Is a 106°C GPU hotspot temperature safe on an RTX 5060 Ti?
My PNY RTX 5060 Ti reaches a maximum GPU hotspot temperature of 106°C while gaming, but this only seems to happen on particularly hot days. Is that still…
thermal throttling
Can I use a thermal pad and pre-applied paste together on a Ryzen 7 5800X3D?
I'm building a PC for the first time in several years. My Ryzen 7 5800X3D came with a carbon thermal pad, so I decided to use it. However,…
Are 75–90°C CPU Temperatures Normal for a 13900KF in CS2?
My Core i9-13900KF reaches around 75–90°C while playing Counter-Strike 2 at 2560×1440 and 300 Hz, and it has briefly reached 100°C. I'm using a Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic…
Why is my Ryzen 7 5800X3D performing worse than my 5700X?
I upgraded from a Ryzen 7 5700X to a Ryzen 7 5800X3D, but my performance got noticeably worse. In Cinebench, the 5700X scored about 15,172 points while the…
How long should GPU thermal paste last before needing replacement?
I repasted my GPU less than a year ago, but it is now reaching around 60°C under a moderate load with a 95°C hotspot. I'm not a particularly…
Is the ADATA Gammix S70 Blade Safe to Use With Its Thin Heatsink?
I built my first PC about 10 days ago and reused the ADATA Gammix S70 Blade NVMe SSD from my PlayStation 5. It works normally for Windows and…
Why Are All My Games Suddenly Dropping to 10 FPS?
I'm using a budget gaming laptop with an RTX 3050, 16GB of RAM, and a 12th-generation Intel Core i5-12450H. It has handled games like League of Legends without…
Why is my M.2 SSD reaching 70°C while idle in a USB enclosure?
I bought a popular Sabrent M.2 enclosure and initially it seemed to work normally. After copying files for about 10 minutes, the SSD began thermal throttling. I disconnected…
Are These Ryzen 7 9700F Temperatures Normal?
I recently bought an iBUYPOWER Element SE with a Ryzen 7 9700F and a single-tower 120 mm air cooler. At around 76°F (24°C) indoors, the CPU idles near…
Are These Ryzen 7 9700F Temperatures Normal?
I recently bought an iBUYPOWER Element SE with a Ryzen 7 9700F and a single-tower 120 mm air cooler, possibly similar to a Thermalright Assassin X120. At around…
Why does my gaming laptop overheat only when plugged in after a factory reset?
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 with an Intel i7-11370H, and it started overheating severely after I performed a factory reset through Windows Settings. When the laptop…
Is a brief 95–100°C CPU spike when launching a game normal?
I recently installed a Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE ARGB tower cooler on my Intel Core i5-9400. While monitoring temperatures, I saw the CPU jump instantly to…
Is 90–95°C Too Hot for a Ryzen 5 7500F While Gaming?
While playing Spider-Man 2, my RX 9060 XT stays around 60°C, but my Ryzen 5 7500F reaches roughly 90–95°C. My room is fairly hot and I'm currently using…
Is 90–95°C Too Hot for a Ryzen 5 7500F While Gaming?
While playing Spider-Man 2, my RX 9060 XT stays around 60°C, but my Ryzen 5 7500F reaches roughly 90–95°C. My room gets quite hot, and I'm currently using…
Why Is My i7-14700KF Thermal Throttling During Games With a 360mm AIO?
My i7-14700KF is thermal throttling, including while gaming, and I'm trying to determine whether the cause is CPU mounting pressure, BIOS settings, thermal paste, or a problem with…
Are Brief 98–99°C Spikes Normal on a Ryzen 5 9600X?
My Ryzen 5 9600X occasionally reaches 98–99°C for an instant during long gaming sessions—usually only once every hour or two. More commonly, it stays around 88–90°C during benchmarks…
Why does my CPU temperature rise to 80°C after an hour of gaming and stay there?
I bought a used gaming PC with a GTX 1080, a Ryzen 9 6900HX mobile CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a large Noctua cooler. During the first…
PNY RTX 5070 Ti Suddenly Reaching 88°C and Running Much Louder
My PNY RTX 5070 Ti has been running normally for about six months, but today the fans suddenly became extremely loud while I was playing The Finals. MSI…
Windows 11 CPU Keeps Dropping to 0.40 GHz on HP ProBook
I have an HP ProBook 445 G11 running Windows 11, and its processor occasionally becomes locked at 0.40 GHz even when CPU usage rises to around 60–70%. The…
HP ProBook CPU locked at 0.40 GHz on Windows 11
My HP ProBook 445 G11 periodically gets stuck running at only 0.40 GHz while using Windows 11. This happens even during light workloads, and the laptop becomes noticeably…