CPU Temperature (temporary) fix

[ScottyPippin]

If you're in the same boat as me, and your game runs fine, but your cpu gets much to hot, and your fans are going to loud, try this.

I am using an i5 9400f, 6 core 6 thread Intel cpu. If you go to task manager and set the cpu affinity for Red dead to only use cores 0-4 and disable core 5, your temps should drop 5~ degrees or so. In my experiences, the 9400f has been enough to stay over 60-70fps with little to no noticable issues with one core disabled. It's saved my fans from running super loud, and I dropped from 86 degrees celcius down to 77-80c. Which is not a whole lot, but enough to make a little difference in the noise.

Just a thought if you're unhappy with the temps =)

If this does help you at all, you have to be sure to do it every time you open the game as it's not a saved setting by any means.

Obviously, this is just a TEMPORARY fix, as getting a proper heatsink or watercooling system would be 100x better with no performance loss.

[BRAN]

Not worth the hassle. Clean the fans and reapply some new cooling paste (e.g. artic silver) on the CPU and you will be fine.

Water cooling (CPU/GPU) lets my system run @ 60C max (long term full load). RDR2 actually runs around 50C. i7 7800x 2070 RTX

[Gray Matter Guerrilla]

Yeah, not a bad temporary fix especially if other things don't work (like what BRAN said above ^).

I've run RDR2 on 2 rigs and didn't experience heating problems:
A 5 year old system w/ 4790K @ 4.4 ghz w/ fan cooler (Hyper 212 EVO), and a newer PC w/ 9900K w/ H100i Pro water cooler.

Both systems stay under 60 C - surprisingly, the older system w/ air cooling runs almost as cool as the liquid cooled system. :O

Might consider tucking your wires to allow more air to move around (if it's not done already). Leaving the side panel off can help for those really small cases. ;)

[ScottyPippin]

Originally posted by BRAN:

Not worth the hassle. Clean the fans and reapply some new cooling paste (e.g. artic silver) on the CPU and you will be fine.

Water cooling (CPU/GPU) lets my system run @ 60C max (long term full load). RDR2 actually runs around 50C. i7 7800x 2070 RTX

There's not a whole lot that will do (I clean it out quite frequently and redo the heatsink once or twice a year.) where I live I've got to keep the heater on almost always, so my room stays quite hot year round. And the stock cooler just isn't cutting it for my setup/room right now lol. I might open the side panel, but I'm not a huge fan of that, then I just end up dusting it out more frequently.

Again this is just temporary until I can buy a proper heatsink after the holidays.

It's quite literally no hassle to disable a cpu core in task manager. right click rd2 in details, set affinity, un-check core 5, done. Quicker and easier than a full pc wipedown if your pc is already clean and dusted.

[bigbenisdaman]

Upgrade your cooler from stock. A simple 20$ cooler will fix this.

[ScottyPippin]

Originally posted by bigbenisdaman:

Upgrade your cooler from stock. A simple 20$ cooler will fix this.

Originally posted by BIG ＭＡLＤ:

Obviously, this is just a TEMPORARY fix, as getting a proper heatsink or watercooling system would be 100x better with no performance loss.

Originally posted by BIG ＭＡLＤ:

Originally posted by BRAN:

Not worth the hassle. Clean the fans and reapply some new cooling paste (e.g. artic silver) on the CPU and you will be fine.

Water cooling (CPU/GPU) lets my system run @ 60C max (long term full load). RDR2 actually runs around 50C. i7 7800x 2070 RTX

Again this is just temporary until I can buy a proper heatsink after the holidays.

Imagine reading the post first before commenting lmfao.

Also a decent air cooler for the current gen intel cpu's you're gonna wanna spend $50 at least. Idk where you're finding $20 coolers that are any better than the stock intel junk one I've been complaining about. 9th gen intel cpu's run much hotter than past gens.

[bigbenisdaman]

Originally posted by BIG ＭＡLＤ:

Originally posted by bigbenisdaman:

Upgrade your cooler from stock. A simple 20$ cooler will fix this.

Originally posted by BIG ＭＡLＤ:

Obviously, this is just a TEMPORARY fix, as getting a proper heatsink or watercooling system would be 100x better with no performance loss.

Originally posted by BIG ＭＡLＤ:

Again this is just temporary until I can buy a proper heatsink after the holidays.

Imagine reading the post first before commenting lmfao.

Also a decent air cooler for the current gen intel cpu's you're gonna wanna spend $50 at least. Idk where you're finding $20 coolers that are any better than the stock intel junk one I've been complaining about. 9th gen intel cpu's run much hotter than past gens.

The old hyper 212 is much better than stock. For your low wattage chip, perfectly acceptable.

In air cooling, you got basically "good nuff" 20-40$ ones, and good ones 80-110$ ones. The ones in the middle don't really perform much better and usually just have pretty lights or something.

[ScottyPippin]

Originally posted by bigbenisdaman:

Originally posted by BIG ＭＡLＤ:

Imagine reading the post first before commenting lmfao.

Also a decent air cooler for the current gen intel cpu's you're gonna wanna spend $50 at least. Idk where you're finding $20 coolers that are any better than the stock intel junk one I've been complaining about. 9th gen intel cpu's run much hotter than past gens.

The old hyper 212 is much better than stock. For your low wattage chip, perfectly acceptable.

In air cooling, you got basically "good nuff" 20-40$ ones, and good ones 80-110$ ones. The ones in the middle don't really perform much better and usually just have pretty lights or something.

I've thought about the Hyper 212, as it's only $40, but I'd rather spend a bit extra and get something quiet and cool. I've heard the h212 can get a bit loud if it ramps up

[bigbenisdaman]

Originally posted by BIG ＭＡLＤ:

Originally posted by bigbenisdaman:

The old hyper 212 is much better than stock. For your low wattage chip, perfectly acceptable.

In air cooling, you got basically "good nuff" 20-40$ ones, and good ones 80-110$ ones. The ones in the middle don't really perform much better and usually just have pretty lights or something.

I've thought about the Hyper 212, as it's only $40, but I'd rather spend a bit extra and get something quiet and cool. I've heard the h212 can get a bit loud if it ramps up

Yea prices vary by country, just looked and it's 26$ here atm, it'll be a lot quiter than your stock cooler for sure. The increase in price just means you're looking at prob 120$ or more for a good DRP4 or Noctua.

Had a H212 on a 3570k @4.5 and it stayed at idle speeds all the time. You can put a 2nd fan on it for better efficency, though raising cost slightly if you don't have a 2nd 120mm fan laying around.

[Gray Matter Guerrilla]

You can get the Hyper 212 EVO for $25-30 on several different sites. It's actually a really good CPU cooler.
Compared to my H100i Pro (Corsair) liquid cooler ($120), the Hyper 212 runs only a few degrees hotter under load.

For the price, it's hard to beat the Hyper 212 really, unless the case is too small/narrow and you're forced into a liquid cooler or smaller air cooler. Small air coolers generally don't do very well.

Edit: Oh, and ditch the fans that come with the 212 Evo....they're cheap and very common to quit after 6 months. But a decent fan ($15-20) won't kill the budget.