i7-4790k with CM Hyper EVO 212 cooler. Still getting temps of 75+?

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Darklight101

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As the title says. I applied maybe too much thermal paste, but when idle it runs at around 45-58.

Ran some rendering tests and it shot up to 80 and kept going. I had to cancel the render to stop it from damaging itself
Room Temp: 26-30
Case Temp: 30-38
Case Fan Type: Corsair Air Series AF120-LED 120mm x 2
Case: CiT Vanquish Gaming Toolless Case with USB3 Port, Side Window, Card Reader and 2 x 12CM Red Led Fans
 
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Make sure the center screw on the 212 evo is snugged up. Might have to remove the motherboard from the case in order to get to it, there's the 4 mounting screws at the corners and one in the center just beneath the cooling tower. Tightening that can increase the mounting pressure to make sure you've got solid contact.

I would set both top fans to exhaust or intake, try both ways to see which gets you better temps. Ideally room temps would be lower, closer to 22c. Between being in a snug enclosure, higher room temps and the i7 itself your temps may not be as low as you'd like. Cpu rendering would be one of the higher stress tasks you could do with it, other typical usage should be much lower temps.
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DonkeyOatie

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That idle temperature is far too high and suggest CPU cooler problems. Thanks for letting us know what your ambient is, it helps. Have you overclocked the CPU any, and if so, what is your idle voltage?

Assuming that all the fans are running properly, I would suggest that you re-install the cooler, checking that it is properly mounted with all the fasteners tight.
 
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Its not overclocked. I had to underclock it!

I just looked at the intel Temp guide and saw that on full load 80 was normal. And every temp ive been getting is kind of normal... But I still think I should do something about it in some way
 
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my friend has a 4690k and a 212 evo, he can oc his to 4.4ghz and not hit them temps, reinstall the cooler and put a small pea sized bit of thermal paste on.
 
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Well... I need to open up my PC anyway so I guess when im doing that I could try and fix the cooler. But if when the load is at 100% the CPU hovers around 78-82. Is that alright? Or is that bad? Its not like its consent 80+ even with 50% load

Its in my desk in a cupboard type thing (has a open back) which might not help but not much I can do about that.

Also I have my top fans set up to be the front one pulling air, and the back one pushing. Should I set them BOTH to pull/push?
 
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Ok just mocked up a paint image of the air flow in my Case:
C948qBT


(Image not showing? Click this http://imgur.com/C948qBT)
 
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its not really a good idea keeping a pc in a closed space, but yeah i would flip the fans around, have it draw air in from the back and out of the front, this way it wont create a vacuum, if you're pumping air out of the back it will just recirculate in the closed space around the pc. but deffo reapply thermal paste and reseat the cooler, the hyper 212 is a fiddly cooler to get on, so ask for an helping hand.
 
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Make sure the center screw on the 212 evo is snugged up. Might have to remove the motherboard from the case in order to get to it, there's the 4 mounting screws at the corners and one in the center just beneath the cooling tower. Tightening that can increase the mounting pressure to make sure you've got solid contact.

I would set both top fans to exhaust or intake, try both ways to see which gets you better temps. Ideally room temps would be lower, closer to 22c. Between being in a snug enclosure, higher room temps and the i7 itself your temps may not be as low as you'd like. Cpu rendering would be one of the higher stress tasks you could do with it, other typical usage should be much lower temps.
 
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It was a real struggle to get everything just even working. So im trying not to take it all apart again... So I need to know at least 80% that if I were to do something to switch it up. It WILL lower temps and/or allow full performance

"have it draw air in from the back and out of the front"
As you can see by my drawing (http://imgur.com/C948qBT), the fins on top of the case would make it so the hot air the front one is pushing out be sucked in by the back one. Which is why I did it the way I have in the first place
 
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