Recently received a prebuilt as a gift. It has an i7-7700k inside of it. It is reaching max temps of 85 degrees while gaming. I have determined the problem to be poor airflow in the case. My question is are these temps ok to sustain for long periods of time? Also is their anything else I can do to reduce it short of buying a whole new tower? Thank you.
Normal gaming temperatures for i7-7700k?
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plague_ld50
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get some thermal pads check your to make sure they didnt melt off the cpu, gpu i got a referbed dell gaming rig and my pc was running real hot so i took a look inside and the paste melted off the cpu and the gpu so i got some thermal pads from ebay 15 for 5 bucks used must of them up in one shot and now my pc runs real cool you may want to open her up and check 85 is hot though but thats like what an hour of so gaming?
plague_ld50
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wow out of box thats strange, wonder why its acting like that, some times factory does not put much thermal paste on cpu,gpu you may wana check it i use pads myself what are system specs?
Tyler LM
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Well it makes sense its a pre-built they are notorious for being above ideal temps, but it will be fine for a decent length of time (ex A few years) although if I were you I would suggest getting a better CPU heatsink.
It usually takes a couple seconds to a minute or so to reach max temp on a Air Cooler and a good 20-30 min to reach max temp on a AIO/Water Cooler, so it reaching 83 in 15 mins means 83-85 degrees will be the maximum temp it should get to in a gaming session which is above what you want it but should not break the CPU in a short time period (Gaming should be fine for a couple-few years but I suggest getting a better cooler).
It usually takes a couple seconds to a minute or so to reach max temp on a Air Cooler and a good 20-30 min to reach max temp on a AIO/Water Cooler, so it reaching 83 in 15 mins means 83-85 degrees will be the maximum temp it should get to in a gaming session which is above what you want it but should not break the CPU in a short time period (Gaming should be fine for a couple-few years but I suggest getting a better cooler).
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