My I3 2120 gets high temps

Ghon19 · Apr 28, 2014

So, I really dont know what can I do, I change my case, my stock cooler cpu for a new one and nevertheless my processor is getting from 20-40 to 60-80(while Im playing battlefield 4(low settings))
Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout 2(with 3 fans: 1 at the front, 1 at the rear and 1 at the broadside)
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 412 PWM
Thermal Paste: The therman which cames with the Cpu cooler 412
Graphic Card: GTX 550 TI
RAM: 4gb HyperX Blue

IM gonna be pleased to hear opinions. Thanks for your answers

i7Baby · Apr 28, 2014

What power supply have you got? What motherboard have you got? If either is overvolting you could get the cpu too hot.

Can you measure voltages with HWInfo (free downlaod) - 12v, 5v and 3.3v - min and max?

Amdlova · Apr 28, 2014

maybe you put wrong your cooler.

Ghon19 · Apr 28, 2014

i7Baby :

Thanks for your time,well:
Motherboard: GYGABYTE GA-H61M-S1 rev. 2.1, socket lga1155
Power Supply: Sentey 500w

Ghon19 · Apr 28, 2014

Amdlova :

haha, no mate, the guy who put the cooler was a "specialist" in this stuff, I mean, hes the technician

i7Baby · Apr 28, 2014

Never heard of Sentey. Voltages?

Ghon19 · Apr 28, 2014

i7Baby :

Well, I dont know. The name of the power supply is "Sentey BRP 500, 500 watts

i7Baby · Apr 29, 2014

Again: Can you measure voltages with HWInfo (free download) - 12v, 5v and 3.3v - min and max?

Ghon19 · Apr 29, 2014

i7Baby :

Dude excuse my ignorance, I really have no idea how to use it. I´ve already installed it

i7Baby · Apr 29, 2014

Just double click on it and it'll start up by collecting info from your motherboard. It should then be seen in your background processes folder - RH on bottom of Windows 7 screen - click up arrow to see it.

The info you get includes the min, current and max values for everything including those voltages that I wanted info on.

Ghon19 · Apr 29, 2014

i7Baby :

Thanks for your time and answers. ok you want to know the voltage of the mobo, power supply, cpu and graphics card, right?

i7Baby · Apr 29, 2014

Just the power supply - 12v, 5v and 3.3v rails - the same voltages go all around the pc including the mobo

Ghon19 · Apr 29, 2014

i7Baby :

Mate, as you I have a Hyper 412, but the mine is PWM, is a good and reliable cpu cooler?

Ghon19 · Apr 29, 2014

i7Baby :

i7Baby · Apr 29, 2014

No - I want to know the voltages actually put out by the power supply - as HWInfo will tell you.

A Sentey power supply is not a recommended brand. This info will tell me if it's working OK. If it is putting out high voltages, then this may increase the cpu temp. HWInfo will also tell you Vcore - and I'd like the results on that too - its your cpu voltage.

Ghon19 · Apr 29, 2014

i7Baby :

ZOMG I FINALLY FOUND IT, IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF XD

-------- CURRENT / MINIMUM / MAXIMUM / AVERAGE
+3.3V 3.681V / 3.681V / 3.681V / 3.681V
+12V 12.221V / 12.123V / 12.221V / 12.219V
+5V 5.186V / 5.186V / 5.186V / 5.186V
Vcore 0.936V - 0.972V / 0.936V / 1.152V / 0.964

- Sorry for the mess I try to put it in a understandable way (the "/" separate for categories)
- the "Vcore" in current varies from 0.936v to 0.972V THATS WHEN ALL IS CLOSED, WHEN I OPEN GOOGLE CHROME OR SOMETHING GOES TO 1.164V

i7Baby · Apr 30, 2014

OK - sorry but nothing looks real bad with your power supply. Your 3.3v line is at slightly too high voltage. But that shouldn't affect much. It was your 12v voltage that I was worried about.

Your cpu voltages are OK too.

Can you change your cpu fan settings in uefi so that the fan runs faster?
What speed does HWInfo say the cpu fan is running now? (min, max)?

