CM Hyper EVO 212 not "working" to keep @1.33v FX8320 4.4ghz?

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Yes I reapplied the thermal paste pea dot in middle.

gigabyte 990fx-ud3 LLC is set to extreme so during idle the 8320 sits at stock 1.25v @4.4Ghz at around 25-33c.

As soon as I run p95 or IBT it shoots up to 60 then 72 plus very quickly and I shut it off. This is when the LLC Extreme setting adjusts the voltage to 1.33v to run the cores @4.4Ghz but really isn't like some 8320 chips stock voltage 1.35? 70 seems absurd.

Is it my airflow? or CM poor fan? The CM heat sink fan is intake or exhaust? I had to attach it to the left side from a birds eye vertical heat sink POV. The right side it couldn't fit because it covered 2 of the RAM slots.....damn tiny mobo. So if it is intake it is pulling from the rear outtake and into the top front of the rig which is the dvd blu Ray shelf area which the front intake fan doesn't reach. If the fan is exhaust I am perplexed. That said I tried removing 2 sticks and putting it to the right but temps went down by only maybe 4c.

Any help appreciated.
 
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Aim the cooler fan towards the case exhaust fan, the Hyper 212 likes this so you should see: Case rear>exhaust fan>heatsink fan blowing towards the exhaust fan>heatsink>front of case.
And you're expecting a lot of that cooler the 212 isn't really a high end, high OC part.
Aim the cooler fan towards the case exhaust fan, the Hyper 212 likes this so you should see: Case rear>exhaust fan>heatsink fan blowing towards the exhaust fan>heatsink>front of case.
And you're expecting a lot of that cooler the 212 isn't really a high end, high OC part.
 
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