Need help with the overheating

[charlysm97]

HI! I've been trying to fix the overheating problems I've been having for almost two weeks. My pc runs with an Intel I7 9700, a RX 6700 and 16 gb of ram. My last refrigeration (liquid) died and I changed it for a Corsair H60x. Before anyone says anything, yes, it's clean, and I got it to a store and they cleaned it again and changed the thermal paste.
I'm trying to play it on high settings, not even in ultra.
Also, ran some performance tests and they put the processor to 70 degrees (celsius) aprox, but while playing the game, I'm getting temperatures between 80 to 90 degrees. This is just blowing my mind

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by charlysm97:

Need help with the overheating
HI! I've been trying to fix the overheating problems I've been having for almost two weeks. My pc runs with an Intel I7 9700, a RX 6700 and 16 gb of ram. My last refrigeration (liquid) died and I changed it for a Corsair H60x. Before anyone says anything, yes, it's clean, and I got it to a store and they cleaned it again and changed the thermal paste.
I'm trying to play it on high settings, not even in ultra.
Also, ran some performance tests and they put the processor to 70 degrees (celsius) aprox, but while playing the game, I'm getting temperatures between 80 to 90 degrees. This is just blowing my mind

Read this
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1086940/discussions/0/3808408747687534392/

[Soul]

So when I was 10 my computer used to overheat and I would take off the side of the CPU tower case and just put a box fan up against it. If necessary a bucket of ice behind the fan intake. Anyways just thought I'd share that, goodluck. I only had 2 graphics cards catch on fire while playing EQ2 but playing on the higher graphics settings on my potato PC were worth it so you know, take it or leave it.

[Chaosolous]

Make sure there's plenty of air flow to the parts that need it (it's not blocked by something). Clean any dust out that you can (lookup how to do this without damaging your PC).

If all that is done and it's still overheating then you're GPU is either faulty or you didn't cap the framerate.

...maybe start by capping the framerate first. If you leave it uncapped the game will try to run the game as fast as possible, which can cause overheating.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Soul:

So when I was 10 my computer used to overheat and I would take off the side of the CPU tower case and just put a box fan up against it. If necessary a bucket of ice behind the fan intake. Anyways just thought I'd share that, goodluck. I only had 2 graphics cards catch on fire while play EQ2 so you know, take it or leave it.

This is actually a very very bad suggestion. As the ice is melting due to ice's endotherm reaction it will prove water particles barely noticeable ones above the air of the container. You can notice them on the side of the container that covers the ice, where they are more visible. However the cold air that is blowing up due to the exotherm reaction also contains miniscule of water. The fan blowing this air towards the computer, especially newer computers, can get your computer permanently damaged. Allthough many computer parts have water reistant layers, some parts are lack it or are not that well protected, and if for instance a cable has a bit of copper standing out and it receives water, you can burn out that part, in worst case cause an electrical fire. And an electric fire can spread to a whole room within 50 seconds. Do not do this, if nobody told you that is a very dangerous thing you are doing, now i do. You are risking not just your life but everyone's in the building.

[charlysm97]

The thing is that I have done everything that post says. I've not overanithinged, I've cleaned the pc, and then again in the store, the cooling system is new and it was checked at the store and running performance checks, it gives me lower temperatures lol
And I'm running it at high settings and with fps capped at 60

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by charlysm97:

Need help with the overheating
HI! I've been trying to fix the overheating problems I've been having for almost two weeks. My pc runs with an Intel I7 9700, a RX 6700 and 16 gb of ram. My last refrigeration (liquid) died and I changed it for a Corsair H60x. Before anyone says anything, yes, it's clean, and I got it to a store and they cleaned it again and changed the thermal paste.
I'm trying to play it on high settings, not even in ultra.
Also, ran some performance tests and they put the processor to 70 degrees (celsius) aprox, but while playing the game, I'm getting temperatures between 80 to 90 degrees. This is just blowing my mind

Read this
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1086940/discussions/0/3808408747687534392/

The thing is that I have done everything that post says. I've not overanithinged, I've cleaned the pc, and then again in the store, the cooling system is new and it was checked at the store and running performance checks, it gives me lower temperatures lol
And I'm running it at high settings and with fps capped at 60

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by charlysm97:

HI! I've been trying to fix the overheating problems I've been having for almost two weeks. My pc runs with an Intel I7 9700, a RX 6700 and 16 gb of ram. My last refrigeration (liquid) died and I changed it for a Corsair H60x. Before anyone says anything, yes, it's clean, and I got it to a store and they cleaned it again and changed the thermal paste.
I'm trying to play it on high settings, not even in ultra.
Also, ran some performance tests and they put the processor to 70 degrees (celsius) aprox, but while playing the game, I'm getting temperatures between 80 to 90 degrees. This is just blowing my mind

I am guessing you are getting those temperatures with the CPU, there are a few things you can check. First is check if there is a new bios for your MOBO, because you can set up a few things there, allthough i think your intel CPU does not allow manual tinkering with the frequencies of the CORE-s. What else you can do is to check Adrenaline, what the global, and in game settings are for this game. As that can also cause issues. Thirdly lower the shadow quality as much as possible.

[charlysm97]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

Make sure there's plenty of air flow to the parts that need it (it's not blocked by something). Clean any dust out that you can (lookup how to do this without damaging your PC).

If all that is done and it's still overheating then you're GPU is either faulty or you didn't cap the framerate.

...maybe start by capping the framerate first. If you leave it uncapped the game will try to run the game as fast as possible, which can cause overheating.

