Core i7 4790k @ Noctua NH-D15 & GA-Z97X-G1 overvoltaging by motherboard, bad initial temperature

Greetings fellow th community,

I just wanted to know, I recently purchased GA-Z97X-G1 and Core i7 4790k. My initial run pumped up CPU temps somewhere up to 91°C with unsecured Noctua NH-D15 [I build like 2-3 desktops/week, and I always put noctua NH-D14/15 w/o mounting on mobo, just in case it would be bad, or something, to avoid hassle with TiM and temps were so far almost identical as with secured noctua], could about 20 seconds of this temp cause some damage to CPU? Right after I secured NH-D15, booted into UEFi I noticed temperatures are quite high, 40-45°C at idle [4,4k GHz] and noticed motherboard hit my cpu with 1,458 vcore. After I updated to latest bios [uefi - F6 it backed down to 1.248 vcore. Temps went back to 28-32°C idle.

Could the CPU've taken some damage after these events?

Please advise,

kind regards

Bryan

P.S.: What's the chance of physically moving raid0 and raid1 array to new computer [GA-Z77X-UP7 to GA-Z97X-G1] without having to rebuild and reinitialize both 0 and 1 array into same controller [just newer generation]?
 

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you should never run a rig without the HSF being secured to some degree. ever. ever. ever.
however, i wouldnt imagine ~30sec of ~91c@1.46v would do any damage. could, perhaps, marginally shorten the lifespan of the cpu...but if it passes a lot of proper burn-in testing i wouldnt worry about it.

regarding your raid question: heh i seriously doubt it. generally the only chance of being able to do a successful complete hd/os swap to a new mobo is if -everything- else remains the same. all the hdd/raid controllers etc on the mobos will have to be the same.
theres a chance that with a lot of hassle and work you could make it work, ive seen people do it before (on non-raid rigs mind you)...but its just not worth the trouble and the stability is never as good as a fresh install.

hope this answers your questions
 
You guys are one hell of a community, all members deserve a medal. You reply so fast. I'm having some health issues so I need to recover, but as soon as i try out the tests and everything I'll reply to every single one of You,

Thank You in advance!

Kind regards

Bryan
 
So I went on as follows.

First I found out that GA-Z97X-G1 is piece of crap, that neesd to be set up fully manually. When I updated bios, he still went to 1.3 vcore in full burn, and he hit all the four cores on 4,4 GHz no matter that all 8 threads were fulled up. So I put "normal "setting to vcore, instead of "auto" and also put there offset of value -0,100v on vcore. On genuine settings TDP was 100-105W and temperatures skyrocketed high like crazy up on 72-74°C after 5mins @ prime. So I set it up to run 0.6 vcore @ 800 MHz consuming 0,2-0,4watts while "idle", and 1,2109 vcore and 85 watts at burn. But after 4 minutes he went back to 98 watts :/ and temperatures to 75°C :(. I'm quite tired of this. Does ASUS mobos do the same crap as this GA? I took it coz it had the best reviews, but it's similiar piece of sh*t as it's precedessor.

Please advise,

kind regards

uplink

P.S.: I'm just tired, because I have old 2600k, running at stock values and on NH-D14 it's not getting beyond 50°C on like an hour @Prime. It's TDP is 95W and he never gets above 75W. And this piece of crap 4790K bragging having 88W is running @ 100Watts and burning nearly @ 90°C on Noctua NH-D15. It's just sad :(
 
Gosh, I forgot how ASUS mobos were great :) this reminded me. Finally, my soul can rest at peace and I can work.

P.S.: My memory is 1866 MHz native, Crucial Tactical XMP 1866 MHz, should I put it to 1866 MHz, or is it unnecessary?

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