Help with overheating

[Gaius The Dragon]

Love the game so far and I am having a blast. However I have noticed that my PC runs very hot while playing this game. My PC usually runs games very well and doesn’t toast them but this is new to me. Twice now this game has caused my PC to shutdown due to temperatures despite both cleaning and dusting it. What can I disable to keep temps low?

My specs:

Desktop

Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core

RAM: 32 GB

GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Just as a heads up as well I get around 100+ fps on high settings too. Sometimes I can play for a few hours then there are times I can only play for about 30-45 minutes before pc starts slowing down due to temps then shortly it shuts off.

[Humpypants]

try capping your fps to 60 if that doesn't bother you. when was the last time you applied thermal paste?

[umeng2002]

Case? Cooling fans? OCCT or Linpack or Prime95 will melt a PC. No video game comes close to real computational saturation.

Are you in an air conditioned space? As an American, I assume most people have air conditioning and their rooms at 72 to 74 F (22 to 24 C).

Ryzen CPUs naturally run near their thermal limits for boosting purposes. So, I think your CPU or GPU thermal compound is extremely bad or your PSU is failing.

[egg fu]

first you need to confirm if its actually overheating that is causing your pc to shutdown, grab a program that monitors that stuff and check it out. if overheating is the culprit then reapply some new thermal paste, though im not sure how much this will fix it because you haven't told us anything about your case, fans, cpu cooling, etc.

[DasWulf]

What others have said. Sudden shutdowns or Blue Screens could be caused by a failing power supply (never cheap out on these). If its over heating, install some monitoring software to see what your temps are.

Highly recommended using high air flow cases. IF you are using a stock cooler, switch to something like the Thermalright Phantom Spirit, Peerless Assassin or Frost Commander. They don't cost too much.

[Bjørn]

I have similar specs, R5 5600X, RTX 3070 Ti, 32GB (rest of specs in profile), and haven't had issues like this. My PSU is 750W, btw, which isn't in the specs (or I'm going to add it now )

Like suggested above, I have capped framerate at 72 fps. I've done this in the Nvidia control panel, not in the game, as I'm using G-Sync. Everything set to max in settings, DLSS balanced or performance depending on area.

Running very smooth and no crashes, but I've noticed one thing: I've played the game almost non-stop for the last 2 months or so, and my electrical bill has gotten higher since...

[Silverbane7]

Originally posted by Bjørn:

I have similar specs, R5 5600X, RTX 3070 Ti, 32GB (rest of specs in profile), and haven't had issues like this. My PSU is 750W, btw, which isn't in the specs (or I'm going to add it now :rufussmile:)

Like suggested above, I have capped framerate at 72 fps. I've done this in the Nvidia control panel, not in the game, as I'm using G-Sync. Everything set to max in settings, DLSS balanced or performance depending on area.

Running very smooth and no crashes, but I've noticed one thing: I've played the game almost non-stop for the last 2 months or so, and my electrical bill has gotten higher since... :lunar2019deadpanpig:

If you are in the UK, that's probably just the electricity companies upping our bills.
New year, new costs. Broadband is next, then council tax....water soon I bet.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by Silverbane7:

Originally posted by Bjørn:

Running very smooth and no crashes, but I've noticed one thing: I've played the game almost non-stop for the last 2 months or so, and my electrical bill has gotten higher since...

If you are in the UK, that's probably just the electricity companies upping our bills.
New year, new costs. Broadband is next, then council tax....water soon I bet.

I'm in Norway, and the energy prices have skyrocketed recently since we completed cables to the UK and Europe and got part of the European energy cooperation thing. I understand we've been spoilt here for decades, though, with very cheap electricity compared to other countries, but people aren't happy.

Prices used to be about 0,30 NOK (or 0,03 euros) per kWh, but is now often over 2 NOK, sometimes 5-6 or more. Government pays 90% of everything above 0,70 NOK, though, but prices are not as they were. And the war in Ukraine hasn't exactly helped with prices.

Sorry for off-topic...

Anyway, my real point was that I notice on the bill that this game draws more power than other games I'm normally playing

[Gaius The Dragon]

Originally posted by umeng2002:

Case? Cooling fans? OCCT or Linpack or Prime95 will melt a PC. No video game comes close to real computational saturation.

Are you in an air conditioned space? As an American, I assume most people have air conditioning and their rooms at 72 to 74 F (22 to 24 C).

Ryzen CPUs naturally run near their thermal limits for boosting purposes. So, I think your CPU or GPU thermal compound is extremely bad or your PSU is failing.

I do apologize for the lack of information. I don’t know what people want to see as I am not a professional comp builder. Here is what I found out.

Using a temp application I found out my CPU starts out at 65-69 degrees Celsius idle then was reaching 96 degrees Celsius during gameplay. In addition I have 6 fans and found out I have water cooling built in. Also house is kept at around 67-69 degrees Fahrenheit constant.

In addition if it helps my pc after I turned game off would not cool back down to idle temps but would stay at around 80-85 degrees Celsius.

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by Gaius The Dragon:

Originally posted by umeng2002:

Case? Cooling fans? OCCT or Linpack or Prime95 will melt a PC. No video game comes close to real computational saturation.

Are you in an air conditioned space? As an American, I assume most people have air conditioning and their rooms at 72 to 74 F (22 to 24 C).

Ryzen CPUs naturally run near their thermal limits for boosting purposes. So, I think your CPU or GPU thermal compound is extremely bad or your PSU is failing.

I do apologize for the lack of information. I don’t know what people want to see as I am not a professional comp builder. Here is what I found out.

