- Mar 25, 2011
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HELP!!
Here is my build
- Intel i5 4690K processor
- Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H motherboard
- ZALMAN LQ-320 Liquid CPU Cooler 120MM
- Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition 120mm PWM Fan (CO-9050014-WW)
- 16GB (4x4GB) AMD Radeon R9 Series DDR3 2400MHz CL11 RAM (R938G2401U1K)
- EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750G 750W ATX EPS12V Modular Power Supply 80PLUS Gold
- GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 760 OC 1150MHZ 2GB 6.0GHZ GDDR5 video card
- Bitfenix Survivor Black ATX Mid Tower Case (has 200mm fan in front and 200mm fan on the top)
Liquid cooler is setup with on a push-pull fan system with the Corsair in the pull position. System has never been overclocked with RAM running underclocked at 1600 since Jan-14. No issues with freezing, lag or shutdown until now.
Recent History
20-Jun-15: Replaced existing 2 X 4GB Patriot Viper DDR3 1866 (PVL38G186C9KR) with 2 X 4GB AMD Ram. Checked HWMonitor values, Ram running at 1600/1.5V, V-core between 28-30 C and CPUTIN between 33-37 C and no lag.
05-Jul-15: Added second set of 2 X 4GB AMD Ram. Again Ram at 1600/1.5V, CPU temps okay and no lag.
18-Jul-15: My son noticed lag while gaming, checked HWMonitor and saw the CPU was 90+ C and he shut the computer down. I then booted into BIOS, watched the CPU temperature spike to 91 C within a minute at which point the CPU began to thermally throttle back the multiplier. Shut it down, removed the cooler, cleaned the radiator/fans with compressed air and remounted the pump using Arctic Cooling MX-4 paste. This slowed the rate of temperature spike but CPU began throttling after about 3 minutes. I felt the outlet hose with my hand, temp of about 40-45 C while the inlet was quite cool so I would say the cooler was working overtime. Checked the PSU rails, they are all within +/- 1% of nominal. All clocks and multipliers were at stock settings.
I manually downclocked the multiplier to about 15X to get it to run around 85 C and booted into Windows. Checked the Total TDP using Intel XTU, it ran about 9W at idle and about 24W under the Intel stress test.
Shut it down, took out the new ram and installed 2 X 4GB of G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3-1600 but processor temps still spiked.
What do I do next? Is it the motherboard or is it the CPU? Did the new ram have anything to do with this? (surprised if it did)
Here is my build
- Intel i5 4690K processor
- Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H motherboard
- ZALMAN LQ-320 Liquid CPU Cooler 120MM
- Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition 120mm PWM Fan (CO-9050014-WW)
- 16GB (4x4GB) AMD Radeon R9 Series DDR3 2400MHz CL11 RAM (R938G2401U1K)
- EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750G 750W ATX EPS12V Modular Power Supply 80PLUS Gold
- GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 760 OC 1150MHZ 2GB 6.0GHZ GDDR5 video card
- Bitfenix Survivor Black ATX Mid Tower Case (has 200mm fan in front and 200mm fan on the top)
Liquid cooler is setup with on a push-pull fan system with the Corsair in the pull position. System has never been overclocked with RAM running underclocked at 1600 since Jan-14. No issues with freezing, lag or shutdown until now.
Recent History
20-Jun-15: Replaced existing 2 X 4GB Patriot Viper DDR3 1866 (PVL38G186C9KR) with 2 X 4GB AMD Ram. Checked HWMonitor values, Ram running at 1600/1.5V, V-core between 28-30 C and CPUTIN between 33-37 C and no lag.
05-Jul-15: Added second set of 2 X 4GB AMD Ram. Again Ram at 1600/1.5V, CPU temps okay and no lag.
18-Jul-15: My son noticed lag while gaming, checked HWMonitor and saw the CPU was 90+ C and he shut the computer down. I then booted into BIOS, watched the CPU temperature spike to 91 C within a minute at which point the CPU began to thermally throttle back the multiplier. Shut it down, removed the cooler, cleaned the radiator/fans with compressed air and remounted the pump using Arctic Cooling MX-4 paste. This slowed the rate of temperature spike but CPU began throttling after about 3 minutes. I felt the outlet hose with my hand, temp of about 40-45 C while the inlet was quite cool so I would say the cooler was working overtime. Checked the PSU rails, they are all within +/- 1% of nominal. All clocks and multipliers were at stock settings.
I manually downclocked the multiplier to about 15X to get it to run around 85 C and booted into Windows. Checked the Total TDP using Intel XTU, it ran about 9W at idle and about 24W under the Intel stress test.
Shut it down, took out the new ram and installed 2 X 4GB of G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3-1600 but processor temps still spiked.
What do I do next? Is it the motherboard or is it the CPU? Did the new ram have anything to do with this? (surprised if it did)
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