Handbrake Making my CPU temps massive

How much dust do you have inside your PC?

Hmmm, an 8 core i7 eh,

Try removing some of the dust build up inside the computer case

Check the temps on bios

Remove heatsink.
Clean heatsink and processor and remove any plastic protective film.
Apply new thermal paste.
Reapply heatsink.

There's a few heatsinks which come with a protective film stuck to the underside of the heatsink to protect them from damage.

What's the temp while idling?

Buy some thermal paste

Its quite cheap.
After that,

Remove the previous thermal paste on the heatsink and cpu with 90% isopropyl alcohol using paper towels

Apply just a pea sized drop of thermal paste on the center of the cpu then re seat the heatsink

Post again with the temperature results on idle

imacoookieyt,

If you're referring the i7 5960X, that's a 140 watt processor out of the box, and more when overclocked. Although the 212 EVO does a fair job on 84 and 88 watt quad core i5's and i7's, it's really not adequate for your 8 core / 16 thread processor.

There's another problem; Handbrake runs AVX code.

Core i 2nd, 3rd and 4th Generation CPU's have AVX (Advanced Vector Extension) instruction sets. When AVX code runs on the Floating Point Unit (FPU) math coprocessor, it causes extremely high temperatures. Prime95 versions later than 26.6 and the FPU test in AIDA64 have the same results.

Also, what is your ambient temperature?

Are you overclocked at all?

Thanks,

CT

Ambient temperature means "room" temperature. More accurately, this is the temperature measured at your computer's air intake.

Standard Ambient temperature is 22C, which is normal room temperature, and is the reference value for Intel’s Thermal Specifications.

Knowing your Ambient temperature is important because Ambient directly affects all computer temperatures. Use a trusted analog, digital or IR thermometer to measure Ambient temperature.

Here's the temperature conversions and a short scale:

Cx9/5+32=F ... or ... F-32/9x5=C ... or more simply ... an increase of 1C = an increase of 1.8F

30.0C = 86.0F Hot
29.0C = 84.2F
28.0C = 82.4F
27.0C = 80.6F
26.0C = 78.8F Warm
25.0C = 77.0F
24.0C = 75.2F
23.0C = 73.4F
22.0C = 71.6F Standard ... or ... 22.2C = 72.0F
21.0C = 69.8F
20.0C = 68.0F Cool

With conventional air or liquid cooling, no temperatures can be less than or equal to Ambient.

As Ambient temperature increases, thermal headroom and overclocking potential decreases.

CT

You're 4C above normal, which we need to keep in mind. Are you indeed running the i7 5960X?

That would've been good to know right up front. I typically ask for full system specs and ambient temperature on my first post. For future reference, always include this information when you start a thread.

Don't get discouraged. We'll figure it out. Let's move on.

Are you sure that you removed the protective plastic from the bottom of the 212 EVO?

Let's run a thermal benchmark so we can see where you're at.

Please download Prime95 version 26.6 - http://windows-downloads-center.blogspot.com/2011/04/prime95-266.html

If you already have a later version, do NOT run it. Use ONLY version 26.6.

Run only Small FFT’s for 10 minutes. Do NOT run Blend.

Use only Real Temp to measure your Core temperatures, as it was designed specifically for Intel processors: Real Temp - http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2089/real-temp-3-70/

Please report your Core temperatures and current ambient temperature.

Your keyboard is not reading Core temperature; it's should be reading CPU temperature, which is not properly configured, and is rarely accurate in any event.

Regardless, you should use only Real Temp to monitor your Core temperatures, as it was designed specifically for Intel processors.

The method I gave you to test your Core temperatures is accurate, and proves that your Core temperatures are reporting the correct temperatures to you, and that your 212 EVO is cooling properly.

Next, while monitoring Real Temp, run Handbrake to verify your Core temperatures, then report your results.

You're very welcome ... and please ... read the Temp Guide. It explains the differences between CPU temperature and Core temperature, and so much more.

if the above instructions don't resolve the issue:

i run handbrake as well as a number of other video editing programs, and have an intel i7-4790 (not the K) cpu, and had the same problem, running temps of 99-100C - and i only discovered it by accident, as my Asus monitoring utility was showing 67C max. When i ran other temp monitoring utilities they showed the 99-100C but i assumed they had to be off, as Asus had to have a better handle on temp monitoring on their own board - WRONG

There have been overheating issues with the 4690k, 4790(k) and a few other cpus - and there are a couple of good threads on intel's community website. There's a link to intel's XTU (Extreme Tuning Utility) that does a good job of monitoring temps, as well as the ones mentioned above

1st one: Troubleshooting Intel® Core™ i7-4790K / i5-4690K overheating https://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-23517

2nd link: How best proceed with overheating i7-4790K?

The 2nd link is a 38+ page thread - ignore the first 15 or so pages, early releases of the 4790K apparently had qc issues, but appear to have cleared up by October 2014

biggest item that helped me, and i only tried the suggestions in desperation after re-applying heat sink thermal paste 2 times, was intel's suggestion to clear the CMOS and un-install the motherboard utilities - when i uninstalled Asus's performance monitoring utilities, temps improved some, but not that much - when i cleared CMOS, temps improved dramatically.

Handbrake is still the program that generates the highest temps, but max i see now is 80-82C and even then, those are only short duration spike temps

and if gives you any peace of mind, i ran my cpu at those temps (unknowingly) for 2-3 months, with some of the video files taking 3-4 hours to render. The cpu has throttling limits built in as "safeties", and one of them is "thermal" or heat limiting - when temps would hit 100C, the cpu would auto throttle the current to drop the temps, so that pretty much saved my cpu from frying.

Intel, in their charts indicates suggested max operating temp for the 4790k cpu to be 74C, +/- 4-5C, so that's what i shot for. I had other issues, mainly a small form factor case, that i've resolved by installing additional fans pushing more air in, and installing a better heatsink/cooler (noctua)

hope that helps