could a scratch on a motherboard cause high cpu temps? (ik its a stupid question XD)

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i recently installed a new motherboard and while doing so i made 3 small scratches, one on a capacitor (still works/is not bulged), one on the back of the board and one around the cpu socket area, im wondering if this could cause any issues with temps as i overclocked to 4.4 with a voltage of 1.2 and under 100% load its getting to around 85-90c and idleing at around high 40c to low 50c which is slightly worrying to me, what could be causing this issue with my i5 4690k, im using a hyper 212 evo and i was getting much better cooling performance before :\, i ran some tests at stock also and it got up to 80c on prime 95 (now using cpu z stresser) and it was getting around 40c idle, idk im just worried there is any sort of damage to the motherboard causing this (unlikely), i havent tried reseating the cooler yet but i will later on today, i may also reapply the thermal paste, do you think the cooler not being mounted well enough may be the issue :|, there is also a small scratch on the top of the intel cpu around the edges on one of those little golden dots that surround the piece that makes contact with the cooler (not contact pads) and im not sure if that could hav e any effect, please help guys :D have a nice day!
 
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As long as your scratch doesn't heavily damage any components or even cut the circuit line, there's no problem with that. though sometimes RMA isn't acceptable because its a criteria for user damage :D So, you should be more careful next time
 
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how would i know that the circuit line is cut? thanks for the help :D
 
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Hyper 212 Evo really shouldn't be overclocked with this is why you are hitting 80c. You can get a mild stable overclock with that but anything series a big cooler like arctic freezer xtreme rev.2 or a water cooler/liquid cooling.
You would only really know if something was getting very hot, or simply was not working. The other outcome would be that your motherboard wouldn't boot or function correctly. The capacitor is fine as long as you have not put a dent in the metal casing of the capacitor. The slight heat increase could be from room temp changes or simply you have applied your thermal paste incorrectly or your cooler isn't seated on your motherboard correctly. Depending on your motherboard you may be able to go into your motherboards settings and change the default fan speed settings. If you place your PC into Performance mode then your board will assign a high fan default speed to keep things cool, You may even be able to change the fan speed manual withing your motherboard settings.

The alternative to reducing temps is installing fan controlling software as long as you have PWM fans then you will be able to control the fans speed, if not you will have to buy a physical fan controller. Everything seems to be not to bad with temps seen as you have overclocked your CPU to 4.4Ghz.
 
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the 40 c idle and the 80c on p95 was all on stock, im worried because i was able to get much better performance before hand with the same setup and its only been doing this after the re installation of the motherboard, i just reapllied thermal paste and reseated the cooler, its worse now as i ran the cpuz stresser and it got up to around 100c with 1.9v and a 4.4 ghz overclock, i was able to get to 4,5 beforehand with no real issues :\ what could it be?

 
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