Hello, I've ran an i5 4690k 4th gen processor for 2 years now and recently it was heating up frequently and reaching temps of 90 degrees when playing games, at idle it sat at 70 degrees or higher. I thought through about the possibilities that could be causing such huge increases in temperatures at such a fast speed and have taken the listed actions to patch up the problem:
My specs are:
- MSI Z97 Gaming 3 Motherboard
- i5 4690k 3.5ghz
- Corsair H100i GTX Cooler
I proceeded to remove the whole water cooler from my cpu and clean out the fans on my radiator as well as all the dust on the radiator fins. I cleaned the old pre-applied thermal paste off the water block and cpu with methylated spirits (96% ethanol) because it's hard to getting isopropyl alchohol in Australia and I heard methylated spirits work the same way. The thermal paste I used was Thermal Grizzly Kryonaught with a pea sized blob in the middle of my cpu.
After installing everything back in I checked the temps and at idle it sits around 45-53 degrees and when playing games goes to around 59-65 degrees. When running the CPU and FPU stress test on Aida64, the temperatures shoot up to around 80 degrees under 100% usage.
My CPU is clocked at 3.7ghz and 1.025V
I don't know whether these temps are normal or that I should be worried about them for the life of my cpu.
I would just like some opinions about this and some help on whether I should overclock or not.
My specs are:
- MSI Z97 Gaming 3 Motherboard
- i5 4690k 3.5ghz
- Corsair H100i GTX Cooler
I proceeded to remove the whole water cooler from my cpu and clean out the fans on my radiator as well as all the dust on the radiator fins. I cleaned the old pre-applied thermal paste off the water block and cpu with methylated spirits (96% ethanol) because it's hard to getting isopropyl alchohol in Australia and I heard methylated spirits work the same way. The thermal paste I used was Thermal Grizzly Kryonaught with a pea sized blob in the middle of my cpu.
After installing everything back in I checked the temps and at idle it sits around 45-53 degrees and when playing games goes to around 59-65 degrees. When running the CPU and FPU stress test on Aida64, the temperatures shoot up to around 80 degrees under 100% usage.
My CPU is clocked at 3.7ghz and 1.025V
I don't know whether these temps are normal or that I should be worried about them for the life of my cpu.
I would just like some opinions about this and some help on whether I should overclock or not.
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