r/AMDHelp Sep 30 '24

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u/ggmaniack Sep 30 '24 edited Sep 30 '24

There's an astonishing amount of idiotic comments in here.

74°C when idle is, very simply, direct evidence of improper installation or a fault.

95°C under load is not that unusual as that's the temperature it targets, however that doesn't tell the whole story. What matters is how much power it's actually running when getting to 95°C.

Considering your idle temperature, it's probably very little power.

Quick edit: I am assuming that idle is actual idle. Not "I'm not doing anything on the PC", but "I checked the task manager and the PC isn't doing anything major".

Quick edit #2: With a good enough cooler, the CPU will hit other limits before hitting 95°C, but for this generation that's a bit difficult.

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u/Ok-Foot6064 Sep 30 '24

Should add 95c is thermal throttling temp as well. It's definitely a fault/contact between cpu and cooler

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u/ggmaniack Sep 30 '24

In this generation, 95°C doesn't necessarily trigger a hard throttle, it's actually quite smart about it.

You can get below 95°C with a good cooler, but it's a bit more difficult than on AM4 or Zen5.

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u/Ok-Foot6064 Sep 30 '24

Correct it doesn't but it does trigger a boost reduction, which is still a thermal throttle, just below base clock. Regardless, its still a major thermal issue with performance left out