Ghon19 · Apr 30, 2014

i7Baby :

You mean the CPU COOLER? because its a Cooler Master Hyper 412 PWM. If you are talking about the fans of the case, I have 3: 1 at the front, 1 at the rear and 1 aside

about the CPU COOLER :
THERE IS A THING WICH SAY CPU(WITH A SYMBOL OF A FAN) : MIN(607 RPM) MAX(711 RPM)
POWER(WITH A SYMBOL OF A FAN TO) : MIN(1216 RPM) MAX(1247 RPM)

I must say, Im using the windows 7 gadget(temperature cpu and ram) and now is on 0.6% while Im using just google chrome, the problem is when Im playing games like starcraft 2, hereos of newerth or battlefield 4(low settings) actually the game doesnt matter, the fact is when Im giving to the cpu a "hard using" it goes really high from 30-40% to 60-70%, sometimes to 95% its an INSANE!

i7Baby · Apr 30, 2014

OK .Are your Cpu cooler fans plugged into the mobo cpu fan header? If so, 600 rpm is too low. They should be running at about 1000 rpm. I use my mobo uefi that has fan control. My mobo has cpu1 and cpu2 fan headers for both my pwm cooler fans. Do you have an uefi you can use? If not use whatever fan control software you've got and increase the cpu cooler fan rpm.

Secondly - the power fan header is usually used for power supplies that had controllable fans. Is that what you've got? Or what have you got plugged into the psu fan header?

maktovic · Apr 30, 2014

Well I personally had core i3 2100@3.1ghz and temperature never went above 58°C at load for testing about 20minutes.
I used stock cooler and only 1 case fan and power supply was Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 600W.

I actually reseated my cpu fan because I was getting temp. of 65°C at load after only about 5min of stress test.

Surprisingly reseating the cpu fan helped to get average temp of 56°C and max of 58°C after 20min of cpu stress test

Not saying that this method will surely help you. Many will say you have to reapply thermal paste but I guess in my case reseating the cpu fan actually made the thermal paste more uniform.

If reseating doesnt helps then get aftermarket thermal paste like Arctic Silver 5. Maybe the thermal paste that came with CM cpu fan is not good enough.

i7Baby · Apr 30, 2014

He said he changed the stock fan for the hyper 412. So I guess he changed thermal paste etc. Maybe if nothing else helps, the cooler can be re-seated.

Ghon19 · Apr 30, 2014

i7Baby :

mmmm I dont have "mobo uefi", so I cant control the fans, and yeah I´ve already changed the thermal paste for the thermal wich came with the cpu cooler.

Could you tell me a software to control the rpm of the fans, please
Do you think this can be a problem with the processor and not with the components?

Ghon19 · Apr 30, 2014

maktovic :

Thanks for the reply, the guy who changed the thermal paste was a techinician in this stuff, so Im fairly sure that he did a good job applying the thermal paste. (I mean when you change the thermal paste you just have to put a considreable paste at the middle of the processor right?)
And this problem happen with the stock cooler and the old paste to, so I think it could be a problem with the processor

maktovic · Apr 30, 2014

Right that's the way to apply thermal paste.

Speedfan is the software that you can use to change fan speed.

But honestly I trust my BIOS more and the best and easiest way is to control fan rpm through the bios. You can use HWInfo app to monitor fan rpm + everything.

If your cpu fan rpm is 600-700 then indeed it is the cause of high temperatures. The default temperature at which cpu fan takes full speed is usually very high in BIOS. So maybe in your case it is extremely high. Just go into BIOS settings and under "Fan control and real time monitoring" ( or something like this) option, check the temp at which cpu fan control sytem takes full speed. I have set it at 45°C. Also check the temp which cpu fan control system tries to maintain. I have set it at 45°C.
For controlling case fan speed you can use Speedfan or BIOS.

And also check the temp and rpm readings in the Bios too. Sometimes software can be wrong but bios will always display actual readings.

Ghon19 · Apr 30, 2014

maktovic :

Dude, Im really surprised with this, you guys are really nice people, offering help to noobsters like me in this things. Ok Im going to try, i wrote bios en on "search programs" in the windows button, but I couln´t see the fan option, Im going to install Speedfan then

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