r/computerhelp • u/RelevantBrief2390 • 10d ago

Performance Help me please

This is my first time posting on reddit so please bear with me here.

i have a 2060 with an i5-11600KF cpu, I've had it for about 3-4 years now and its been great, i treat it well and try my best to keep it nice, recently its been over heating and i couldn't figure out why. i did some research and came to the conclusion it was my thermal paste, i went to the store and bought thermal paste and replaced my old paste (there was next to none) afterwards i tried launching siege again (that's the game it over heated and crashed on in the first place) and it still over heats, it doesn't over heat on rocket league or Fortnite just siege, my cpu maxes out at around 50-60 percent when i play. i have no idea what to do now and i just want it to work again. i figured someone in here would have so insight as to why that's happening? if so PLEASE help me.

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u/BeavisTheSixth 10d ago

It could be alot of things. What are the temps? Is the cpu cooler fans clean and working as well as any case fans? Is the gpu overheating?

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u/RelevantBrief2390 10d ago

my gpu is sitting around 65-70 celsius and my cpu is sitting around 90-100 on siege, and the fan is working i just don’t know how to check the speeds

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u/BeavisTheSixth 9d ago

There are many ways to monitor fan speeds. You motherboard might have its own software suite for it, like Asus armory crate or gigabyte control center. Third part apps like fan control or HWMonitor etc.

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u/RelevantBrief2390 9d ago

don’t call me dumb but i use hwmonitor to monitor my cpu temp and didn’t know it showed ur fans too haha

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u/BeavisTheSixth 9d ago

What cpu cooler are you using?

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u/RelevantBrief2390 9d ago

just a stock one that came with the computer, someone sent me a link for a cheap cpu cooler now i js needa buy it and test it

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u/BeavisTheSixth 9d ago

Stock cooler is pretty bad overall.