I'm going to tighten my CPU cooler.
I'm going to tighten my CPU cooler.
Hey! With your Ryzen 5 3600 and stock cooler, you're at a good range—around 43°C when idle and 57°C during gaming. If you think the screws weren’t tight enough, it’s worth checking the cooler’s mounting bolts or the fan alignment. Tightening them should help bring temps down without risking damage.
Times appears normal and forcing the CPU cooler too much might harm it, so keep it unchanged.
I anticipated even warmer conditions with the stock being cooler. No issues detected.
I made an error by trying Minecraft again since Apex kept downloading. The idle temperatures were about 43°F and 68°F during gameplay.
68 remains comfortably within the expected range. It’s unlikely you’d see a major drop by adjusting or swapping your cooler. The 7nm chiplet architecture is actually challenging to manage heat effectively, so even with a solid aftermarket cooler there will be only modest gains in thermal performance. The boost algorithm tends to consume any extra headroom quickly. I’d probably run a stress test using something like Cinebench to check temperatures under full load and see peak readings, just to confirm you won’t reach the thermal limit in extreme scenarios.