Hello everybody,
I just installed some new parts in my computer, including a 3570k and a Corsair H100i. To begin with the thing ran at 35c idle and would hit about 80c during Prime95 (no OC). After such, I OCd the 3570k to 4.2GHz using "EasyTune 6" from Gigabyte. During Prime95, temps. are hitting +100C, as seen in this picture (sorry for the bad quality).
I've reapplied the thermal paste twice with no luck. I've read somewhere that you should use "washers" on the backplate to make sure its fit enough, but honestly the whole thing seems pretty damn tight already (I do admit though that the backplates screws were somewhat loose/jiggly) but after applying the actual unit onto the CPU and using 4 more screws onto the loose/jiggly ones they pretty much seemed to tighten up by themselves.
Obviously somethings wrong, but I dont know if theres anything to do than just return it?
I just installed some new parts in my computer, including a 3570k and a Corsair H100i. To begin with the thing ran at 35c idle and would hit about 80c during Prime95 (no OC). After such, I OCd the 3570k to 4.2GHz using "EasyTune 6" from Gigabyte. During Prime95, temps. are hitting +100C, as seen in this picture (sorry for the bad quality).
I've reapplied the thermal paste twice with no luck. I've read somewhere that you should use "washers" on the backplate to make sure its fit enough, but honestly the whole thing seems pretty damn tight already (I do admit though that the backplates screws were somewhat loose/jiggly) but after applying the actual unit onto the CPU and using 4 more screws onto the loose/jiggly ones they pretty much seemed to tighten up by themselves.
Obviously somethings wrong, but I dont know if theres anything to do than just return it?
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