I just built a brand new machine recently and after much troubleshooting, I figured out why my CPU was running so hot, but I do have some concerns, so here is the brief.
I have an Intel i5 4690K, not overclocked.
And I have a Corsair H60 (2013 edition) cooling it.
The idle temperature of the CPU was around 38 - 42 degrees.
Web browsing and video watching was 54 degrees average.
And when I booted up Diablo 3 in windowed mode as a test, the temperature shot up to around 65 - 72 degrees during 2 - 3 hours of game play.
I ran Prime95 for a little under 5 minutes and the temperature was clocked all the way up to 100 degrees.
And lastly I play tested a 12 minute game of League of Legends, also in windowed mode, and the degrees then was 81 - 93.
So it was pretty much overheating here and there.
After awhile I removed the H60 from the motherboard only to find that the heat sink wasn't actually meant to be aligned to the socket of the CPU the way I installed it (,tubing facing upwards towards the top of the case and the Corsair logo was not parallel to the motherboard,) and only a smear of thermal compound was applied to the right side of the CPU.
I readjusted the heat sink so it fits properly with the socket, and I double checked as well to see if everything was correct.
So my question and/or concern is that, have I potentially damaged my new CPU?
The total lifetime of this CPU running with my H60 mistake was about 23 hours.
Any comments, replies, and/or solutions is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I have an Intel i5 4690K, not overclocked.
And I have a Corsair H60 (2013 edition) cooling it.
The idle temperature of the CPU was around 38 - 42 degrees.
Web browsing and video watching was 54 degrees average.
And when I booted up Diablo 3 in windowed mode as a test, the temperature shot up to around 65 - 72 degrees during 2 - 3 hours of game play.
I ran Prime95 for a little under 5 minutes and the temperature was clocked all the way up to 100 degrees.
And lastly I play tested a 12 minute game of League of Legends, also in windowed mode, and the degrees then was 81 - 93.
So it was pretty much overheating here and there.
After awhile I removed the H60 from the motherboard only to find that the heat sink wasn't actually meant to be aligned to the socket of the CPU the way I installed it (,tubing facing upwards towards the top of the case and the Corsair logo was not parallel to the motherboard,) and only a smear of thermal compound was applied to the right side of the CPU.
I readjusted the heat sink so it fits properly with the socket, and I double checked as well to see if everything was correct.
So my question and/or concern is that, have I potentially damaged my new CPU?
The total lifetime of this CPU running with my H60 mistake was about 23 hours.
Any comments, replies, and/or solutions is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
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