What's the max temperature I should be getting while gaming?

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I normally get up to a max of 95 C when playing rainbow six siege and around 86 max on csgo, I bought a new fan recently but I have not put it in yet, are these really bad temps or should I not be worried?

I have an i5-3570K CPU and a GTX 1060 6 GB GPU
 
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I normally get 50 c
 
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i lived in the PH that is why my min temp was 40°C, ive tried to OC it and it resulted to 50-65°C While Gaming
 
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I aam not overclocked or anything
 
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How do I fix it
 
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I would boot into BIOS settings and record the CPU temp that is there and shut down the PC.

I would remove the CPU cooler, blow it out with compressed air, clean the CPU cap and cooler contact metal surface with isopropl alcohol and a coffee filter, then apply a thin vertical line of thermal paste on the CPU cap and put the cooler back on. Then I'd go back into BIOS settings and see if the temperature has improved. If not, I would shut the PC down for 10 mins and remove the side panel of the case, start back up and see if that helps.

If that doesn't help I'd replace the cooler although those kinds of temps temps should never happen even on a stock cooler unless you are overclocking.
 
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The others have pretty much come up with all the possible fixes. Poor contact, thermal paste, bad fan motor, dirty fan, case... bad cable management.
 
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There is a lot of dust on the cpu cooler, do you think that is blocking the air flow and causing it to become much hotter?
 
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Yes it can increase temps. You can blast it out with compressed air without removing it although removing it for cleaning does do a better job. Use short bursts of air and not too close to what you are spraying.
 
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Okay, I am going to get some compressed air tomorrow and try to test my temps after that, I am also installing a mastercooler 212 LED tommorow so all that will hopefully bring me 85C below while gaming
 
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If you are buying a new CPU cooler I would just skip blowing out the CPU cooler you are removing it anyways. Don't forget you will need thermal paste like Acrtic Silver 5 and the old paste will need to be cleaned off the CPU with something lint free like a coffee filter and preferably isopropyl alcohol over 90%. If you run into issues installing the cooler let us know; it can be challenging if you've never done an aftermarket CPU cooler before.
 
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Im having a friend come over and help me do it, Im gonna buy the coffee filter and the Isopropyl
 
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