- Mar 10, 2017
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I own an i5 3470 and it runs way too hot.
I have the stock cooler on and I have changed the thermal paste but still it runs way hotter than it should.
I've got a really large case with enough fans so I don't think this should be happening.
It idles at about 50C and under load it goes to about a 100C. Although intel says that it will thermal throttle at 67C, it doesn't throttle until it reaches 105C.
I bought it used but I don't think that has anything to do with it because it runs quite smoothly and offers the performance it should be offering. I've heard that ivy bridge cpus have a very crappy thermal paste in between the die and the heat spreader an it tends to "wear out" over time and doesn't conduct heat so efficiently after a few years. I'm thinking about delidding my cpu and changing the thermal paste but I know that its way too risky and that we shouldn't be delidding a cpu unless and until we plan on serious overclocking. This is a locked cpu so I can't really overclock it. Any suggestions as to what I should do now? I'm thinking of buying an aftermarket cooler but I don't think that would solve my problem if the problem is with the thermal paste beneath the heat spreader.
I have the stock cooler on and I have changed the thermal paste but still it runs way hotter than it should.
I've got a really large case with enough fans so I don't think this should be happening.
It idles at about 50C and under load it goes to about a 100C. Although intel says that it will thermal throttle at 67C, it doesn't throttle until it reaches 105C.
I bought it used but I don't think that has anything to do with it because it runs quite smoothly and offers the performance it should be offering. I've heard that ivy bridge cpus have a very crappy thermal paste in between the die and the heat spreader an it tends to "wear out" over time and doesn't conduct heat so efficiently after a few years. I'm thinking about delidding my cpu and changing the thermal paste but I know that its way too risky and that we shouldn't be delidding a cpu unless and until we plan on serious overclocking. This is a locked cpu so I can't really overclock it. Any suggestions as to what I should do now? I'm thinking of buying an aftermarket cooler but I don't think that would solve my problem if the problem is with the thermal paste beneath the heat spreader.
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