Using a temp application I found out my CPU starts out at 65-69 degrees Celsius idle then was reaching 96 degrees Celsius during gameplay. In addition I have 6 fans and found out I have water cooling built in. Also house is kept at around 67-69 degrees Fahrenheit constant.

Have you dusted your PC? You should get a can of air and blow out your fans and radiators at least once every few months.

If it's watercooled and reaching those temps then it very well could be a thermal paste issue. It may need a regoop.

There is nothing you can "disable to reduce temps." It shouldn't be getting that hot at all, particularly when watercooled. Maybe the pump is shot and it's not actually moving the water?

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by Gaius The Dragon:

Originally posted by umeng2002:

Case? Cooling fans? OCCT or Linpack or Prime95 will melt a PC. No video game comes close to real computational saturation.

Are you in an air conditioned space? As an American, I assume most people have air conditioning and their rooms at 72 to 74 F (22 to 24 C).

Ryzen CPUs naturally run near their thermal limits for boosting purposes. So, I think your CPU or GPU thermal compound is extremely bad or your PSU is failing.

I do apologize for the lack of information. I don’t know what people want to see as I am not a professional comp builder. Here is what I found out.

Using a temp application I found out my CPU starts out at 65-69 degrees Celsius idle then was reaching 96 degrees Celsius during gameplay. In addition I have 6 fans and found out I have water cooling built in. Also house is kept at around 67-69 degrees constant.

Like I mentioned I have the same CPU, and these numbers are much higher than mine. I'm using AI Suite 3 to see temps, which is an ASUS app, which is the manufacturer of my motherboard. I'm also using a water cooling system, and not the fan that comes with the CPU.

Idle CPU temp for me is about 35-45 degrees C. When playing Cyberpunk and other demanding games it goes to 65 C, sometimes touching 70.

Motherboard temperature (which I assume is what you call 'house') is 40-50 C, and watercooling temp (PCH) varies from 35 to 45-50 C from idle to max load.

I have a feeling your fans and other cooling systems might not be set up properly, but I'm not an expert either. I did install the CPU myself recently, though, using the same cooler I had with my previous Ryzen 7 2700X, and also the graphics card and RAM (which is no problem for most).

Maybe the ones who built the PC forgot to use cooling paste on the CPU, or something?

[Death Approaches]

lol you think a Ryzen 5 with a self-sticky thermal pad or no paste is running CY77 30-45 mins before overheating? he'd be in thermal shutdown before windows finished booting, even on the fastest SSD in the world. These things are space heaters.

find out what is running hottest and limit that, throttle your CPU, or disable any GPU trickery you're using to make a 60 series hit 100+ fps...

like, were it me, I'd first force it down to 30 max, and see if the temps change and you can keep playing. If so, there's your answer, you decide on what to re-enable to find the sweet spot between frames and heat.

[cszolee79]

Dead water cooler? You'd probably have better luck taking it to a computer shop and have them fix whatever is not working right.

[Okkuas]

Originally posted by Gaius The Dragon:

Using a temp application I found out my CPU starts out at 65-69 degrees Celsius idle then was reaching 96 degrees Celsius during gameplay. In addition I have 6 fans and found out I have water cooling built in. Also house is kept at around 67-69 degrees Fahrenheit constant.

Something's definitively wrong, that setup should not reach more than about 35-45 tops idle (my similar aircooled system with Noctua's cpu cooler and three 140mm case fans is about 30-35 idle, something like 60-70 when playing CP2077). If it's always been that hot, it does sound a bit like the cooling has been badly installed - either too little or too much thermal paste, or the radiator has been installed in sub-optimal position (top mount is preferred if the case allows). Or maybe it's just failing otherwise, the pump may be approaching the end of its lifespan and doesn't move the coolant like it should. Anyway, since you admit you don't know much about hardware, take it to a shop.

[rabitsrule]

open your case when playing the game and if its not overheating then its air circulation in your case i have a 6750xt and it also was running hot for this game took my side off my case when playing and fixed the problem plus helps heat my pc room could also check fan speeds in bios and turn them up

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by Okkuas:

Originally posted by Gaius The Dragon:

Using a temp application I found out my CPU starts out at 65-69 degrees Celsius idle then was reaching 96 degrees Celsius during gameplay. In addition I have 6 fans and found out I have water cooling built in. Also house is kept at around 67-69 degrees Fahrenheit constant.

Something's definitively wrong, that setup should not reach more than about 35-45 tops idle (my similar aircooled system with Noctua's cpu cooler and three 140mm case fans is about 30-35 idle, something like 60-70 when playing CP2077). If it's always been that hot, it does sound a bit like the cooling has been badly installed - either too little or too much thermal paste, or the radiator has been installed in sub-optimal position (top mount is preferred if the case allows).

This is how my system is set up, except my 3 fans for the cooler are 120mm, and I get these temperatures, like mentioned above.

When I recently upgraded from the 2700X to the 5600X (actually a pretty good upgrade, despite the fewer cores ), I read that thermal paste only lasts for so long, 2 years was mentioned a few places, so it might be that the OPs paste is simply gone if the PC is a few years.

My 2700X was about 3 years when I replaced it, but the paste was still there and I didn't notice overheating, though. The new paste I applied was Noctua NT-H1, which was recommended as good and long lasting, but hopefully I'll get a new PC altogether before 2-3 years.

The 5600X only pulls 65W (2700X pulled 105W), but when I read about it, it mentioned it can run hot but handle pretty high temperatures, but will throttle down or shut down at about 95 degrees C. OP mentions 96, which would explain the shutdowns.

The 65-69 'house' temperatures mentioned would indicate bad cooling for the cabinet, so the tip above of removing a cover then try measuring is a good one for troubleshooting, I suspect.