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Hiya, recently I bought the last of my Pc upgrades and I swapped my Amd 8350 and motherboard for a new I74790k and the budget gigabyte z97p-d3 board. My overall budget was £350 so i just had enough to add a cheap aftermarket cooler on at the end. I decided to go with the Cooler Master hyper TX3, although it was a very cheap option, the reviews for the product were pretty good across the board.

This is my first Intel product, and my last 8350 with another Coolermaster cooler idled about 28c and maxed out at 58c under full load.
I opened up speedfan as soon my windows installed and it was at 58-62c just reading drivers from a CD!

I tried a game out for 15 minutes to see how it went and the temps crept over 80c! Before the cooler was fixed we checked the Artic paste and it seemed well placed so I'm confused as to what it could be. surely 80c is even worse than stock. I only ran Sims 4.

My specs are
ocz mod extreme 700 PSU
GTX 970
8 gig Ripjaw Ram
Storm Scout 2 case

All my other parts in my Pc are pretty cool, so I suppose that can rule out airflow. Any ideas are welcome thanks.
PS It's 1.30am so if i don't reply straight away. I'll reply tomorrow. Thanks

 
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mahanddeem

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80c core temp is high for sure.
But you said youself, you cheaped out and thats the result.
Get noctua u14s and use arctic silver5(mx-4 is inferior to it up to my experience)
this cpu 4790K is a frying pan by itself
 
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Intel CPU's have a lot better heat tolerance than amd procs do, so 80C is ok, but not great. I've seen them run at 95c+ so you should be fine, i would consider getting a new cpu cooler in the near future, the tx3 is not that great.
 
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what are you talking ? no way temps should be that high even with stock cooler so dont say he needs new CPU cooler

OP try to re-apply thermal paste if you are not sure how search for a video on youtube

 
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Yeah for stock settings that is pretty high. A few things can cause this. Bad airflow in the case, bad contact between the heat sink and cpu, and bad paste application. Your case, maybe a little of all three or a majority of one.

Make sure you have the cpu cooler (especially the 120mm radiator ones) really snug on there. You should not be able to twist it without applying a ton of force.

Also make sure you did not use too much thermal paste. Too much would cause the thermal lag of the thermal compound to take over and make it so the cpu could not transfer the heat to the heat sink. You want an almost transparent layer between the cpu and heat sink. It is just to fill in gaps within the surface metals.

Make sure you did not apply too little. Too little and there will not be enough surface area to transfer the heat.

Last, make sure there is nothing disrupting the flow of air to and from the cooler to the outside of the case. There are better ways of mounting the cooler than others to best utilize airflow. Most of the time you want intake in the front and exhaust out the back and top.
 
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I'm not seeing any actual good reviews. They are all below average or very poor. Unless you are talking about the reviews on newegg or amazon, which definitely isn't the place to be getting hardware advice.

However it isn't as bad as I just made it sound, it is better than the stock cooler. What are your ambient temps like? It appears there are a lot of issues installing this cooler correctly, are you sure it is centered correctly? Are the pins secured properly to the motherboard?

I got this one for my CPU: Cryorig H7 @ Newegg.com.

It hasn't gotten very warm here yet and I am getting 35c idle/78c with prime95 load (same CPU @ stock). Under normal loads it stays around 45c and 50c while gaming.

Look at this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1800828/intel-temperature-guide.html
here is an excerpt that you might find useful:
At 22C Standard Ambient, here's the typical operating range for Core temperature:

80C Hot (100% Load)
75C Warm
70C Warm (Heavy Load)
60C Norm
50C Norm (Medium Load)
40C Norm
30C Cool (Idle)
Click to expand...
 
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Hiya my ambient temps are very low. I don't like heating so it's currently 13c in here. The reviews were from part retailers and not from a professional source, As mentioned i was at the end of my budget already so I just wanted something that could tide me over for a little while. I just expected something 8 to 10c less than stock. When i get my amd one it reduced it by 35 to 40c under load and it wasn't much more expensive. My friend fit the cooler, as I'm to cack handed to do anything delicate. He's built all my Pcs over the last 7 years and many others so I trust it will be okay. I'll ask him to reset it tomorrow, but also as mentioned it looked a good job. a very nice even thin layer of artic silver. Thanks all for answers
 
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I'll have a go with re-seating it. It will all depend on if my friend is busy as i would literally cause a global disaster if i tried to do it myself. Thanks for the suggestions so far.
 
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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/333968-28-thermal-paste-removal-installation-guide
Here's how it is done.
Also, if you took your cooler off then put it back on without cleaning it and replacing the Thermal paste, you probably need to take it off again anyways. Your temps are high, and that cooler should keep it at least as cool as a stock cooler.
Only recommendation I have for the application of the thermal paste is to use the BB or grain of rice method (a simple drop of paste about the size of a BB etc. in the middle of the CPU) rather then the line method. The pressure of the mounted cooler and the heat of the CPu will spread it properly.
 
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