Checking safe operating temperatures for the Ryzen 5 3600
Checking safe operating temperatures for the Ryzen 5 3600
Hello everyone! I just completed my build a few days back and began testing it. -I'm running a Ryzen 5 3600 with an Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo cooler. -My room temperature is around 28 °C (best case) to 29.8 °C (most of the time). -My case setup includes three fans front and one exhaust at the back. -I'm using the Ryzen balanced power plan and monitoring temperatures with Ryzen Master and MSI Afterburner for gaming. -The default fan curve is set to 20% until 65 °C, then 75% up to 70 °C, and full speed afterward. After some adjustments, here are the temps I recorded: (listing the highest values I observed) -Idle -> 39 °C - 50 °C (fluctuates a lot) -Cinebench R20 -> 71 °C - 74 °C -AIDA64 Extreme (CPU+FPU+Memory+Cache) -> 80 °C - 82 °C -Prime95 Blend -> 75 °C - 80 °C after 20 minutes (noted I should have run FFTs instead of blending, plan to update) -AC: Odyssey (~10 min play) -> game stays at 70°C, spiking up to 77 °C -Overwatch (~2 hours) -> game around mid to high 60 °C, spikes to 70 °C What are your thoughts on these temperatures? Should I stick with the current fan curve? Are these readings too high for my CPU?
Really anything that is under 90C is fine, yes lower temps can improve longevity but if you are typically maxing out in the 70s or 80s I wouldn't worry about it at all. Most chips won't even thermal throttle until around 95-100C to prevent damage so I wouldn't be worried about the temps you are getting now
Those temps are well within acceptable ranges. The jumps you see in idle are as expected my 3600 jumps 29c - 41c idle so no issue there. I have a different curve than that although my cooling setup is a push/pull aio so probably wont help you: 30% 0-42c --- 50% 42-60c --- 70% 60-75c --- 100% 75c+ All in all you are getting good temps and there is nothing to worry about