Game crashing, i found my reason, an overheating CPU

[robbi]

Hi All,
Running Win 10, 64bit, 64 GGB DDR4 ram, GTX2080, Intel i9-9900K, water cooled CPU (single radiator, dual fan either side). Only this game would crash my PC so i thought it "had" to be the game. I spent months and finally uninstalled the game, so disappointing but now and then i would research problems.

It was on another gaming forum some one had a similar problem

It was the CPU overheating. This game demands a lot from the CPU and GPU. I ran a program call "Core Temp" and sure enough it would go from 45 degrees to 95 in about 5 seconds, and at 115 it would crash.

I ran a few other games, so got to about 80, some stayed around 60. I removed the single radiator, water cooled dual fan and replaced it with a new cooler. (I have a large PC case so the Noctua NH15 is incredible).

Now i am idling about 35~40, and temp is staying low on this game!

Event manager didn't help me much sadly, just that the PC crashed during his game. I am aware there is supposed to be a txt file created on each crash but it didn't and the stupid Microsoft QR code on the blue screen says "your PC crashed".

Yeah Der, Microsoft, i kinda guessed that!

Anyway, i thought i would share this. Now i'm back!

[MrHappy]

Great work! One massive problem for people who don't look inside the PC much is the layer of dust which builds up between the CPU and the massive fan. Over time this becomes a solid brick of mulch. That huge fan has 4 easy screws and very easily fits back into place. Always worth a bit of TLC.

[unca.alby]

Originally posted by MrHappy:

Great work! One massive problem for people who don't look inside the PC much is the layer of dust which builds up between the CPU and the massive fan. Over time this becomes a solid brick of mulch. That huge fan has 4 easy screws and very easily fits back into place. Always worth a bit of TLC.

Yes indeed, the dust will kill you.

I've had machines just shut down altogether. You open the thing up, blow out all the dust, put it back together, good as new.

I really would like to have a case that emulates a "Clean Room" environment for the insides, but that's probably too expensive.

[Cotaks]

Originally posted by robbi:

I ran a program call "Core Temp" and sure enough it would go from 45 degrees to 95 in about 5 seconds, and at 115 it would crash.

If it's really within 5 seconds that means your cooling doesn't work properly!!! Or you got a faulty CPU, i had one 2 years ago would overheat to quickly as well, RMA'ed it and they send a new one, the new one working perfectly fine.

Most intel CPU's like to be cold like 72c max, you get a +10c as a golden rule so 82c as max for a few hours sessions game pc. Your CPU is designed for 100C max, for a short period it's fine but not for long gaming sessions. At 100C mobo will activate overheat protection and shutsdown the system, for graphic cards this number is 110C.

Seems your MOBO has no protection or it's turned off, CPU gets to hot and gets unstable and craches.

Clean your PC every 2 months and get rid of dust. if you have no carpet on the floors then you could do 3 months. And when you clean it, check if everything still runs smoothly (all your fans etc).

[robbi]

It was a faulty cooler, i purchased the Noctua NH 15 and have not looked bak!

[magelord01]

Gee, I wonder if you bought one of those Dell XPS computers that have really dinky CPU coolers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXmE8wESzFo