I have heard time and time again how World of Warcraft is CPU heavy and does not rely on high end graphics card. So, I bought me a system with an i5-9400f proc with a rtx 2060 graphics card.
So as I am playing wow I see the heat in both parts, and I wonder, why cpu is only 50-60 degrees (40 degrees idling) and then GPU is 85 degrees.
If it is cpu heavy, why is cpu not used as much as graphics card?
is something wrong with my system?
Intel Core i5 @ 2.90GHz 40 °C
Coffee Lake 14nm Technology
RAM
16,0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1329MHz (19-19-19-43)
Motherboard
LENOVO 3704 (U3E1) 43 °C
Graphics
C27F591 (1920x1080@60Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (ZOTAC International)
GPUs run much hotter than CPUs.
Just check all your fans are running and you’re not blocking air getting to your GPU.
Its a new pre-built Lenovo T530, I have never opened the case, so I assume they know what they done 
(oh yeah its me on my main now)
I noticed when I stresstested the GPU that it maxes at 85 degrees, it does not go any higher without me overclocking and I wont do that.
But it works, so I am not gonna tinker with it
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Sorry but pre-built systems are built to a price point, not to a performance point. They are very very very often hideously laid out, and with poor thought given to airflow.
I know but it works, thats all I care about, and given the heat dont go above 85 I am pretty sure I am safe.
However we stray from the original topic, the question was, is WOW GPU heavy or CPU heavy?
Are you playing WoW with Vsync off? That would explain the high GPU temps, because the GPU would be running at max all the time (except in CPU-limit).
Try turning it on or limiting the FPS to 60 (or your Monitor refreshrate if higher than 60).
Don’t forget to turn on tripple buffering too.
If Vsync is already on, it would point to subpar cooling of the GPU.
Okey that was some good ideas, ill try them
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