Hey guys,
I recently built a machine for myself...
Antec Nine hundred 2
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
Core i7 920 @ stock 2.67ghz
Zalman 9700 Heatsink with Arctic Silver 5
Well I was really excited getting my i7 as I have heard good things about overclocking possibilites. So I even bought an aftermarket HSF (Zalman 9700) and used AS5. But after building it, my i7 temperature readings (as read by CoreTemp) are in the 40-44C range at idle while only at 2.67ghz, and prime95 stress test after a few hours gives me temperatures of ~77C. So then being curious to what OCing would do, i overclocked to 3.2ghz mild OC and the temperatures shot up. Idle ~55 and stress test showed pretty much 100C. Ive read different forums and other people have gotten their Core i7 at 3.5ghz at the temperatures that im seeing at stock.
So im wondering why my temperatures are so high, especially seeing as how im at stock clock with the antec 902, zalman 9700 and AS5.
And YES ive already tried reseating my heatsink a few times with temp variations of about 1C. So I cant even really overclock
Any ideas?
Thanks guys!
I recently built a machine for myself...
Antec Nine hundred 2
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
Core i7 920 @ stock 2.67ghz
Zalman 9700 Heatsink with Arctic Silver 5
Well I was really excited getting my i7 as I have heard good things about overclocking possibilites. So I even bought an aftermarket HSF (Zalman 9700) and used AS5. But after building it, my i7 temperature readings (as read by CoreTemp) are in the 40-44C range at idle while only at 2.67ghz, and prime95 stress test after a few hours gives me temperatures of ~77C. So then being curious to what OCing would do, i overclocked to 3.2ghz mild OC and the temperatures shot up. Idle ~55 and stress test showed pretty much 100C. Ive read different forums and other people have gotten their Core i7 at 3.5ghz at the temperatures that im seeing at stock.
So im wondering why my temperatures are so high, especially seeing as how im at stock clock with the antec 902, zalman 9700 and AS5.
And YES ive already tried reseating my heatsink a few times with temp variations of about 1C. So I cant even really overclock
Any ideas?
Thanks guys!