While playing God of War, both my Ryzen 7 9850X3D and RTX 5070 OC reach around 70–73°C. I have already set Curve Optimizer to -25 in BIOS, and the room is kept between 23 and 25°C with air conditioning. My system uses a ROG STRIX B850-F WIFI motherboard, 32GB of KLEVV CRAS V RAM, a Thermalright Wonder Vision 360 AIO, a Lian Li O11 Vision Compact case, and Thermal Grizzly Duronaut paste. Are these temperatures normal, and are there any additional settings or cooling tweaks worth trying?
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Those temperatures are completely normal for gaming. Around 70–73°C is well within the safe operating range for both the CPU and GPU, so there is no obvious thermal problem to fix. What matters most is that the temperatures remain stable and the system is not throttling.
Your temperatures are actually quite good, especially with both components under load. You could try a more aggressive undervolt or fan curve if you really want lower numbers, but the practical benefit would be small. A contact frame or repaste is not necessary unless you notice unusually high temperatures, uneven core behavior, or performance throttling.
The next thing to check would be your case airflow: confirm which fans are intake and which are exhaust, and make sure the radiator has unobstructed airflow. Even so, 70–73°C does not indicate a cooling issue. Unless temperatures climb much higher during sustained loads, I would leave the current setup alone.
Both the CPU and GPU are reaching those temperatures, and I will double-check the fan directions and overall airflow.
That was my concern too, since I expected the 360mm AIO to keep the CPU even cooler. I was not sure whether something was installed incorrectly.