i5 4690k with h60 running at 75°c stock clock

Peejay2104 · Jan 17, 2016

Hi everyone, i'm having a little problem here (not sure wether it is one or not).
I have a i5 4690k with an h60 cooler on top of it but i find it to be running pretty hot. It's not overclocked yet and i don't feel like i will be able to do so because it already gets to about 75°c at only 3.5ghz when testing it with prime 95. I think this is to hot, but i'm not sure. Someone who has some ideas?
Many thanks!
Pj

octavecode · Jan 17, 2016

prime 95 latest versions are way too stressful for haswell cpus cause of the avx2 instructions
Try stressing with OCCT

Peejay2104 · Jan 17, 2016

also, idle is around 40°c. isn't that a bit too high? Will try straight away

Peejay2104 · Jan 17, 2016

it's still hitting high 60's low 70's :/
isn't this to high? :/

geofelt · Jan 17, 2016

Peejay2104 :

10-15c. over ambient is normal if your cooler has been installed properly.
If your case ventilation is not great, it can be higher.

martinch · Jan 17, 2016

Peejay2104 :

Dependent upon your ambient temperatures, that feels high - my i7-4790K runs at around 24C idle under a Noctua NH-U12S with an ambient of ~18C - I'd have expected you to get similar (or better) results. Otherwise, it's time to check the cold-plate is attached correctly & thermal paste is OK, etc.

Peejay2104 · Jan 17, 2016

geofelt :

alright, then that should be fine? what about the load temperatures?
grts

Peejay2104 · Jan 17, 2016

martinch :

How do i check if the cold plate is attached correctly?

Peejay2104 · Jan 17, 2016

i'll go get some new thermal paste tomorrow and get rid of the pre applied paste there was on the cooling block. I'll report back in after that

Thanks
pj

Peejay2104 · Jan 18, 2016

Okay, so i apllied new thermal paste and the resulst are in. Idle temp is defenitely a lot lower. Around 25-32°c. Temps under load are still not where they should be tho. Around 65-70°c, they're not even overclocked yet (which i really want to do, but can't)
Had a go with overclocking too, to see how that affected my CPU temps. And at 4,1ghz and 1,060vcore i was hitting around 75°c.
This just seems to high imo.
Anyone got some ideas?

octavecode · Feb 4, 2016

Your Temps are not bad but not great either.
I would like to know:

1) Stock Vcore while stressing
2) Ambient temperature while stressing
3) PC case and fans setup

Peejay2104 · Feb 4, 2016

Hey man, thanks for the reply. I eventually got it fixed. I had to put some washers between the backplate and the mobo because it was to lose and the block was not pressing down hard enough on the cpu itself. Temps are now very good with and overclock of 4.8ghz at 1.27v

pj

octavecode · Feb 4, 2016

Glad you hear that.
Also i would suggest to stay below 1.25 Vcore for everyday use

Peejay2104 · Feb 5, 2016

Yea, it is at 1.25v. Was mistaken, is that good? 4.7ghz at 1.25?

octavecode · Feb 5, 2016

i guess it good yeah.what's your temps?

Peejay2104 · Feb 5, 2016

Max temps on aida64 are around 75°c on the hottest core

octavecode · Feb 5, 2016

For everyday use don't let it over 80C even in a hot summer day.
80C is considered safe temp for everyday use.The chip can handle higher temps but better be safe

Peejay2104 · Feb 5, 2016

Yea, won't push it further with this cooler. Temps are well within reason and it's stable

Thanks for all the help

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