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When playing games wast monitoring on afterburner my temps seem very high. Need advise.maybe a better case and CPU cooler? I dunno

Sli 980 ti
Gpu1 70% 71 c
Gpu2 71% 74 c
Mem1 3646 MHz
Mem2 3506 MHz

I5 3570k. Corsairh100
CPU 64/71c

Case cooler master HAF X default
fans that came with case

 
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Arctic Silver 5 is a long standing good paste. There are better ones out there if you can find them. Here's a good test comparison done on 40+ pastes. Skip to the last page on conclusion if you don't want to read all the pages:

http://overclocking.guide/thermal-paste-roundup-2015-47-products-tested-with-air-cooling-and-liquid-nitrogen-ln2/

Five years, depending on use, is a lot longer than recommended. I generally replace a CPU every 2-3 years, so I don't keep it that long except in former rigs I build and use them for backup rigs (like my old Sandy Bridge i5 2500K build). In those cases, I re-do the compound every two years.
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Your GPU temps are fine, but it's not clear what you mean by "64/71c" referencing your CPU temps. Is that the minimum/max or average/max? What do those numbers mean? Also what is your indoor ambient temperature? A better reading would be through HW Monitor and see what each core is doing on temps and what the overall package average is for the CPU.

On face value, those numbers are high for an Ivy Bridge i5/H100 setup under load without overclocking. Case airflow in a closed loop water cooler is not as crucial as it is with an air cooled solution if you have the radiator mounted in a decent area and the fans are not obstructed, so I would not focus on that for the time being. Also, do you have a custom cooling profile set up in the Corsair utility?
 
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sorry i thought that was clear. let me try to explain again. the cpu is overclocked to 4.4ghz. h100 are at the top of case. there is no link software as its the old model h100 not h100i. thermal paste i used arctic silver 5 but maybe this was last applyd 1 year ago.

using the afterburner moniter wast in game on fallout 4 the cpu temp was changing from 64c to 71c. the cpu temp seems to go a bit higher when on a loading screen.

right now currently with firfox,hardware moniter,steam,afterburner,rivertunerstatistic server,realtek manger,safty removal hardware and eject media,Nvidia G force Experince and EVGA torq x10 gaming mouse looking at hardware moniter reports this.

VCore min 1.232 max 1.240v
VID: min 1.216 max 1.226 v

core0: min 33c max 54c
core1: min 38c max 52c
core2: min 38c max 54c
core3: min 40c max 56c
packedge: min 41c max 55c

hope iv been more clear now. sorry
 
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No worries, people just want to understand everything fully. At stock speed and 3.8GHz turbo, that chip should be around 1.12v +/- a few hundredths of voltage on the Vcore. What is your max Vcore under load at 4.4GHz turbo?

I would remove the cooler's heat sink and check thermal paste application. Can you tell if your fans are spinning at high RPM? Based on your core temp spread, you don't have an issue of one side not attached as well as the other. Those numbers would be textbook if they represented load use, even at 4.4Ghz overclock.


 
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its max so far is 1.240 what do i need to look for regards to the thermal paste..its been a long time since i did this. my memory is rusty. i just remeber that when i reaplyd it i put a blob in the midel
 
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Well based on your temps, the actual displacement and contact looks fine. But you do not want it on too thick OR too thin. Both can cause thermal issues. The best application by consensus is a small pea sized or rice grain sized amount smack in the middle. Remove the cooler, wipe away the old thermal paste with alcohol using a non-lint prone type of cloth or paper, and reapply as described above.

Based on your relative consistent temps between the cores, the application and heat sink contact looks fine. I don't have a closed loop water cooler, so you may have to get on the Corsair support forums if you don't get a better answer here and the re-application of paste does not do anything. My guess is if that is the case, then something is not doing its job at the radiator level and/or there is a coolant circulation problem.
 
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For an H100 those temps under load (70+ C) are too high, especially for an upper-range closed loop water cooling system. But it is NOT dangerous. If you hit 80+ C, THEN start worrying. Your issue is why the cooler isn't doing a better job. That H100 is roughly equal to my Noctua NH-D14 air cooler. Note my temps in my signature banner below in the overclocked i5 4690K and 65C. Also note I'm pushing 1.3v on the Vcore, a lot more than you are.

You should be in the upper 40s to mid-50s depending on fan speed selection, even with an overclock. Here's a similar setup test and results: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2012/01/09/corsair-h100-review/2

Your cooler is failing somewhere. The question is where. The easy attempt at a fix is do what I said and completely reapply the paste (after completely removing all traces of the old paste) and reattach the cooler to the CPU. Again, if that doesn't improve things, someone (like maybe on Corsair's forum) will need to guide you through troubleshooting the rest of the cooler (fans, radiator, hoses). I can't help with that.
 
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it is 5 years old..wil lthere be a big improvement depending on the thermal compound i use? i did have arctic silver 5..but thats like 5 years old. i dont no much about thermal paste so i dunno how long it suppost to last. would it be better to get a new one and if so what one..thanks for all the helpfull comments
 
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Arctic Silver 5 is a long standing good paste. There are better ones out there if you can find them. Here's a good test comparison done on 40+ pastes. Skip to the last page on conclusion if you don't want to read all the pages:

http://overclocking.guide/thermal-paste-roundup-2015-47-products-tested-with-air-cooling-and-liquid-nitrogen-ln2/

Five years, depending on use, is a lot longer than recommended. I generally replace a CPU every 2-3 years, so I don't keep it that long except in former rigs I build and use them for backup rigs (like my old Sandy Bridge i5 2500K build). In those cases, I re-do the compound every two years.
 
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i will go with the thermal grizely since thats the best on the market right now..if temps are still the same i will just buy another cpu cooler. prob a corsair gtx or somthing like that since h100 is old news now. I think my chip will be ok though so wil stick with that for now.
 
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