Upgrade CPU Cooler

[Chrismk]

A friend's 15 year old son has a PC with the spec below.
All was well until he started playing games such as Star Wars, Avowed, Delta Force, Minecraft.
After anywhere between 90 minutes and 2 hours it will suddenly crash and reboot.
I have run Prime95 and the CPU gets into the 90's rather quickly though I haven't been brave enough to continue with the test!
I've run MemTest for 4 hours without any issues.

Being an old git, I'm unfamiliar with these games (MSFS is my weakness!) and how they are set up but the lad says he selects "let windows decide" when setting parameters.
Would I be right in thinking the stock CPU cooler is insufficient for these types of games?
And if so, could someone recommend a suitable replacement please, that would do the job.


Aerocool Dryft v2 Midi-Tower ATX Case
Corsair RMx Series RM750x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX PSU
Asus Prime B650M-A WIFI II (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor – Retail
PowerColor AXRX 6600 8GBD6-3DH GPU AMD Radeon RX 6600 8 Go GDDR6
TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-49600C38 6200MHz Dual Channel Kit Ram
WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E)
Asrock 27" PG27FF1A 1920x1080 IPS 165Hz 1ms FreeSync HDR Widescreen Gaming Monitor

 

[Philtor]

You could try applying fresh thermal paste to see if that helps but given it’s the stock cooler, I would suggest changing to something like the Thermalright peerless assassin cooler.

 

[Tetras]

I have run Prime95 and the CPU gets into the 90's rather quickly though I haven't been brave enough to continue with the test!

Would I be right in thinking the stock CPU cooler is insufficient for these types of games?

It is normal that Prime 95 hits those kind of temps, especially on the stock cooler. AMD claim that these CPUs are good to run up to 95 degrees.

That said, the case temp (and the temp of other components) might be the problem after several hours of running, but that's hard to say.

And if so, could someone recommend a suitable replacement please, that would do the job.

Freezer 36 is one of the cheaper ones, OCUK have it @ £23.

 

[tamzzy]

And if so, could someone recommend a suitable replacement please, that would do the job
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor – Retail

the 7600 isn't hard to cool. as an ex-owner of the 7600, and also having used the thermalright assassin king 120SE, this cooler would be my go-to
the AK120SE has 5 heatpipes and RGB lighting, and it's also available for less than £17 delivered (£16.19 to be exact)
you won't find a more capable cooler for the price

 

[Chrismk]

Thank you everyone!

 

[MissChief]

Check the airflow too. Have the fans been set to always run at minimum speeds? Is the case in A location with restricted airflow?

 

[Chrismk]

Check the airflow too. Have the fans been set to always run at minimum speeds? Is the case in A location with restricted airflow?

Yes location is good thanks and the CPU fan does vary in speed. However, the six case fans don't seem to vary though they look to be running fast.
I would have thought they should be controllable, but there are no options for them in the BIOS or Asus Crate.

 

[MissChief]

Yes location is good thanks and the CPU fan does vary in speed. However, the six case fans don't seem to vary though they look to be running fast.
I would have thought they should be controllable, but there are no options for them in the BIOS or Asus Crate.

They might be connected via SATA power or similar.

 

[Chrismk]

It's a 7 fan hub which came with the case. Power via SATA and cables to an Addressable Gen 2 header and a fan header.