Do I need a custom fan curve on the CPU?

[Zeebedy]

Setup a thread on the CPU section, and it got me thinking..(never good )..

Under load for COD Cold War as an example, after a session, my 10600K peaks at around 66-67c and my 2080S around 59-60c..

Is the CPU temp a little high for gaming ( I know thermal throttling is much higher a temp), as its the motherboard stock fan curve on it, the GPU is a custom one using MSI AB.

or is the mid-high 60's degrees OK?

 

[Zeebedy]

Perfectly fine, it's what i normally aim for with any cpu/cooling.

Perfect, thank you. Will leave it as is then!

 

[Zeebedy]

I would never put a custom fan curve on a CPU. CPU temps are too volatile, even at idle which leads to fans ramping up and down all the time with 1) degrades the motor faster and 2) is annoying to have to listen to

Fan curve based on GPU temp is a much better idea

I wouldn't be concerned, specially for gaming.
If you were hammering the CPU 24/7 (apps that are CPU intensive) that would make sense to try and keep the CPU temp under control, but during games there will be much more spikes than a consistent boost, unless your CPU were at constant 100% bottlenecking your GPU, which is not the case.
For those spikes, by the time a cooler or pump increases it's speed to tackle the spike, 99% would be late, and the CPU temp would be back to "normal".
For your CPU those temps are absolutely fine.

Cheers guys, I never considered those points, deffo food for thought..

I will leave as you say..