (Resource monitor might read this as 109%), then there is a chance it is throttling.

First of all, try ramping the CPU cooler fan profile up to get some more air through and see if that improves temperatures.
The second thing to try is to re-apply the thermal paste.
If these don't make a difference, your motherboard may have applied some 'enhanced' settings, which will increase the speed of the CPU a bit (the motherboard automatically overclocks). You could see if you can turn these off.

In conclusion - check the CPU speed, speed up the fans, and try redoing the thermal paste. You shouldn't have to tweak stock motherboard settings.
 
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