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4770k High Idle Temps?

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January 1, 2014 2:58:10 PM

I've only overclocked to 4.2GHz and I am seeing idle temps between 35-50c. With Prime95 it always stays under 70c. Am I crazy or does that seem high for idle? (note: previously, with FX-xxxx I was idling at about 8-15c)

Setup:
H100 liquid cooler, Arctic silver 5 paste (reapplied the cooler once already, fresh paste, etc.)
i7-4770k @ 4.2GHz
asrock extreme4 z87 mobo

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January 1, 2014 3:03:45 PM

The FX was reading temps wrong. It is pretty common for AMDs CPUs to read wrong because 8-15c is pretty low considering most people have an ambient of 20-25c and a CPU cannot be lower than ambient on water cooling.

For the most part it looks normal. When idling is the CPU at 0% or is it fluctuating? My 4670K seems to run between 30-40c when idle but I also have background apps going.

It peaks at 60c but that's under a super hard load stock.

Have you had any crashing?
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January 1, 2014 3:54:15 PM

jimmysmitty said:
The FX was reading temps wrong. It is pretty common for AMDs CPUs to read wrong because 8-15c is pretty low considering most people have an ambient of 20-25c and a CPU cannot be lower than ambient on water cooling.

For the most part it looks normal. When idling is the CPU at 0% or is it fluctuating? My 4670K seems to run between 30-40c when idle but I also have background apps going.

It peaks at 60c but that's under a super hard load stock.

Have you had any crashing?

nope.
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January 1, 2014 4:16:30 PM

If you haven't had any crashing while using it normally you don't need to worry. Try running a stress test like the one Asus has called "Real Bench". You can download it from their web page. I would say run the test over night and see if it stays up. If it does then you are stable and good to go.
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