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Hi guys. Hope it's ok to ask this here. Long post, but wanted to give as much info as possible.
Just did my first build and I'm thinking my CPU temp is a bit too high. Trying to determine if I should try reseating the heat sink or just get a couple more fans. I am not overclocking, and I don't want to obsess over this, but I mainly don't want to slowly cook my CPU and shorten its life.
I have the following set up. Don't think all of this affects things, but here it is.
MOBO: Asus Z87-PRO
CPU: Intel 4770K
COOLER: Noctua NH-L9i
GPU: Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX760
MEMORY: G.Skill Ripjaws X 1600 16GB (2x8GB)
SSD: Samsung 840 PRO 256GB
HDD: WD Velociraptor 1TB
PSU: Corsair AX760
CASE: Fractal R4
CASE FANS: 4: rear exhaust, two front and one bottom intake all plugged into MOBO
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
AMBIENT: Around 24-25C.
Not currently overclocking, but hope to use the easy overclocking features of the MOBO to do a little OC--nothing drastic.
Rig is just built three days ago, but my typical usage will be hardcore programming (it's my job and hobby) meaning I might often be running 2 or 3 virtual machines on top of the host machine. Occasional gaming, but I am far from hardcore. Still now that I have a nice machine, I'll likely play more and better games. Can't think of much else that would stress this machine.
Used the thermal paste that came with the Noctua. Used a small pea-sized blob in the center and let pressure take it's course. Over the three days since the build I have been installing software, cycling the machine a lot, and ran Prime95 for about 2.5 hours once.
ASUS software has me sitting at right about 38-39C at idle. When I ran Prime95 it never went above 70. Since then I installed both Core Temp and HW Monitor and both seem to match but have me 3-5 degrees hotter at idle than the ASUS software. Haven't run Prime95 with them on yet.
At idle my fans do in the low few hundreds of RPM, like 400, 500, 600 or so (it varies, as I have the ASUS FanExpert software controlling them. They ramped up to max appropriately when I stressed the machine.
Questions:
1. Do I trust the ASUS software or the others. Wondering why the temps are consistently different by 3-5 degrees, but HWT and CT match. Using different sensors?
2. Is this too high? I know it's not crazy high, and I don't want to obsess over a few degrees, as I said. I was happy the max never topped 70 though I might run Prime95 again with HW and CoreTemp monitoring and logging and look at what I get.
3. I can easily add two top fans. Would that suffice, if I'm too hot? Intake or exhaust.
Again, I just want to do what's best for my CPU. I would not look forward to reseating the heat sink, but if the consensus is it would help lower the temps a good few degrees I would. I'd rather do it now and solve it and be done, if you think it's necessary. I can also just add the fans.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've already gotten tons of help from the community to get this far, and will try to pay it forward as time goes on. :^)
Just did my first build and I'm thinking my CPU temp is a bit too high. Trying to determine if I should try reseating the heat sink or just get a couple more fans. I am not overclocking, and I don't want to obsess over this, but I mainly don't want to slowly cook my CPU and shorten its life.
I have the following set up. Don't think all of this affects things, but here it is.
MOBO: Asus Z87-PRO
CPU: Intel 4770K
COOLER: Noctua NH-L9i
GPU: Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX760
MEMORY: G.Skill Ripjaws X 1600 16GB (2x8GB)
SSD: Samsung 840 PRO 256GB
HDD: WD Velociraptor 1TB
PSU: Corsair AX760
CASE: Fractal R4
CASE FANS: 4: rear exhaust, two front and one bottom intake all plugged into MOBO
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
AMBIENT: Around 24-25C.
Not currently overclocking, but hope to use the easy overclocking features of the MOBO to do a little OC--nothing drastic.
Rig is just built three days ago, but my typical usage will be hardcore programming (it's my job and hobby) meaning I might often be running 2 or 3 virtual machines on top of the host machine. Occasional gaming, but I am far from hardcore. Still now that I have a nice machine, I'll likely play more and better games. Can't think of much else that would stress this machine.
Used the thermal paste that came with the Noctua. Used a small pea-sized blob in the center and let pressure take it's course. Over the three days since the build I have been installing software, cycling the machine a lot, and ran Prime95 for about 2.5 hours once.
ASUS software has me sitting at right about 38-39C at idle. When I ran Prime95 it never went above 70. Since then I installed both Core Temp and HW Monitor and both seem to match but have me 3-5 degrees hotter at idle than the ASUS software. Haven't run Prime95 with them on yet.
At idle my fans do in the low few hundreds of RPM, like 400, 500, 600 or so (it varies, as I have the ASUS FanExpert software controlling them. They ramped up to max appropriately when I stressed the machine.
Questions:
1. Do I trust the ASUS software or the others. Wondering why the temps are consistently different by 3-5 degrees, but HWT and CT match. Using different sensors?
2. Is this too high? I know it's not crazy high, and I don't want to obsess over a few degrees, as I said. I was happy the max never topped 70 though I might run Prime95 again with HW and CoreTemp monitoring and logging and look at what I get.
3. I can easily add two top fans. Would that suffice, if I'm too hot? Intake or exhaust.
Again, I just want to do what's best for my CPU. I would not look forward to reseating the heat sink, but if the consensus is it would help lower the temps a good few degrees I would. I'd rather do it now and solve it and be done, if you think it's necessary. I can also just add the fans.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've already gotten tons of help from the community to get this far, and will try to pay it forward as time goes on. :^)
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