Idle temps low, 100% load 100 degrees.

aaron45765

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Hi, I'm currently stress testing my 4670K with IBT, but I've been seeing load temps of up to 100 degrees! But, idling, it is at 25-31 degrees Celsius. It seems that cores 1-3 run hotter than core 4, which is usually lower by about 3 degrees. I have a Corsair H100 closed-loop "watercooler". I reapplied thermal paste (Ceramique 2, yes, I know, not the best) and reseated the waterblock.
OC Settings:
4.5 @ 1.2 volts (still stress-testing)

Other components:
MSI Z87-G45
ASUS 650 Ti BOOST
HAF 912 case
Windows 8.1

EDIT: Could it be that RealTemp is not correctly displaying the tempurature? And it seems that Blend on Prime95 gives me about 70 degrees Celsius.
 
Solution
try checking the temps under full load (using games, not ibt), ibt is known to push the cpu temps really high, i dont think it will go that high in actual usage

aaron45765

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Oh, OK! Thanks, it does seem that Linpack does stress computers quite a lot.