CPU temperature - what's too hot?
I just got a new gaming specific PC, an Acer Predator Orion 3000 with an Intel Core i7. While playing Sims 4 the CPU seems to heat up quite a lot, compared to other games. I've even clocked a whopp...
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@belpita Sorry, I saw the words "Acer Predator" and immediately thought "laptop." Since this is a desktop, you really should have much better cooling than you're getting. Laptops run hot, but desktops should not, at least not when new with what is presumably a fully working cooling apparatus.
In your position, I'd check all the fans to make sure they're spinning properly and that nothing is in their way, either internally or externally. If that didn't help, I'd unmount the CPU fan or radiator block, remove the thermal paste (rubbing alcohol works great), apply my own thermal paste (Arctic M4 is $10 or less and works well), reassemble everything, and test again. There are plenty of YouTube videos demonstrating how to apply thermal paste, and probably one showing how to take apart and reassemble whatever CPU cooler you have.
I put Origin in offline mode and that actually seems to have done the trick. *mumbles something about how useless Origin is*
CPU temp was fluctuating between 53-75C when I played for about 30 minutes a little while ago.
I literally got the computer two days ago, and I'm sort of getting to know it a bit. But the fans can be set to "automatic" and "gaming", so I'm experimenting a little bit with that for Sims4 in particular. Playing Minecraft works fine, though, as well as some other random Steam games. I'm also going to look into any other possible programme running in the background that can be turned off.
@belpita 75º C and lower sounds much better, although it still might be a bit hot, depending on the workload of your processor. It's certainly not concerning though. Origin itself has been maxing out some players' CPUs lately, for no discernible reason, and often while there's no game running. Maybe there will be a fix, or maybe the EA Desktop App will show up and be less of a nuisance. Either way, at least you have a workaround for now.
Oh, well, three weeks later and we're back to temperatures around 80-90C again.
I have Origin in offline mode, ticked off all possible online features within the game AND even went into Task Manager to force close Origin after opening Sims 4.
I really don't know what to do now. :-/
@belpita Are you noticing high temperatures in any other settings? How much of your CPU is Origin using when this happens? It's possible the issue is (now) Sims 4, not Origin. Regardless, I still think the cooling overall should be better. Let me know if you're interested in doing any benchmarks to test it.
Additionally, what framerates are you getting in-game? Limiting fps can lower the CPU load too. To see your in-game fps, bring up the cheats console (crtl-shift-C) and enter "fps on" without quotes. A number will appear in the lower left corner of the screen, over the UI.
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