CPU Hitting 90 C in gameplay and menus

[ZAXX]

Anybody know what this means? I'm not that computer savvy but the game has been stuttering like crazy so I checked my temps and my CPU is sky rocketing. Not sure what to do.

[Ckrpoint]

90 is normal

[nurlan2007944]

90 isn't normal. Write your specs: cpu, gpu and what coolers are you using

[Somdier6]

perhaps its time for a cleaning

[Kuruseida]

That aint normal.
Two bells are ringing: it's either cleaning time or remove 'stock cooler' time.

[xpootx1]

Maybe time to reapply new thermal paste and/or increase your fan speed. Could be a overworked low-end cpu, or a high-end cpu that needs a better heatsink and fan. Hard to say what's causing the problem with such little detail.

[Just A Silly Goose]

Cleaning, repaste, or better fan are all good suggestions. If none of those fix it then look into undervolting, especially if you are on a laptop. I went from 94-96c in MW2 to peak 70 with undervolting and new paste and no noticeable performance loss. You do need to watch a guide and understand what you are doing though.

[Nemesis Prime]

disable OC, my i7 11700H was OCing and i tuned down to 99% instead of 100%. As for my desktop i7 10700k i also adjusted to 99% usage and it dropped from 85 to 50 and still maintaining 120 FPS

[Hi r u High]

Originally posted by SilliestGoose:

Cleaning, repaste, or better fan are all good suggestions. If none of those fix it then look into undervolting, especially if you are on a laptop. I went from 94-96c in MW2 to peak 70 with undervolting and new paste and no noticeable performance loss. You do need to watch a guide and understand what you are doing though.

its steam cod section these kids buy amazon rigs bro

[ZAXX]

Yep I may bring it somewhere to get some new thermal paste - its an i7 9700k. I built this thing around 2020 and haven't replaced the thermal paste since then so that may be it.