I recently just built a new computer, and thinks have been going good so far, however my CPU temperatures are very hot. When idle, the temps are to my limited knowledge, fine, being around 30-40 C. However, when running games the CPU gets to around 85-90 C, and when I ran a Prime95 the temperature immediately shot up to 100 C. I have not overclocked, and I am not using the stock heat sink fan. I have a I7 4770k, and my heatsink fan is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200034 if that makes a difference. Thanks for your help.
CPU temperatures are hot!
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Gangsta-Piggy
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Ironsounds
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Hello... Try and re-install your heatsink to the CPU/MB... check for any interference... Screw tighter... ADD somemore thermal grease?
PsyKhiqZero
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The cooler is pretty old and hardly better then the stock intel heatsink. The push pins it uses can be very easy to break, and difficult to insert properly. I would try removing it, cleaning the cpu and remounting it.
So as PsyKhiqZero said, the pins are very easy to break. The fan will not remount, so im guessing that was probably the problem originally and it wasn't mounted well. The pins are messed up. With that said, any suggestions for a new CPU fan? Preferably a cheaper one that is not extremely difficult to mount, or where I wont have to remove the motherboard to mount it (but doesn't have a garbage mounting system like this one did). Thanks.
PsyKhiqZero
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If you have the stock intel heatsink you could give that a try. It works well enough so long as you mount it correctly. If not try the Cooler Master TX4. However unless your case has a cut out for the CPU backplate, you will have to remove the motherboard to install this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103182
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103182
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Hello... installing a "Push Pin" heatsink takes some care and Patience... Takes some Pressure to get the Tabs fully inserted before pushing the PIN in to LOCK it... The best Mounts are the Threaded hole MB back Plate...
Take off your Back cover of your Case, To determine if you has Hole cut into your CPU Mounting plate, So you can easily install a different FAN, without removing your MB, for the FAN/MB/Threaded back plate.
Take off your Back cover of your Case, To determine if you has Hole cut into your CPU Mounting plate, So you can easily install a different FAN, without removing your MB, for the FAN/MB/Threaded back plate.
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