Hi all,
I know this question has been asked several times on the forums, however my case seems to be different to all of them, so any ideas and help is appreciated.
In advance I'm only running (and only plan to run for now) the CPU on stock speed.
So I recently upgraded my build with i7 7700k (rest of the build at the bottom of my post), and there seems to be some kind of an issue with my temps. My cooler is a Coolermaster Hyper TX3 Evo, and my temps seem to be all over the place. Firstly in BIOS, it showed as 70C (lolwut), but after booting into Windows10, it seemed 'all right' as at first my idle temps were about 35C-38C, which I think is okay based on the ambient temp (28C, neighbors heat up our flat as balls). Then after a couple uses, it idled at around 42C-45Cm which is, well... meh...
Under load, (mainly Mass Effect Andromeda), it quickly goes over 80C, sometimes almost reaching 90C, which is not okay at all. I though to myself, lets run some tests. In Prime95 Core0 goes up to a 100 almost instantly, the other cores hovering about 95C-96C. During Cinebench, it's about the same as in Andromeda. Well, time to hit the forums (which I did for a solid 5 days). Here's what I tried/found (either here on Tom's Hardware or some other forums):
-Some Z270 mobos set the voltages too high when set to automatic
What I tried: Modifying fixed voltages, offset voltages (truth be told I'm a noob when it comes to either), no joy same temps. (turned out voltages were 1,20V-1,24V under load, which I presume is okay)
-RAM speeds and voltages matter when it comes to temps
What I tried: setting RAMs to default (hence 2133 Mhz with lower voltages), same temps.
-BIOS Update
What I tried: Duh. I should have started with that. Anyways I did, and what it did is that now in BIOS it says 60C-65C instead of 70C, in Windows it's still the same temps.
-Must have put on the cooler wonky
What I tried: Remove it, clean both CPU and cooler with Alcohol, reapply thermal paste, same temps. I've repeated this process 2 more times, once with a bit less, once with a bit more thermal paste, same temps in all cases.
-Turning off Turbo Boost
What I tried: turned it off, but in Windows (realtemp) it still shows it boosts to 4,5Ghz. Nevertheless, same temps.
-Improper case airflow
What I tried: My case has proper airflow as I didn't change cases, it has 2 intake fans (front-bottom and bottom) and one Exhaust fan (top-back) and a hole on top.
Now what I noticed
I noticed that on both exhaust holes the air coming out is cold. Hmm... Took off the side panel, put load on the CPU, stopped the CPU fan, and touched the heatsink, and it was 'lukewarm' at best. (this happened after all 3 heatsink reapplications). So after all these, what I can think of are 2 things:
- The cooler is a piece of crap (however I saw other people having quite nice temps with it), or just has some mounting issues (however it seems to be not moving AT ALL when mounted), but then why the consistent temps tho
- Something is wrong with the CPU, namely the thermal compound under the lid, hence it's unable to tranfer the heat properly.
Please guys help me as I'm out of ideas, and I'm thinking about taking up heroin (or crack or whichever's the stronger)
MY RIG:
Mobo: ASRock Z270 Fatal1ty Gaming K4
CPU: Intel i7 7700K (Kaby Lake)
GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 970
RAM: G.SKILL TridentZ 16Gb (2 kit) @ 3200 Mhz
Hard Drives: Samsung 500Gb and Seagate 2Tb
SSD: No SSD
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO
Case: Cooler Master Elite Knight 350
Thank you guys for all the help in advance,
A desperate enthusiast
P.s.: Can provide pics of course if need be
I know this question has been asked several times on the forums, however my case seems to be different to all of them, so any ideas and help is appreciated.
In advance I'm only running (and only plan to run for now) the CPU on stock speed.
So I recently upgraded my build with i7 7700k (rest of the build at the bottom of my post), and there seems to be some kind of an issue with my temps. My cooler is a Coolermaster Hyper TX3 Evo, and my temps seem to be all over the place. Firstly in BIOS, it showed as 70C (lolwut), but after booting into Windows10, it seemed 'all right' as at first my idle temps were about 35C-38C, which I think is okay based on the ambient temp (28C, neighbors heat up our flat as balls). Then after a couple uses, it idled at around 42C-45Cm which is, well... meh...
Under load, (mainly Mass Effect Andromeda), it quickly goes over 80C, sometimes almost reaching 90C, which is not okay at all. I though to myself, lets run some tests. In Prime95 Core0 goes up to a 100 almost instantly, the other cores hovering about 95C-96C. During Cinebench, it's about the same as in Andromeda. Well, time to hit the forums (which I did for a solid 5 days). Here's what I tried/found (either here on Tom's Hardware or some other forums):
-Some Z270 mobos set the voltages too high when set to automatic
What I tried: Modifying fixed voltages, offset voltages (truth be told I'm a noob when it comes to either), no joy same temps. (turned out voltages were 1,20V-1,24V under load, which I presume is okay)
-RAM speeds and voltages matter when it comes to temps
What I tried: setting RAMs to default (hence 2133 Mhz with lower voltages), same temps.
-BIOS Update
What I tried: Duh. I should have started with that. Anyways I did, and what it did is that now in BIOS it says 60C-65C instead of 70C, in Windows it's still the same temps.
-Must have put on the cooler wonky
What I tried: Remove it, clean both CPU and cooler with Alcohol, reapply thermal paste, same temps. I've repeated this process 2 more times, once with a bit less, once with a bit more thermal paste, same temps in all cases.
-Turning off Turbo Boost
What I tried: turned it off, but in Windows (realtemp) it still shows it boosts to 4,5Ghz. Nevertheless, same temps.
-Improper case airflow
What I tried: My case has proper airflow as I didn't change cases, it has 2 intake fans (front-bottom and bottom) and one Exhaust fan (top-back) and a hole on top.
Now what I noticed
I noticed that on both exhaust holes the air coming out is cold. Hmm... Took off the side panel, put load on the CPU, stopped the CPU fan, and touched the heatsink, and it was 'lukewarm' at best. (this happened after all 3 heatsink reapplications). So after all these, what I can think of are 2 things:
- The cooler is a piece of crap (however I saw other people having quite nice temps with it), or just has some mounting issues (however it seems to be not moving AT ALL when mounted), but then why the consistent temps tho
- Something is wrong with the CPU, namely the thermal compound under the lid, hence it's unable to tranfer the heat properly.
Please guys help me as I'm out of ideas, and I'm thinking about taking up heroin (or crack or whichever's the stronger)
MY RIG:
Mobo: ASRock Z270 Fatal1ty Gaming K4
CPU: Intel i7 7700K (Kaby Lake)
GPU: ASUS Strix GTX 970
RAM: G.SKILL TridentZ 16Gb (2 kit) @ 3200 Mhz
Hard Drives: Samsung 500Gb and Seagate 2Tb
SSD: No SSD
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO
Case: Cooler Master Elite Knight 350
Thank you guys for all the help in advance,
A desperate enthusiast
P.s.: Can provide pics of course if need be