9700x running at around 93C when playing games
My CPU lately I would say for the past month has been running hotter than usual, I used to get maybe max 80C when gaming even with the 105W TDP, I think it started running hotter after my latest BIOS update but I could be wrong.
Bit more info:
Thermalright Phantom Spirit with 120 Noctua fans.
Re applied thermal paste few days ago as I thought that was the issue, no luck.
PBO has been enabled just running auto.
I have not tried CO offset, las time I tried I couldn't find stable settings to go with.
Posted Aug 29, 2026, 1:21 PM UTC
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