CPU Overheating when building light

The_Shane
Sun, 01 Feb 2015 05:02:46 +0000
Rendering

As the title says, my CPU temperatures are breaking 100C (at about 85% capacity) when trying to build light for a level that’s only got 440 actors in it, almost all of which are just brick walls from Manufactura K4’s Ancient Environment kit. I believe I have ~10 lights placed throughout so far, all of which are shadowless. It rests at about 80C and 120 FPS while navigating the viewport. Is my level too big? I’d like to hope my computer could handle what’s only about half of the skeleton of the dungeon, but I’m not sure what else I could be doing. Here are my specs

i5-4670k CPU @ 3.40 GHz

GeForce GTX 760

ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer Motherboard

Windows 7 64-bit

8 GB RAM

It’s worth noting I only have the default CPU cooler installed as the EVO 212 I ordered doesn’t fit in my current case.

EDIT: I popped off the side of the case tonight while attempting to build the lighting and managed to do it without breaking 100*C. I was watching my CPU and it never broke 80%, so it must just be something with my CPU cooler.

7 posts - 1 participant