Do I need to reapply thermal paste ?

Liamnic · 29 Dec 2019 at 11:36

Hey

Put together my Ryzen 3700x system a couple of days ago and I am wondering if my current temps and voltages are in line with the norm.

Using Core Temp and CPU-Z I noticed that:

CPU voltage is almost always 1.4V, sometimes 0.9V
Idle temps range from 28 to 45 degrees, depending on recent and current activity
Download and gaming temps of around 50 to 69 degrees

Also, opening any application like steam or photoshop seems to briefly spike temps, CPU speed, and all fan speeds.

I also performed a CPU only stress test using AIDA64. Under full load for a few minutes temps never passed 55 surprisingly. Shot up to 60 degrees once I opened photoshop.

Using the current system:

Ryzen 3700x
X570 Aorus Elite Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB 3600Mhz RAM
Arctic Freezer 34 Duo Cooler

My motherboard chip-set is up to date and I am running the Ryzen Balanced power plan.

Only modifications to BIOS is XMP profile being active to achieve RAM speed.

Quartz · 29 Dec 2019 at 11:38

That looks pretty good to me.

Liamnic · 29 Dec 2019 at 11:45

Quartz said:
That looks pretty good to me.

Thanks for the fast reply dude. Good to know.

Was a tad worried I applied too much thermal paste or something since my last system did not fluctuate nearly as much.

Thanks again.

Mcnumpty2323 · 29 Dec 2019 at 11:50

You can double check voltage and temps using ryzen master
I found using core temp same thing the voltage and clock speed rarely dropped
I think perhaps core temp queries the cpu too often leading to a cause and effect situation

Liamnic · 29 Dec 2019 at 11:59

Mcnumpty2323 said:
You can double check voltage and temps using ryzen master
I found using core temp same thing the voltage and clock speed rarely dropped
I think perhaps core temp queries the cpu too often leading to a cause and effect situation

Thanks for the reply dude.

I actually used to have Ryzen Master installed but it seemed to always push the system a bit when active, like you suggest. With it running in the background voltages never dropped from 1.4V and temps fluctuated constantly.
I am probably just a pit paranoid because of how much I am monitoring it but its certainly running cooler than my last system.

Thanks again.

Mcnumpty2323 · 29 Dec 2019 at 12:05

Only just got a 3900x myself so yes it's lot different than what I was used to with Intel cpus
But whichever you use to monitor try to only use 1 tool at a time
Didn't see anything in your post worrying any way pretty consistent with sort of stuff my new ryzen doing I would say

doyll · 29 Dec 2019 at 14:56