CPU Temps at a constant 100C

jakeewbank123 · Jul 24, 2018

I started running CPU Temp programs to see my CPU Temps, after low performance on certain games, which should run with my setup, GTX1070, i5 4460. I checked on Speccy and Core Temps, and it was at a constant 97-100 degrees C.

terry4536 · Jul 25, 2018

The CPU cooler needs to be reinstalled with fresh thermal paste. The cooler mounting may have come loose or failed. I wouldn't run the PC until that has been reinstalled. You can seriously damage the CPU or motherboard.

Supernova1138 · Jul 25, 2018

Yeah, you have a thermal throttling problem. Either your CPU cooler is not properly mounted, the thermal paste has dried out, or the cooler is caked with dust and/or the fan has failed. Check to make sure your CPU cooler isn't caked in dust and that the fan is working, if that isn't the case, you'll need to get some thermal paste, clean off the cooler and the CPU, apply new paste and try to remount the cooler.

InvalidError · Jul 25, 2018

Supernova1138 :

In thermal paste, graphite, zinc oxide, aluminum oxide and other solid particles are what do the thermal transfer. The "liquid" component (silicone grease) is there only to facilitate application. "Dry" thermal paste is perfectly fine as long as you don't mechanically shock it and break the tight packing that forms over time and thermal cycles. When paste "fails" from "drying out", it is usually after moving the computer, something bumping into it or swapping components. It doesn't fail merely from "drying" out alone.

All that "drying" (actually exfiltration of excess carrier oil as particles pack closer and squeeze excess oil out) does is reduce the paste's ability to tolerate mechanical forces. It should also slightly improve heat conductivity rather than reduce it as the solid components are 5-10X as thermally conductive as the base oil.

terry4536 · Jul 25, 2018

InvalidError :

Supernova1138 :

In thermal paste, graphite, zinc oxide, aluminum oxide and other solid particles are what do the thermal transfer. The "liquid" component (silicone grease) is there only to facilitate application. "Dry" thermal paste is perfectly fine as long as you don't mechanically shock it and break the tight packing that forms over time and thermal cycles. When paste "fails" from "drying out", it is usually after moving the computer, something bumping into it or swapping components. It doesn't fail merely from "drying" out alone.

All that "drying" (actually exfiltration of excess carrier oil as particles pack closer and squeeze excess oil out) does is reduce the paste's ability to tolerate mechanical forces. It should also slightly improve heat conductivity rather than reduce it as the solid components are 5-10X as thermally conductive as the base oil.

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