- Dec 14, 2013
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I built a PC 3 years ago with the following specs (my first build):
Gigabyte Z87X-D3H motherboard
Intel i7-4770k
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
G.Skill Ripjaws X RAM (4 x 8GB)
Corsair 650TX "plus bronze" PSU
Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition GPU
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced case with all stock fans
I've decided I want to try overclocking it, since it's older now and if I fry something it won't break my heart. I'm doing this purely for the experience of learning how to do it. About 6 months ago I disassembled everything and cleaned out all of the dust (there wasn't that much). I believe I've done a decent job with cable management in the case. When I assembled it, I put a rice-sized amount of thermal paste (Arctic Silver 5) on the processor when installing the cooler.
I read that the first step is to baseline your stock system to make sure everything is okay before increasing performance. So that's where I'm at now. This afternoon I downloaded Prime95 (v28.10.build 1) and HWMonitor. HWMonitor shows about 30C at idle. I ran the blend test with nothing else running on the computer. I watched the first 5 minutes and it was in the mid-80s. I checked 20 minutes later, and all cores were 95-100C. Clearly this is too high, but I'm not sure where to start investigating. My idle temps seem to be reasonable, so I think I'm getting adequate airflow into the case (or is that not a good indicator of airflow?). What should I be checking next? Everything appears to be as it should from what I can tell. Ambient temp is 72F/22C.
Also, this morning I checked my GPU and it was fine, so I overclocked it using the Catalyst Control Center software and it ran fine with the Valley test with temps around 74C. Including this info for reference, but I don't think it affects my question.
Gigabyte Z87X-D3H motherboard
Intel i7-4770k
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
G.Skill Ripjaws X RAM (4 x 8GB)
Corsair 650TX "plus bronze" PSU
Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition GPU
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced case with all stock fans
I've decided I want to try overclocking it, since it's older now and if I fry something it won't break my heart. I'm doing this purely for the experience of learning how to do it. About 6 months ago I disassembled everything and cleaned out all of the dust (there wasn't that much). I believe I've done a decent job with cable management in the case. When I assembled it, I put a rice-sized amount of thermal paste (Arctic Silver 5) on the processor when installing the cooler.
I read that the first step is to baseline your stock system to make sure everything is okay before increasing performance. So that's where I'm at now. This afternoon I downloaded Prime95 (v28.10.build 1) and HWMonitor. HWMonitor shows about 30C at idle. I ran the blend test with nothing else running on the computer. I watched the first 5 minutes and it was in the mid-80s. I checked 20 minutes later, and all cores were 95-100C. Clearly this is too high, but I'm not sure where to start investigating. My idle temps seem to be reasonable, so I think I'm getting adequate airflow into the case (or is that not a good indicator of airflow?). What should I be checking next? Everything appears to be as it should from what I can tell. Ambient temp is 72F/22C.
Also, this morning I checked my GPU and it was fine, so I overclocked it using the Catalyst Control Center software and it ran fine with the Valley test with temps around 74C. Including this info for reference, but I don't think it affects my question.
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