I don't have epic game launcher running but maybe something else such as RGB software is causing the same behaviour. I wonder if it is maybe something to do with the motherboard (Aorus B550I) giving too much current and voltage because my 3100 also idled similarly hot with both the stock and...
The 5600X isn't much better on heat. Mine is idling at 50C and hitting 80C in games on 120mm AIO, maxing out my Noctua fan. I think it's because it is constantly using all available thermal headroom to boost up to 4.7 GHz (no OC, no PBO). I don't notice much difference in games vs. my old 3100...
Here's one of my rig, apologies for the terrible ambient lighting. Recently re-housed in a Fractal ARC Mini R2 and pimped with LEDs, but no watercooling like many of those here.
If I was lucky enough to win, I think I'd go for one of the BitFenix PSUs with the cool sleeved cabling- would make...
Having weird issues with these last few sets of drivers, CCC won't open at all. 14.9 broke all my Windows 8 'metro' apps and Civ:BE won't give me the proper gamut of display resolutions.
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