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Summer PC Overheating Solutions?

rurutiarurutia Member
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As temperatures rise, my mid-tier gaming rig is struggling with thermal throttling. Tried reapplying thermal paste and adding two case fans, but CPU still hits 85°C during Baldur's Gate 3 sessions. Saw an interesting GitHub project s-tui for terminal-based stress testing.

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  • cybertechcybertech Member

    isnt 85° normal

    Thanked by 3nghialele Erisa satorik
  • nghialelenghialele Member

    @cybertech said:
    isnt 85° normal

    Yes for me it is. :D

    Thanked by 1vr10
  • lirrrlirrr Member
    edited May 2025

    is this south east asia gang problem

    Thanked by 3nghialele beanman109 nick_
  • nghialelenghialele Member

    @lirrr said:
    is this south east asia gang problem

    Yes. It's 38C at 7am

    Thanked by 2oloke _MS_
  • fredo1664fredo1664 Member

    Does it make sense to consider watercooling in this case? (never tried)

  • davidedavide Member

    Have you tried turning it off and on again?

    Thanked by 2oloke atkl
  • KriegsfKriegsf Member

    Try using air conditioning

    Thanked by 2darkimmortal xxsl
  • shallownorthdakotashallownorthdakota Member

    @nghialele said:

    @lirrr said:
    is this south east asia gang problem

    Yes. It's 38C at 7am

    Looking forward to it in 3 weeks.

    Thanked by 1nghialele
  • lirrrlirrr Member

    @nghialele said:

    @lirrr said:
    is this south east asia gang problem

    Yes. It's 38C at 7am

    im super lucky it is raining season so its not that bad

  • yoursunnyyoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate
    1. Fill bathtub with cold water.
    2. Put PC into bathtub.
    3. Plug it in.
    Thanked by 6nghialele admax oloke atkl satorik xxsl
  • PineappleMPineappleM Member
    edited May 2025

    Room AC unit + open PC side panel + point household fan to it to dramatically accelerate convective cooling

    That’s how I deal with hot summer gaming. Only caution is it will likely increase dust accumulation so you’ll have to de-dust more often.

    Thanked by 1barbarza
  • nghialelenghialele Member

    @lirrr said:

    @nghialele said:

    @lirrr said:
    is this south east asia gang problem

    Yes. It's 38C at 7am

    im super lucky it is raining season so its not that bad

    Yes it is raining here too. :D

  • nghialelenghialele Member

    @yoursunny said:
    1. Fill bathtub with cold water.
    2. Put PC into bathtub.
    3. Plug it in.

    Let's setup a DC in Alaska.

    Thanked by 4PineappleM yoursunny oloke satorik
  • PineappleMPineappleM Member

    @nghialele said:

    @yoursunny said:
    1. Fill bathtub with cold water.
    2. Put PC into bathtub.
    3. Plug it in.

    Let's setup a DC in Alaska.

    There’s oil fields in the North Slope. Just route a giant underwater internet cable over to there, burn the oil for electricity, and harness the natural cold to cool the overclocked CPUs and GPUs. Premium performance at a low cost!

    Thanked by 1nghialele
  • CalypsoCalypso Member

    @yoursunny said:
    1. Fill bathtub with cold water.
    2. Put PC into bathtub.
    3. Plug it in.

    1. In case of a fuse that trips: put it back on. Electricity likes cold too, so basically what happens is that all your electricity wants goes into your bathtub. Thats good. This levels out when the temperature of your bath tub rises.
    Thanked by 3nghialele PineappleM yoursunny
  • vuanhsonvuanhson Member

    @yoursunny said:
    1. Fill bathtub with cold water.
    2. Put PC into bathtub.
    3. Plug it in.

    you forgot jump in it and play the game

    Thanked by 2PineappleM yoursunny
  • olokeoloke Member, Host Rep

    typical summer host issues

    btw s-tui is indeed a nice tool, if you have stress installed, it will stress test your CPU

    Thanked by 1rurutia
  • rurutiarurutia Member

    @cybertech said:
    isnt 85° normal

    Maybe, but I wish it was lower so the fan noise wasn't too loud.

  • rurutiarurutia Member

    @oloke said:
    typical summer host issues

    btw s-tui is indeed a nice tool, if you have stress installed, it will stress test your CPU

    When I first installed this computer, I did use stress testing to check the overclocking stability of the host.

    Thanked by 1oloke
  • davidedavide Member

    @rurutia said:

    @cybertech said:
    isnt 85° normal

    Maybe, but I wish it was lower so the fan noise wasn't too loud.

    The solution to that is so simple

    Thanked by 1PineappleM
  • rurutiarurutia Member

    @fredo1664 said:
    Does it make sense to consider watercooling in this case? (never tried)

    There should be. I am considering replacing it with water cooling. The single-tower air cooling cannot suppress this R5 7500F.

  • rurutiarurutia Member

    @davide said:

    @rurutia said:

    @cybertech said:
    isnt 85° normal

    Maybe, but I wish it was lower so the fan noise wasn't too loud.

    The solution to that is so simple

    Bro is a genius, mainly without a fan there will be no noise o:)

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @cybertech said: isnt 85° normal

    I think it's at the upper edge of acceptable under load. But you probably want it lower.

    @rurutia what is the ambient room temperature?

    Thanked by 1admax
  • DeadlyChemistDeadlyChemist Member

    underclock tbh

  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran

    My CPU hits 86 on the stocker cooler.
    Absolute normal phenomenon.

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  • LeviLevi Member

    Move to north. Good for passive cooling.

    Thanked by 3oloke davide nghialele
  • davidedavide Member

    @Levi said:
    Move to north. Good for passive cooling.

    Or just dig a hole in the ground. It's geographically closer and cool enough down there too.

  • greenhost_cloudgreenhost_cloud Member

    @rurutia said:
    As temperatures rise, my mid-tier gaming rig is struggling with thermal throttling. Tried reapplying thermal paste and adding two case fans, but CPU still hits 85°C during Baldur's Gate 3 sessions. Saw an interesting GitHub project s-tui for terminal-based stress testing.

    Hitting 85°C under load isn’t unusual for some CPUs, but consistent thermal throttling is a concern. s-tui is a great lightweight tool, perfect for checking real-time thermal behavior. It might also be worth checking the airflow direction or undervolting slightly.

  • VoidVoid Member

    @yoursunny said:
    1. Fill bathtub with cold water.
    2. Put PC into bathtub.
    3. Plug it in.

    LowEndCooling

    Thanked by 4yoursunny atkl oloke nghialele
  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran
    edited May 2025

    1 case fan though reduced my 95 on my CPU to 86.
    Probably if I throw in 2-3 more, should stay below 80.

    Thanked by 1rurutia
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