5800x3d display featuring dark rock pro 4 at maximum heat levels
5800x3d display featuring dark rock pro 4 at maximum heat levels
Hello, your setup sounds a bit unusual with those high temperatures. The ambient room temperature is 22°C, and your idle temps are 50°C and 85°C during Chrome startup. After launching a game, it reaches 90-95°C. You updated the BIOS and used the AMD XMP profile, but you mentioned using an unopened NT-H1 thermal paste from three years ago. It’s possible the old paste is affecting heat dissipation. Check if the fan spins freely and see if the paste has degraded over time.
Typically, Noctua claims an unopened tube lasts about three years... However, I’ve used paste (AS5 instead of Noctua) that was several years old and worked well. As long as the paste isn’t watery or oily and looks uniform when removed, it should be okay. You might want to reinstall the cooler since a DRP4 setup seems suitable for a 5800X3D.
Already reseated it once but i'm going to try one more time. The thermal paste looks completely normal so i think it should be fine.
Your 5900X is likely using default settings, similar to stock configurations. It cools quite well, much like an X3D does. Note: And I own older high-end heatsinks that perform just as well, if not better than D15, against AMD 7nm.