i5 4690 temp too hot

Antonioc12 · Jan 23, 2015

I have an i5 4690 and this case Rosewill Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case CHALLENGER http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YVJJ5Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 idling the temperatures are around 40 - 45 and when I play a game they are around 90 - 100 I am using MSI afterburner to see this are these temps fine?

Mr5oh · Jan 23, 2015

90-100 is not fine. I wouldn't consider anything over 80 to be "fine".

Are you using the factory cooler? What is your fan setup in that case?

WildCard999 · Jan 23, 2015

Those are too high even for the stock Intel fan. I would replace the thermal paste on the cpu cooler with Arctic Silver then check your temps again. If your temps are still high (>65C Load) then I would consider getting a aftermarket cpu cooler.

Antonioc12 · Jan 23, 2015

Mr5oh :

Theres one fan in the front pulling air in and the 2 at the top are pushing are out and stock cooler

Jonathan Cave · Jan 23, 2015

Those temps are horrific! The STOC intel fan should not let the CPU heat up to those levels.

Remove and re-apply the thermal paste - buying arctic silver won't solve this problem.

Neutr1n0 · Jan 23, 2015

These temps are too high indeed. Not that you're gonna kill your CPU short term, but for long term 24/7 usage, max core temps should be below 85° during stress test and below 75° advisable for daily usage (like gaming).

questions that come to mind:
- What mobo and cooler do you have
- Is your cooler properly mounted?
- What's your core voltage (idle vs full load)

Possible solutions/suggestions:
- Reseat cooler (with proper TIM)
- If you use stock cooler: Buy a decent cooler (doesn't have to be expense... like CM 212EVO)
- check bios settings, update bios, load bios optimzed defaults

Jonathan Cave · Jan 23, 2015

also use realtemp for cpu core temps

Antonioc12 · Jan 23, 2015

OK so I removed the thermal paste and applied new thermal paste and now now idling is 35 - 40 then i loaded up arma 3 and played for about 15 minutes and the temperature didnt go above 84 and stayed around 60 - 70 and i also noticed a huge fps boost

Jonathan Cave · Jan 23, 2015

Thats working as it should be - i personally play alot of arma 3 (Altis life). If you are unhappy with intels STOC fan buy an EVO 212 - it's cheap and will let you overclock your CPU.

MY i5 4670k has been overclocked from 3.4Ghz - 4.3Ghz and get ~ 66 degree's during stress test.

keep and eye on the temps for a few hours.

Diamond-HP · Jan 23, 2015

Check this out about default voltage on Intel chips regarding the i5 & i7.

Some boards have been set at stock to over volt Intel's even at idle which is causing big temp increases.

Not sure if this is your issue but you may want to compare your voltages at stock.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8227/devils-canyon-review-intel-core-i7-4790k-and-i5-4690k/2

Antonioc12 · Jan 24, 2015

Diamond-HP :

Check this out about default voltage on Intel chips regarding the i5 & i7.

Some boards have been set at stock to over volt Intel's even at idle which is causing big temp increases.

Not sure if this is your issue but you may want to compare your voltages at stock.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8227/devils-canyon-review-intel-core-i7-4790k-and-i5-4690k/2[/quotemsg

This is my mobo MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97-G55 SLI http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K23BVXU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Diamond-HP · Jan 24, 2015

An easy way to check what your settings are on without going into the Bios is to use CPU-Z.

Have your PC not running any programs and see what your voltage is when its idle and report back the number.

Then keep an eye on how high it goes while running a stress test and report that back here as well.

Your temps shouldn't be going above a max of 80c under load, reporting those volts back will be a quick way to establish if your chip has been set too high on the Mobo.

On CPU-Z look at where it says Core voltage.

Also use Core Temp, where it says VID, report that figure as well.

Antonioc12 · Jan 24, 2015

Core Voltage is around 0.700 when idling

Antonioc12 · Jan 24, 2015

Core voltage while idling is around 0.700 an temps in realtemp are around 40. Core voltage while playing a game is around 1.100 and temps are around 80 and sometimes 90.

Antonioc12 · Jan 24, 2015

Core voltage while idling is around 0.700 an temps in realtemp are around 40. Core voltage while playing a game is around 1.100 and temps are around 80 and sometimes 90.

Diamond-HP · Jan 24, 2015

Voltage is fine, that's that covered, you shouldn't be hitting over 80c on 1.100v.

You've either hit a wall on a bad chip silicone lottery or you need a better cooler, I'd be mortified hitting over 80c on stock settings.

If you've set up your cooler properly then you either need a better one or just have to live with a bad graded chip because there's not much else you can do unfortunately.

Sebastian Mroz · Jul 7, 2015

Antonioc12 :

my dumb ass, running the same cpu, and stock cooler, didnt put the cooler flush with the cpu, thus getting 90c readings, took it off today, never got past 75 on war thunder max graphics, thank god i only played that hot for maybe 40 hours, not all at once, maybe in 1-2 hour increments. i know this is still hella bad, but she still be working fine, so i'm happy

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