Is your CPU thermal throttling? how to check easily and fix it
154There's a good chance that your CPU might well be thermal throttling without you realising. Simple things can cause your CPU to overheat which in turn leads to a reduction in performance. That thermal throttling might not even be noticable in day-to-day use but could be having a negative impact on system performance and even on the overall FPS you're getting while gaming.
Luckily there are ways you can check to see if your CPU is thermal throttling and if you're running an Intel CPU it's really easy. Firstly download Intel XTU and then run the system stress tests.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/17881/intel-extreme-tuning-utility-intel-xtu.html
You can also use Cinebench
https://www.maxon.net/en/cinebench
In combination with something like HarwareMonitor (https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html) or HWInfo64 (https://www.hwinfo.com/download/) to check the thermals of your system under heavy load. If it's running very hot then there are a few fixes you can do to sort it.
One of which is simply thinking about your fan configuration and seeing if it can be improved.
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In this video you'll see how I didn't have enough intake fans on the Lian Li Dynamic Evo XL. Swapping the fans to Infinity Reverse fans so that the air is now being intaked through the AIO radiator now means a reduction in temps which in turn means no more thermal throttling.
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Specs of this build: (note this includes affiliate links that earn me a commission at no extra cost to you)
Motherboard - Asus ROG STRIX Z790-A GAMING WIFI D4 motherboard (https://youtu.be/2IQCnkzKtps)
CPU - Intel Core i9-14900K https://amzn.to/46xZ101
Case - Lian Li Dynamic Evo XL - https://youtu.be/RjUwRy6FOs8
Fans - Lian Li SL-INF 140 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HUpX6v1qTE
And Lian Li SL-INF fans (https://youtu.be/W_ApiN_Wueg) (120mm)
And reverse blade fans (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxhIPQJlZ2E)
CPU cooler - Lian Li Galahad 2 LCD https://youtu.be/Mxm_29mWr9Y
RAM - Kingston FURY Beast RGB SE 64GB (https://amzn.to/3NPEuvD)
NVMEs - Crucial T700 (Two 2TB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B08Cv8Pb9nI)
Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjOyCB7Vqjw)
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPSnnKGYl54)
PSU - Corsair HX1500i PSU (https://youtu.be/kq2B2HKNjRY)
GPU - Asus ROG Strix RTX 4090 OC White Edition (https://amzn.to/3tr1nzc)
RGB - Lian Li Strimer Plus V2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTnzx75cw3s)
RGB GPU - 600Watt Strimer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjOyo2H69vw)
Also included in this video:
Motherboard - Asus ROG STRIX Z790-A GAMING WIFI 2 https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-z790-a-gaming-wifi-ii/
CPU - Intel Core i9-14900K https://amzn.to/46xZ101
RAM - Corsair Dominator Titanium https://go.corsair.com/baya19
Get Intel XTU here - https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/17881/intel-extreme-tuning-utility-intel-xtu.html
Other videos:
How to use AI overclocking with your Intel CPU https://youtu.be/YnEeN_w4YCI
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