I've just built my first computer and the CPU seems to be running very high temperatures. To fill you in on what happened....
We were building the computer (a friend was helping me) and we got to the stage where we needed to mount the CPU cooler. The cooler i had was a Corsair H100i, and when the final thumb screw needed to be screwed on, it wouldnt. There was something wrong with the thread. So after fiddling with it for 20 minutes, i decided to leave the H100i out and just use the stock CPU Cooler that came with the CPU. When we took the CPU off, some of the thermal paster remained on the CPU, so my friend tried to clean it off with a bit of Eucalyptus Oil (oil from a tree). He got most of the thermal paste off, with the remaining paste spread more evenly across the CPU heat spreader. We mounted the stock CPU cooler and finished the build. The computer works, but seems to have very high CPU temperatures.
The CPU is an i7-4770k and had the temperatures:
Max temp: around 80 degress celsius (176 fahrenheit)
Average temp: between 50 and 60 degrees celsius(122-140 fahrenheit)
The computer was idle with no load (it was downloading/installing windows updates).
The room would have probably been around 20 degrees celsius (68 fahrenheit).
Are these temperatures normal, or dangerous for the CPU. I don't plan on using the new computer until i get a better cooler.
EDIT: I have tested CPU temp on my older computer. This computer is getting and average of 50 degrees celsius, with a max of 63 just typing this post. The CPU is an i7-870 2.93 ghz, i'm not sure what cooler it has, it's a HP pavilion elite desktop, 2 years old. just trying to giveas much info as possible
We were building the computer (a friend was helping me) and we got to the stage where we needed to mount the CPU cooler. The cooler i had was a Corsair H100i, and when the final thumb screw needed to be screwed on, it wouldnt. There was something wrong with the thread. So after fiddling with it for 20 minutes, i decided to leave the H100i out and just use the stock CPU Cooler that came with the CPU. When we took the CPU off, some of the thermal paster remained on the CPU, so my friend tried to clean it off with a bit of Eucalyptus Oil (oil from a tree). He got most of the thermal paste off, with the remaining paste spread more evenly across the CPU heat spreader. We mounted the stock CPU cooler and finished the build. The computer works, but seems to have very high CPU temperatures.
The CPU is an i7-4770k and had the temperatures:
Max temp: around 80 degress celsius (176 fahrenheit)
Average temp: between 50 and 60 degrees celsius(122-140 fahrenheit)
The computer was idle with no load (it was downloading/installing windows updates).
The room would have probably been around 20 degrees celsius (68 fahrenheit).
Are these temperatures normal, or dangerous for the CPU. I don't plan on using the new computer until i get a better cooler.
EDIT: I have tested CPU temp on my older computer. This computer is getting and average of 50 degrees celsius, with a max of 63 just typing this post. The CPU is an i7-870 2.93 ghz, i'm not sure what cooler it has, it's a HP pavilion elite desktop, 2 years old. just trying to giveas much info as possible
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