Disappointed with these temps, i7 3770K.

[ichimaru]

Hey guys,

I've just installed my i7 3770K with a Xigmatek Night Hawk CPU cooler and tbh I'm not over the moon about these temperatures.. This cooler managed to cool an AMD Phenom ii X4 955 BE @ 4.0GHz with idle temps of 30-35 deg and load temps of 54-56 deg. I know the Ivy Bridges run hotter but I haven't even OC'd this yet which makes me worried. I've also got Turbo Boost on so @ 1.6Ghz (idle) shouldn't this be much cooler anyway?

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What do you guys think?

Thanks.

 

[mcnumpty23]

they look a bit high

whats the ambient temp?

and whats the temp under load?

 

[nukemaster]

Those idle temps don't look that high to be honest.

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What are your load temps like and what cooler do you have?

 

[mcnumpty23]

heres a test on xigmatek night hawk with a 3770k

is this your cooler? and one or two fans on it

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1538/pg4/xigmatek-dark-knight-sd1283-night-hawk-edition-review-test-specification.html

 

[ichimaru]

I haven't actually run a test on stock speeds to see load temps yet but I should imagine they'd be higher than what Mcnunpty's link stated the 3770K would be at. And yes that's my cooler, the one fan variant.

Thanks guys. I'll run a test now for around 30 mins to get an idea of load temps.

 

[jemm]

Under load, without overclock, the temps should never go over 67.4C.

 

[ichimaru]

Done a stress for 15 mins and these were the results:

http://gyazo.com/ec5750a722ab7d42fa51090794040c30

My CPU fan was @ 45% though which is a bit annoying as I did set Smart Fan to 70deg..

Thanks.

 

[payturr]

Can you control fan speeds in the BIOS? And how did you mount it? You cleaned off the original thermal paste and used something like Arctic Silver 5 right?

 

[ichimaru]

Can you control fan speeds in the BIOS? And how did you mount it? You cleaned off the original thermal paste and used something like Arctic Silver 5 right?

Yes I can I'll sort that issue out later, I mounted the heatsink like I did with my AMD board, same process just different mounts. I cleaned the compound off with 90% rubbing alcohol and a microfiber cloth and some Qtips, I then spread paste (MX-2) onto the chip with an old card (credit card-like) for an even surface cover of paste.

Thank you.

 

[ichimaru]

Altered the CPU fan speed in the BIOS and now load temps are from 66 - 70.

Thanks.

 

[jemm]

66/70C for a non overclock system with a Xigmatek Night Hawk CPU cooler...it is still high!

I´d double check everything.

 

[ichimaru]

66/70C for a non overclock system with a Xigmatek Night Hawk CPU cooler...it is still high!

I´d double check everything.

I still think the same. I'm wondering why this is? I'll probably reapply paste and re-seat the heatsink I guess.

 

[nukemaster]

Yeah, I would re try the thermal paste.

The IB cpus are known to run hotter just due to having thermal paste from the cpu to heat spreader and not the older welded(soldered) heat spreader.

I would not be surprised if it has to do with that.

On that note, I had a 955 BE(only 3.8 GHz if I remember right) and it did run cooler then many of my intel builds.

The I have the most crammed case in the world with my coolest running chip(i5 750)

 

[ichimaru]

Right, I've put the vCore to 0.900 and I'm now on load with temps from 57-60 which are much better. I can go from here in terms of OCing now.

I'll keep you posted..

Thanks.

 

[ichimaru]

An update at 0.900vCore: