CPU running high

There are a lot more people playing the game right now with events and whatnot, that will raise the CPU load to ~4 whole threads in worst case scenario.

The Ryzen 5500 has 6 cores and is a ~65w CPU(assuming no overclocking). For an extremely rough estimate: (4/6)*65= ~45W constant in high traffic areas if your client is fully capping the four threads that it maxes out on. While playing, if you see your total CPU usage at around 30%, it means your WoW is using the max CPU it can use (it would calculate based on 12 threads, so 4/12=~0.333).

Your CPU being at 60C is perfectly fine, considering it being at ~70% wattage load.

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My 12900k barely hits 60C in this game. But yeah, 60 is not a huge issue.

Maybe I’m mis-reading this but you don’t want two opposing intake fans. You need intake and outtake. Not having that would definitely cause overheating.

Also probably want more than two fans.

As long as there are vents in the top, that can work, but isn’t ideal. Realistically, you’d want to have air being sucked in the front and blown out the back+top, or have air sucked in the back+top and blown out the front. And ideally, the the in/out flows would be matched in power for push/pull, with slightly stronger amounts of air being pulled in vs going out, to attempt to create a “pocket” of higher air pressure.

(contrary to clickbait guides, you will never actually attain any form of useful positive or negative pressure inside your case, get a barometer and you’ll see what I mean. Talking MAYBE 0.01% differences in pressure inside vs outside the case in even the best cases)

Another thing to keep in mind: It’s summer time. Higher temps and depending on where you’re at, higher humidity. This can make it harder on system cooling.

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