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Current Temps - Problem?

AgedIdiot

AgedIdiot

AgedIdiot

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Am running a 3900x (on Asus X570-E) which I have been running for about 3 months.

To begin with it was a shock moving from a 5820k (overclocked to 4.6) simply because the operating temperatures were so much higher on the 3900.

However having read up a bit I realised that this was to be expected given the number of cores etc.

Did consider that I might get better performance and/or better temps if I were to either run an overclock and/or a power plan but in the end decided that such did seem a bit pointless as long as the heat did not get too much.(overall I believe that looking to overclock would not give me much , if any, improvement in performance)

Running the pc today I noted that the temps have risen substantially - idle /tick over about 37 to 40c with it topping out when gaming at 72c.

Even though I would prefer them lower I do not believe that these temps are in any way a 'problem' - thoughts appreciated. (and if anyone considers that there is anything to be done please advise!)

Am running a cusom loop cooling both cpu and gpu.

Lastly just to mention that per the Asus website there is a new bios for my board which refers to a new
Update AMD AM4 AGESA PI 1.0.0.1 which I believe is a good thing which I will install tomorrow.
 
My thanks to all who posted :)

Humbug - I found 'Performance Enhancer' in the Bios BUT the only options are :-
Auto ( which it is set at)
Default
Level 1
Level2
Level 3 (Overclock)

Thoughts?

Generally I noted also that in my Bios under the Precision Boost Overdrive section all 4 are set at 'auto' (the 4 being Precision Boost Overdrive, Precision Boost Scaler, Max cpu boost clock overide and Platform Thermal Throttle ) - again thoughts appreciated as to wether to disable them all?
 
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Am trying to be relaxed about it all!

I think that if one strips out the fact that temps do fluctuate (up and down like a yo yo ;)) whatever is going on (including next to nothing!) then my temps are reasonable and it is not worth losing any sleep over.

I did believe that in time the temps 'problem' would be solved with new power plan /bios BUT I am now of the view that given the facts that the cpu has double the cores (was on 5820k) on a very similar sized die etc that this is probably not going to happen - I will just have to live with it AND enjoy the cpu for what it is :D
 
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