Are these temps normal for my 9800x3d?

[Wölfwyn]

I recently built a new pc and I've been testing some games and specifically with Farcry 5 it's showing CPU ulilisation between roughly 12-35%, (sometimes goes a little over) but the temperature tends to hover around 72- 82c (Temps do dip below 72c sometimes), temps haven't gone over 82c as of yet, it may never go over.

I think these temperatures are perfectly fine but it's the low utilisation I'm not sure about... Maybe this is normal 🤔

GPU ulilisation is currently around 85% but does go up to the high 90s. Goes to 100% on demanding scenes. Temps are good, usually stay around the 60c area, sometimes dips into the low 70s.

- Playing on a brand new install of windows 11, newest driver is the first one I installed.
- Playing @4K max settings on an LGC1.
- Framerate is between 100-120 FPS.
- GPU: 3080ti Strix (undervolted)
- CPU is at stock

I'm currently playing through the story mission infiltrating Jacob's Bunker, I get similar performance above ground.
- Current temp in this mission is 75c @ 16% utilisation.

I was just wondering if this is normal and no cause for concern? The game runs great, no throttling or anything. Just new to AM5 so I'm still understanding it.

Appreciate any insight with this! ^^

[T-800]

Originally posted by Wölfwyn:

I recently built a new pc and I've been testing some games and specifically with Farcry 5 it's showing CPU ulilisation between roughly 12-35%, (sometimes goes a little over) but the temperature tends to hover around 72- 82c (Temps do dip below 72c sometimes), temps haven't gone over 82c as of yet, it may never go over.

I think these temperatures are perfectly fine but it's the low utilisation I'm not sure about... Maybe this is normal 🤔

GPU ulilisation is currently around 85% but does go up to the high 90s. Goes to 100% on demanding scenes. Temps are good, usually stay around the 60c area, sometimes dips into the low 70s.

- Playing on a brand new install of windows 11, newest driver is the first one I installed.
- Playing @4K max settings on an LGC1.
- Framerate is between 100-120 FPS.
- GPU: 3080ti Strix (undervolted)
- CPU is at stock

I'm currently playing through the story mission infiltrating Jacob's Bunker, I get similar performance above ground.
- Current temp in this mission is 75c @ 16% utilisation.

I was just wondering if this is normal and no cause for concern? The game runs great, no throttling or anything. Just new to AM5 so I'm still understanding it.

Appreciate any insight with this! ^^

You're safe up to 95*c but just out of curiosity what cooler are you running? I have a 7950x but I limit the TJMax to 85*c, its not unusual for 7000 series 9000 series Ryzen processors to exceed 90*c stock. If you are still worried remove the cooler reapply tim and make sure you reinstall the cooler properly. I run a Deepcool LS720 360mm AIO and while gaming it usually hovers around the 80*c mark, the processor will throttle clock speed once the TJMax has been hit.

[Wölfwyn]

Originally posted by T-800:

Originally posted by Wölfwyn:

I recently built a new pc and I've been testing some games and specifically with Farcry 5 it's showing CPU ulilisation between roughly 12-35%, (sometimes goes a little over) but the temperature tends to hover around 72- 82c (Temps do dip below 72c sometimes), temps haven't gone over 82c as of yet, it may never go over.

I think these temperatures are perfectly fine but it's the low utilisation I'm not sure about... Maybe this is normal 🤔

GPU ulilisation is currently around 85% but does go up to the high 90s. Goes to 100% on demanding scenes. Temps are good, usually stay around the 60c area, sometimes dips into the low 70s.

- Playing on a brand new install of windows 11, newest driver is the first one I installed.
- Playing @4K max settings on an LGC1.
- Framerate is between 100-120 FPS.
- GPU: 3080ti Strix (undervolted)
- CPU is at stock

I'm currently playing through the story mission infiltrating Jacob's Bunker, I get similar performance above ground.
- Current temp in this mission is 75c @ 16% utilisation.

I was just wondering if this is normal and no cause for concern? The game runs great, no throttling or anything. Just new to AM5 so I'm still understanding it.

Appreciate any insight with this! ^^

You're safe up to 95*c but just out of curiosity what cooler are you running? I have a 7950x but I limit the TJMax to 85*c, its not unusual for 7000 series 9000 series Ryzen processors to exceed 90*c stock. If you are still worried remove the cooler reapply tim and make sure you reinstall the cooler properly. I run a Deepcool LS720 360mm AIO and while gaming it usually hovers around the 80*c mark, the processor will throttle clock speed once the TJMax has been hit.

Appreciate the reply! Good to know! My temps are actually pretty good in every other game I have tested. Last of Us Part 1 actually hit 95c which concerned me deeply but turns out it can do this whilst downloading the shader compilation and once that was finished, my temps went back to being very good, so it appears I have installed the cooler correctly but will continue to monitor just in case. :)

Cooler wise I'm running a Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black Dual Radiator and just to also add the case I'm using is the Fractal North XL

[T-800]

Originally posted by Wölfwyn:

Originally posted by T-800:

You're safe up to 95*c but just out of curiosity what cooler are you running? I have a 7950x but I limit the TJMax to 85*c, its not unusual for 7000 series 9000 series Ryzen processors to exceed 90*c stock. If you are still worried remove the cooler reapply tim and make sure you reinstall the cooler properly. I run a Deepcool LS720 360mm AIO and while gaming it usually hovers around the 80*c mark, the processor will throttle clock speed once the TJMax has been hit.

