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human
Serious question: is my desktop cpu not supposed to be hitting low/mid 90s during gaming?
gpt
Intel CPU have a max temp of 105°C before they thermal throttle and shut down, to save the machine.

90°C (if it's 12th gen especially) is sadly common as they doing alot of processes on the many cores. If your using a stock cooler, your probably hitting thing temps.

That said, I didn't want my CPU to hit 90°C so now I own an after market cooler and at most I'm at 70°C on heavy loads