The CPU is getting too hot and might cause problems.
The CPU is getting too hot and might cause problems.
Hey, I'm so sorry for my grammar mistakes. Since I don't speak English very well, here is what happened. I got a new GPU yesterday (Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition). When I tried playing games like GTA V, Valorant, Battlefield 2042, or Gta V, the graphics were high but the game was slow. The CPU temperature went up to around 67-70 degrees Celsius and it used only about 25% of its power, using roughly 78 watts. But when I played on the GPU, the usage hit 99%, the temp stayed at 65-67 degrees Celsius, but in Battlefield during the main menu, the CPU temp rose to 72-80 degrees and used 100% of its power while the GPU only used 40-45% with a temp of about 46 degrees. I don't know what happened after buying this new GPU today; it just stays at around 4.8ghz when it's not working, even though the temp is low at 50 degrees Celsius. But before I got this, when I used my built-in graphics card (CPU was a Ryzen 7 7700 non-x), the CPU temp only went up to 55-60 degrees. Even yesterday before today, it was just 55 degrees. I can't even play games for this pain. I'm so scared because this is my first PC from the hard money I earned. Please help me guys if you know how to fix my pc ðŸ˜ðŸ˜...I have 3 cpu fans and 1 rear fan. I have an air CPU cooler called Gamedias Boras E2-41D. Today I tried some methods from gpt like editing power plan and disabling PBO, but even after disabling PBO it didn't help me. Then I tried the power plan again; I set the minimum processor rate to 80% and maximum to 90%. After doing that, my CPU clock speed dropped down to base speed, which is 3.8ghz and the temp was only 49C even in games it went up to 52C but then the problem came back after I did that. When I saw my GPU wasn't using as much as before; it used about 35% instead of 99%. And the CPU usage was 40-45%, which yesterday only used 26%. Now I'm back to my old power plan, and it seems like PBO isn't doing this. Can anyone help me? I bought this PC on February 5, 2025. Please help me and approve this.
Even though dust is already inside, you can just wait a while to check if the temperature drops.
Your old GPU was slowing down the CPU way too much, but now that the new one can handle more data, the CPU has to work even harder just to give it what it needs. Why are you worried about getting too hot? I don't know exactly which computer you're using, but guess you still aren't overheating yet. Modern CPUs slow down their speed if they get too hot so they don't burn up. The most important thing is this: as long as the CPU doesn't actually hit its limit, keeping it running at 94C or even lower means nothing different than keeping it at full power. Most people spend a lot of time trying to cool things down by a few degrees and think that helps when in reality it just changes the number on their screen without fixing anything. Just run checkhwinfo64 and see if you get thermal throttle listed there. If not, adding more fans or better air flow won't help either.
Thermal throttling is just the computer telling itself to slow down when it gets too hot so it doesn't break. Instead of letting the chip burn out, the processor cuts its speed down which makes less heat but also slows things down. Your limit depends on your specific chip; for example, an AMD one usually has a 95-degree mark while Intel ones often hit 100 degrees. If you stay below that number, you're good to go. If you're worried about weird spikes in temperature, check the HWInfo64 tool and look at its report—it will tell you if you have actually hit your safe limit or not.