The same thing was happening with my GPU so I underclocked and undervolted it to hell using msi afterburner and now instead of getting 85 C during gaming sessions it’s around 70 C. my CPU fan is always loud. i think the thermal paste is gone. I’m not willing to take my computer apart because where my computer is it’s really awkward and if it bricks itself i have the money to buy a new one. rn the package temp is idling at 46-55 C, jumping every second. min temp is 45 C. the max temp is 80 C idling according to hwmonitor. i’m getting spikes in high temperature that last a second or so but when I’m playing a game it can spike to 95-100 C

UPDATE: Disabled Boost and undervolted my CPU, now temp spikes are much more reasonable. Max idle temp after 1 hour according to hwmonitor is 53 C which is a lot better than random spikes to 80 C lol. thx to everyone who commented!

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    16 hours ago

    If your worried you can get a wrist band that attaches you to the case/ground for a few dollars. You really just need to touch something that would discharge the static before grabbing a part. The real risk is everything in the PC is bloodthirsty and wants to cut you.

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      13 hours ago

      I joked about blood on my soundcard at an IT job.

      Because yes, I managed to cut myself installing a sound card.

      The younger guys were just like, “Sound card?”

      Unless you really need something specific, the stuff built into mobos is fine these days.