Appreciate the reply! Good to know! My temps are actually pretty good in every other game I have tested. Last of Us Part 1 actually hit 95c which concerned me deeply but turns out it can do this whilst downloading the shader compilation and once that was finished, my temps went back to being very good, so it appears I have installed the cooler correctly but will continue to monitor just in case. :)

Cooler wise I'm running a Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black Dual Radiator and just to also add the case I'm using is the Fractal North XL

I use an NHD15 Chromax on my other system, very good cooler. I didn't much like the idea of my 7950x hitting 95*c either but AMD have said that 95*c is normal, I set my TJMax cap to 85*c, you can do the same if you so wish. One thing that increased my temps was the RTX3090 I had before, I replaced it with a 4080S and my processor temp dropped 5*c. The 3090 was heating up my whole system, it was puling like 450w but this 4080S max is around 250w, my idle temps dropped significantly.

[Wölfwyn]

Originally posted by T-800:

Originally posted by Wölfwyn:

Appreciate the reply! Good to know! My temps are actually pretty good in every other game I have tested. Last of Us Part 1 actually hit 95c which concerned me deeply but turns out it can do this whilst downloading the shader compilation and once that was finished, my temps went back to being very good, so it appears I have installed the cooler correctly but will continue to monitor just in case. :)

Cooler wise I'm running a Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black Dual Radiator and just to also add the case I'm using is the Fractal North XL

I use an NHD15 Chromax on my other system, very good cooler. I didn't much like the idea of my 7950x hitting 95*c either but AMD have said that 95*c is normal, I set my TJMax cap to 85*c, you can do the same if you so wish. One thing that increased my temps was the RTX3090 I had before, I replaced it with a 4080S and my processor temp dropped 5*c. The 3090 was heating up my whole system, it was puling like 450w but this 4080S max is around 250w, my idle temps dropped significantly.

Thanks for the info! I have also read in the past that Ryzen cpus can run with high temps but can be normal depending on which cpu you have. I upgraded from a 5900x and was told the same thing about those cpus too. I may look into the TJMax cap. :)

As for a new gpu, that's looking like a hard pass atm with the crazy prices and the fact the 40 and 50 series are like finite. tariffs are also not helping. I was looking for a more efficient card but I think I''m going to be waiting a while though it's on my list. I'm currently trying out some undervolt profiles, my temps are great but my card still pulls a lot of wattage, though it's not too bad. As as example Cyberpunk tends to roughly fluctuate between 340-380 watts, maybe a little more but the 3080ti is a 450 watt card so I'm good but I'll keep looking for the sweet spot! 250w on a 4080 is awesome

[T-800]

Originally posted by Wölfwyn:

Originally posted by T-800:

I use an NHD15 Chromax on my other system, very good cooler. I didn't much like the idea of my 7950x hitting 95*c either but AMD have said that 95*c is normal, I set my TJMax cap to 85*c, you can do the same if you so wish. One thing that increased my temps was the RTX3090 I had before, I replaced it with a 4080S and my processor temp dropped 5*c. The 3090 was heating up my whole system, it was puling like 450w but this 4080S max is around 250w, my idle temps dropped significantly.

Thanks for the info! I have also read in the past that Ryzen cpus can run with high temps but can be normal depending on which cpu you have. I upgraded from a 5900x and was told the same thing about those cpus too. I may look into the TJMax cap. :)

As for a new gpu, that's looking like a hard pass atm with the crazy prices and the fact the 40 and 50 series are like finite. tariffs are also not helping. I was looking for a more efficient card but I think I''m going to be waiting a while though it's on my list. I'm currently trying out some undervolt profiles, my temps are great but my card still pulls a lot of wattage, though it's not too bad. As as example Cyberpunk tends to roughly fluctuate between 340-380 watts, maybe a little more but the 3080ti is a 450 watt card so I'm good but I'll keep looking for the sweet spot! 250w on a 4080 is awesome

Np. I also have a 3950x (NHD15) it usually tops out at around 80*c during a heavy load and in games in the 70's but if I let my 7950x fly it can hit 95*c without even loading it up. Tbf my 3950x is OC to 4.4ghz 1.3065v still though the 7950x runs way hotter than my 3950x even with a 360mm AIO.

3000 series cards can eat power but so can the 5000 series lol the 5090 can draw above 600w... I agree GPU prices are utterly insane now which is why I picked up a 4080S last year on Black Friday for $1600 here, that same card is now $2000 and the 5080 though not in stock is $2200 for the cheapest card.

Yea give undervolting a try, I could only get -3% on my 7950x on one core with -1% on the other cores so it really wasn't worth the hours of testing. Its a tedious process because one game might be stable then if you load up Davinci Resolve it will crash:( Or even a more CPU intensive game.

