What am I doing wrong?
What am I doing wrong?
Hello everyone, just installed my new Ryzen 5 5600X CPU. The idle temperatures aren’t as low as I expected from what I read online. Could I be making a mistake? The cooler installation was simple—just two screws, turned three times each way evenly. How could that be? Was the thermal paste applied correctly or too much? Another odd observation: my fans aren’t accelerating as expected. The sensors still indicate they’re running at max speed, but it now sounds more like a jet engine. When I put on the Air Cooler model you mentioned, it doesn’t make a loud roar anymore—it just hums softly and controls RGB with the Thermalrite Assassin King 120 SE.
There’s plenty of paste available. The idle temperature doesn’t matter much; what’s important is the load temperatures. As long as your CPU stays cool under stress, everything’s okay.
You can test under load by running games and using them as a stress test.
Thank you, I'll review the complete temperature readings now.