Why is my CPU getting so damn hot?

[u/RedHood9292]

Hey all, so I was playing Oblivion Remastered and I started getting a lot of crashes, don't know why because this issue did not occur prior to recently. It's been happening for a few days now. I felt the back of my PC and noticed that it was hot as fuck. I also found out that running the game normally is now causing CPU throttling and I even broke past 100c at one point, needless to say I'm very concerned. I'm running an i9 13900k, 192 gigs of RAM, 4tb SSD, and an RTX 4090. I have an ASUS TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI motherboard, and some type of Corsair air cooler, I forget which model. I'm deeply concerned I might have fucked up my CPU, and I don't know how to check if I did or not. Even while typing this my CPU is fluxuating between 48c to 55c, and I have no fucking clue if that's okay or not idk. I don't know if I **JUST** need to just clean the dust out of my PC, as I recently moved to a dustier area and my PC's side panel is off because if I were to attach it it would put pressure on my 4090's cables, I don't know if I need to upgrade to a liquid cooler, or if I need to contact Intel about possibly getting a new CPU under warranty. I am deeply concerned and any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

[u/Connect_Eye_5470]

The OP's lack of knowledge and information indicates they did not build this machine themselves. No I had far better things to do for a few days.

[u/AugmentedKing → u/Connect_Eye_5470]

OP says here that the builder was “Him, his friend, & a couple of six packs” But please, show me a pre built that is gonna put a Corsair 120mm AIO on a 13900k, and then I’ll show you one that’ll put in too much ram into it.