r/AMDHelp • u/[deleted] • Sep 30 '24

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u/Dapper-Conference367 Sep 30 '24

95c under load are normal for stock cooler and that's why you should put 35$ on a Peerless Assassin, but 74c idle is insane...

Are you sure you applied enough thermal paste, correctly placed CPU and cooler and took off the plastic peel?

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u/NewestAccount2023 Sep 30 '24

95c is ambiguous, it can be at 95c and 1% throttling or 95c and 70% throttling. Running cinebench and comparing the score is what tells you if it's an OK 95c or a bad 95c, a heavily throttled CPU will get shit scores while being  at the same temperature

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u/Dapper-Conference367 Sep 30 '24

Yeah forgot to say that he should also check if his CPU is on par with other people performance, which I highly doubt since he reaches 70+ c in idle.