I'll try to open the box and see how it goes, as everything else I've tried. What buggers me is the fact that running performance checks it heats less than playing the game

[charlysm97]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Originally posted by charlysm97:

HI! I've been trying to fix the overheating problems I've been having for almost two weeks. My pc runs with an Intel I7 9700, a RX 6700 and 16 gb of ram. My last refrigeration (liquid) died and I changed it for a Corsair H60x. Before anyone says anything, yes, it's clean, and I got it to a store and they cleaned it again and changed the thermal paste.
I'm trying to play it on high settings, not even in ultra.
Also, ran some performance tests and they put the processor to 70 degrees (celsius) aprox, but while playing the game, I'm getting temperatures between 80 to 90 degrees. This is just blowing my mind

I am guessing you are getting those temperatures with the CPU, there are a few things you can check. First is check if there is a new bios for your MOBO, because you can set up a few things there, allthough i think your intel CPU does not allow manual tinkering with the frequencies of the CORE-s. What else you can do is to check Adrenaline, what the global, and in game settings are for this game. As that can also cause issues. Thirdly lower the shadow quality as much as possible.

Yuppp, I'll check the new bios just in case, thanks! And I don't know what is Adrenaline :(

[Finkle and Einhorn]

up to 80C is fine and in fact normal for most GPU's these days. Some can go even higher like up to 110 depending on your card (not good for nvidia cards). I wouldn't worry too much about heat unless you're seeing slowdowns or graphic issues.

[Chaosolous]

Is it just hot or is it actually overheating and causing problems/crashes?

If it's just running hot... yeah the game runs hot. My fan based cooling system runs the game on High settings (medium shadows) on a 1660SUPER at an average range of about 80C - 87C degrees.

As long as it's not above 90C you should be fine, it's not ideal but not anything to worry about.

My CPU doesn't really get taxed that much by this game. IDK why, I have an Intel i5 11400F, you'd think it'd tax more but it runs around 40%-ish load most the time and around roughly ~40C give or take a few degrees.

I use a program to upscale Videos and sometimes it takes days, the GPU will run nonstop for 2 to 3 days at max load (around 87C) and I've not had any detriment.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by charlysm97:

The thing is that I have done everything that post says. I've not overanithinged, I've cleaned the pc, and then again in the store, the cooling system is new and it was checked at the store and running performance checks, it gives me lower temperatures lol
And I'm running it at high settings and with fps capped at 60

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Read this
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1086940/discussions/0/3808408747687534392/

The thing is that I have done everything that post says. I've not overanithinged, I've cleaned the pc, and then again in the store, the cooling system is new and it was checked at the store and running performance checks, it gives me lower temperatures lol
And I'm running it at high settings and with fps capped at 60

That is normal due to how some games works. I recommend you ramp up the fans speed with a tool like MSI Afterburner. For a proper analysis a photo of your case's inside + the current room temperature would be things one want to know alongside the DxDiag.

Personally I suspect a bad setting, but then I would also suspect the issue with GPU and less with the CPU. Yours is better than mine, after all, and I certainly have less cooling in my case.

[charlysm97]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

Is it just hot or is it actually overheating and causing problems/crashes?

If it's just running hot... yeah the game runs hot. My fan based cooling system runs the game on High settings (medium shadows) on a 1660SUPER at an average range of about 80C - 87C degrees.

As long as it's not above 90C you should be fine, it's not ideal but not anything to worry about.

My CPU doesn't really get taxed that much by this game. IDK why, I have an Intel i5 11400F, you'd think it'd tax more but it runs around 40%-ish load most the time and around roughly ~40C give or take a few degrees.

I use a program to upscale Videos and sometimes it takes days, the GPU will run nonstop for 2 to 3 days at max load (around 87C) and I've not had any detriment.

Sometimes I get drops, but luckily it hasn't crashed. Still, it has spiked several times to 90-96 I think, that's what's making me worried

[Finkle and Einhorn]

From the Ryzen forums: The Radeon RX6700XT besides all RX5000 and RX6000 series GPU cards have a Maximum Operating Temperature (Hot Spot) of 110c.

If it hits 110C it will warn you and automatically slow down. I think you're fine in the 90s, it seems that is what it was designed for.

[charlysm97]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by charlysm97:

The thing is that I have done everything that post says. I've not overanithinged, I've cleaned the pc, and then again in the store, the cooling system is new and it was checked at the store and running performance checks, it gives me lower temperatures lol
And I'm running it at high settings and with fps capped at 60



The thing is that I have done everything that post says. I've not overanithinged, I've cleaned the pc, and then again in the store, the cooling system is new and it was checked at the store and running performance checks, it gives me lower temperatures lol
And I'm running it at high settings and with fps capped at 60

That is normal due to how some games works. I recommend you ramp up the fans speed with a tool like MSI Afterburner. For a proper analysis a photo of your case's inside + the current room temperature would be things one want to know alongside the DxDiag.

Personally I suspect a bad setting, but then I would also suspect the issue with GPU and less with the CPU. Yours is better than mine, after all, and I certainly have less cooling in my case.

Already ramped up the fans, and made the pump work at fullest. I don't know how to upload an image here, but if u tell me how, I'll do it. The room temperature would be between 28 and 30 rn

[charlysm97]

Originally posted by Finkle and Einhorn:

From the Ryzen forums: The Radeon RX6700XT besides all RX5000 and RX6000 series GPU cards have a Maximum Operating Temperature (Hot Spot) of 110c.

If it hits 110C it will warn you and automatically slow down. I think you're fine in the 90s, it seems that is what it was designed for.

It's not a problem on the gpu, it's on the cpu :(