I recently bought an AMD 9800X3D and received it yesterday. I'm monitoring the temperatures using HWINFO, and I see that the CPU package temp sits around 50 to 55 degrees when idle, and the CCD is stable at about 40 degrees. However, during shader compiling for Monster Hunter, the CCD reached a max of 82 degrees. Since it's currently 25 degrees in my room as we head into winter, I'm worried about how hot it might get in summer. I'm using a Cool Master Master Air MA824 Stealth cooler and have reapplied thermal paste three times, even tightening it a bit too much out of frustration, which I now regret. Did I do something wrong with my setup?
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Seriously, you’re fine! Hitting 82 during shader loads is not bad at all.
As long as your CPU stays below 95 degrees, you're in the clear! It doesn’t matter whether you're idle, under load, or doing some intense torture tests. Stop worrying about it!
The maximum temp for your CPU is 95 degrees, so you still have a decent buffer there. Do you really think your room will heat up by 13 degrees in summer? Your cooler looks solid, so any good dual-tower cooler should handle it just fine.
Does it throttle down if it hits 95C? I didn’t think of that before. My old i7-9700K usually sat around 37 to 40C idle, so that’s why I'm anxious, especially since it hit 97C during gaming.
But it just bothers me when I see people stressing over numbers under 90! You see these posts every day across different forums.