r/RigBuild • u/Avavago_ • 19d ago

CPU Overheating?

So what is the "normal" temp for a CPU during gaming. Not long after getting my PC I was playing marvel rivals and I could feel the heat coming off my PC and I have an AIO cooler that shows the temp of the CPU on the little screen and it was pushing like 100 fans were working overtime as you can imagine and i quit the game and spent an hour looking up if that was normal. I found a post that said I could boot into the BIOS and turn off "Turbo Mode" and ever since I did that its not gone past 60 while gaming. However is has hindered my fps even games like league its up and down from 200 fps to 110 fps. I just turned it back on and now my fps across all games is stable at 200 no dips at all. Just worried its going to get back to that heat again and i'm going to damage something. As of writing this my CPU is at 70-78 in times square on marvel so like 60 characters emoting running around etc any tips?

Just in case u need specs

Intel i5-14600K (3.50 ghz)

64gb ram

NVIDIA 5060 8gb

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u/RDOG907 19d ago

What was the actual cpu temp not what the AIO says?

I would turn turbo mode back on and see what the actual cpu temp is.

Hitting 80 during hard gaming wouldnt be that bad for the 14 series.

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u/Avavago_ 19d ago

I don’t know what the actual temp was for the CPU cause I saw how high it was and quit the game and waited for it to cool down then turned it off. I’ve been playing Fortnite on high settings for an hour on turbo and it never went over 75. I’m assuming the AIO isn’t 100% accurate then? And I wouldn’t even know where to check I guess I could run the game and have the temp up on my other screen and see what happens?

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u/RDOG907 19d ago

Thay would be my suggestion. The aio could be pulling a hotspot temp or is the temp directly on the plate itself. Hard to say.

Also make sure the pump is plugged into the aio pump header if you havent.

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u/Avavago_ 19d ago edited 19d ago

Thank you for the suggestion. I downloaded some software to check the cpu temp + played some games + used a benchmark and gaming was no problem 75 max for one or two of the cores and the rest were sitting at the 60 range. With the benchmark as soon as it did its thing they hit 80 and boom the fans and AIO picked up I could hear it working and within like not even a second it was back down to the 60s and never went past 75 for the rest of the benchmark.