I would fiddle with Ram get the timings tighter, better use of your time imo Bro. Its awesome you managed to get a 9800x3D though, out of stock here with people reselling them on second hand sites for $400 over retail haha, even the 7800x3D price went up..

[Bruh]

Originally posted by Wölfwyn:

Originally posted by T-800:

You're safe up to 95*c but just out of curiosity what cooler are you running? I have a 7950x but I limit the TJMax to 85*c, its not unusual for 7000 series 9000 series Ryzen processors to exceed 90*c stock. If you are still worried remove the cooler reapply tim and make sure you reinstall the cooler properly. I run a Deepcool LS720 360mm AIO and while gaming it usually hovers around the 80*c mark, the processor will throttle clock speed once the TJMax has been hit.

Appreciate the reply! Good to know! My temps are actually pretty good in every other game I have tested. Last of Us Part 1 actually hit 95c which concerned me deeply but turns out it can do this whilst downloading the shader compilation and once that was finished, my temps went back to being very good, so it appears I have installed the cooler correctly but will continue to monitor just in case. :)

Cooler wise I'm running a Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black Dual Radiator and just to also add the case I'm using is the Fractal North XL

I had to jump through hoops to get my 9800X3D to stay cool when I first got it running The last of us part 1 shader compilation got me to 90c real quick (I'm using a thermalright phantom spirit 120 se) this was after 3 repaste each one had good thermal paste coverage but I wanted to triple check it wasn't a me problem. I then ordered some better fans for my case and CPU cooler this brought temps down slightly the last of us comp was down to 87c now. Today my thermalright contact frame and thermal grizzly paste came in idk if it was the frame or the paste (I was using yeester paste prior) but now I get a max of 68c when doing shader compilation in the last of us. Out of curiosity because I had heard far cry 5 had some issues with the CPU I'm going to try battlefield 2042 next as I've heard this CPU gets hot in this game too but I played far cry 5 just now for about 2 hrs and I haven't seen temps over 62c. Its definitely possible to bring temps down its just a pain in the ass to figure out what is causing the issue in the first place I fixed the issue and I still don't know lol but after a long 2 weeks of trial error and shipping I thought I'd share my experience with this CPU to someone with a similar problem I hope this helps or at least puts you in the right direction of figuring it out :).
EDIT: after the thermal paste settled my temps actually dropped by about 2c-3c while streaming the last of us part 1 and doing shader compilation I peaked at 62c when stream was off I hit 59c

[T-800]

Originally posted by Bruh:

Originally posted by Wölfwyn:

Appreciate the reply! Good to know! My temps are actually pretty good in every other game I have tested. Last of Us Part 1 actually hit 95c which concerned me deeply but turns out it can do this whilst downloading the shader compilation and once that was finished, my temps went back to being very good, so it appears I have installed the cooler correctly but will continue to monitor just in case. :)

Cooler wise I'm running a Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black Dual Radiator and just to also add the case I'm using is the Fractal North XL

I had to jump through hoops to get my 9800X3D to stay cool when I first got it running The last of us part 1 shader compilation got me to 90c real quick (I'm using a thermalright phantom spirit 120 se) this was after 3 repaste each one had good thermal paste coverage but I wanted to triple check it wasn't a me problem. I then ordered some better fans for my case and CPU cooler this brought temps down slightly the last of us comp was down to 87c now. Today my thermalright contact frame and thermal grizzly paste came in idk if it was the frame or the paste (I was using yeester paste prior) but now I get a max of 68c when doing shader compilation in the last of us. Out of curiosity because I had heard far cry 5 had some issues with the CPU I'm going to try battlefield 2042 next as I've heard this CPU gets hot in this game too but I played far cry 5 just now for about 2 hrs and I haven't seen temps over 62c. Its definitely possible to bring temps down its just a pain in the ass to figure out what is causing the issue in the first place I fixed the issue and I still don't know lol but after a long 2 weeks of trial error and shipping I thought I'd share my experience with this CPU to someone with a similar problem I hope this helps or at least puts you in the right direction of figuring it out :).
EDIT: after the thermal paste settled my temps actually dropped by about 2c-3c while streaming the last of us part 1 and doing shader compilation I peaked at 62c when stream was off I hit 59c

I've got a 7950x and yea Bro it does get hot but I temp limited it to 85*c TJMax with PBO, I'm considering getting a 9800x3D for my Asrock Taichi Carrara x670 board so I can free up the 7950x and replace my 3950x workstation system. I will be ordering the contact frame, thanks for weighing in mate. Sorry I just saw this.

[Warpig]

These temps are actually unique to this game. No other game I have runs this hot on my 98003XD. There is a very simple solution to, if you want your CPU to run cooler on Far Cry 5.

Goto Control Panel > Power Options, then Change your Plan Settings. In there, Change Advanced Power Settings > Processor Power Management, change Max processor state to 99.

This will stop your Processor cores from running in turbo mode. In Far Cry 5, this will give you a 20c drop in CPU temps.