Need help with overheating on your Ryzen 3600.
Need help with overheating on your Ryzen 3600.
Hey everyone, I’m facing some heating issues with my new PC. I built it about two weekends ago. My temperatures swing quite a bit—between 55 and around 70°C when just browsing the web. They spike up to 80–90°C during intense gaming sessions like playing GTA Online.
Here’s what I have set up: Ryzen 3600 Mobo, MSI B450M Bazooka Max, Zotac RTX 2060, Klev Bolt 16GB RAM, FSP HV Pro 650W Bronze case, and a Tecware Nexus M with two fans. I’ve been using Cinebench and sometimes hit 95°C, which causes the CPU to throttle.
I’ve tried reseating the cooler, changing the thermal paste, updating BIOS, and checking the Ryzen balance power settings, but nothing seems to work. I ordered three extra fans that should arrive tomorrow, hoping they’ll help stabilize things. My GPU stays cool at around 43°C, while my CPU is fluctuating wildly between 55 and 70°C during web use.
Anyone have any suggestions? Could this be a faulty CPU? Thanks for your help!
Yes, I adjusted the fan settings and verified that every fan is rotating.
Yeah, I did that. I cranked all the fans up. I was concerned about overheating and potential CPU damage. Better a little noise than risking my new PC.
Chipset driver updated successfully too. Make sure to apply the correct paste settings after reinstalling. The temperature reading of 95 is typical for a hotbox environment.
Updated bios information – work is complete, temperatures remain consistent. I’m using MSI Afterburner to verify readings; Ryzen Master and HWMonitor Repaste are in place with improved thermal paste. Switched from the stock cooler’s paste to Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Open side panel. Temperatures dropped slightly but not significantly. Ran Cinebench again with the panel open and achieved 95°C. Ambient temperature is around 26°C at the moment.
Current conditions - 26°C
Environment is stable at this temperature.