i7 930 Overclocked bundle, Temps too high - Please help!!

[Sinclair]

Not that I doubt you, but are you sure those fans are pointing the right direction? Because from the pictures they look like they're facing the wrong way.

Looking at this picture:

It looks like the side with the sticker (The 1 pointing into your case) is the side which is blowing air in.

and from this picture: http://www.techpowerup.com/img/09-10-28/104b.jpg
It looks exactly the same as what I thought, with the picture side blowing air out the back the opposite side from the RAM modules.

Hi Aedus,

I see what you mean. In the link you posted the label on the fan is facing towards the I/O Panel. I was wondering that myself. However, the arrows on the fans are pointing towards the rear of the case and I can also feel warn air exiting. I had some doubts, but I feel it's correctly set up.

I've tried facing the fans in the opposite direction and the temps are even higher!

 

[Sinclair]

I think some of you are under the impression i'm on water/using a Corsair H50 Cooler.

I'm not.

Here is the bundle I'm using:

*OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz / Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard / Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel DDR3
Prolimatech Megahalems Cooler and 2 x 120mm Sharkoon 1000 fans.

 

[OnlyMe]

Yayy! As long as I don't use my overclock, I can have it really fast!

Haha yes of course good point.

Although the games i am playing only use 2 to 4 of the 8 threads. But yes, maybe I should have bought a 750 at 3.6 and saved some dosh, i bought what i hoped would last longest. Plus the price diferential the week i bought it was not that steep

Well I'm waiting on a bit of feedback from OCUK who put the bundle together, and then we'll see how it goes, i may need to clock it down a bit. Looks like I have a very similar setup to the OP though, same proc, motherboard, slightly different heatsink but then i have 2 fans sucking air out of the case right next to the cooler as well as the cooler fan itself.

To the OP - have you tried it at stock clocks and voltages? Remember to record all the bios settings first so you can reset them to OCUK values before you try that though!

 

[mmj_uk]

i7's run hot especially at 4ghz under maxiumum stress, as long as it's stable and the protection mechanisms don't trigger just stop worrying and get on with it, if you try to keep up with the Jones' on a forum like this you'll never be satisfied.

The other day I accidently unhooked the waterblock on my i7 4.2ghz while LinX was running and it was still steaming along at over 100C before it finally shut itself off, these chips were built to endure high temperatures or they would have a shut off limit of 80C or less otherwise.

So like I said as long as it's stable ignore the temperature, with an i7 if it's unstable it's most likely going to be the overclock itself rather than the temperature.

 

[Howitzer]

i7's run hot...

So like I said as long as it's stable ignore the temperature, with an i7 if it's unstable it's most likely going to be the overclock itself rather than the temperature.

Yup! They run very hot. The 930 has a recomended max of 100C and often have idles of aroun 35-40C without an OC. It's just a matter of not worrying too much until you edge into the mid 90s at load really...

 

[Sinclair]

I ws told by support that temps below 80C are desirable, but they wouldn't want to see them rise above 85C.

At the moment I'm seeing 88-91C in a fairly cold room.

50 minutes on hold to systems support. No answer. This is not usual, but it's now gone 5.30, so I hung up.

 

[LadFromWales]

Tempted to clock it down 200MHz and drop the vcore 0.02V, and see how it runs then. I tried dropping the vcore to 1.28 and leaving everything else at the same clock, but I got the occasional bluescreen, so thats not stable.

With my i7 930 I can do 3.8GHz with 1.18v Prime/Linx stable, 4GHz requires 1.3v...and a lot of extra heat for the sake of 200MHz.

I really wanted 4GHz before purchase, and I can have it, I can even have 4.2GHz, but I can't live with the temps going into the 90's when it's not even summer!

 

[miniyazz]

Haha yes of course good point.

Although the games i am playing only use 2 to 4 of the 8 threads. But yes, maybe I should have bought a 750 at 3.6 and saved some dosh, i bought what i hoped would last longest. Plus the price diferential the week i bought it was not that steep

I know, there are many reasons for buying the better hardware. I just can't resist mocking anyone who says that

 

[Kill_Phil]

i was getting similar temps but it does vary depending on many contributing factors...

i just found it easier to down clock to 3.8ghz and lower the voltage = reduced temps

 

[AbuG]

how I dropped ~10 degress

I also purchased the x58a-ud3r with I7 930 @ 4ghz using the noctua cooler ( NH-U12P SE2). In a Fractaldesign R2 case which runs a little hotter.

Fan setup:
I have 1 top exhaust and 1 rear exhaust (both GT1850).For the cooler i use a single apache pushing (as its PWM; although the GT1850 gives ~1-2 degrees less). I us the noctuas that came with the cooler as two front inlets.

I use a low-mid range graphics as don't play games. so not much heat from it

I was getting 85+ for hottest core and 60 for MCH temp. I reseated several times without significant improvments.

then......... turning the cooler from "front to back" to "bottom to top" did wonders for me.

now CPU 75 for hottest core and MCH. is 57.

[ Strangely if I add an exhaust (gt 1850) to the side over northbridge both temps worsen 2 degrees (and it I add an inlet, then cpu is about 1 degree worse and MCH about the same as above. ) ]

may be worth a try, but probably will require your case to have a top exhaust.

 

[OnlyMe]

With my i7 930 I can do 3.8GHz with 1.18v Prime/Linx stable, 4GHz requires 1.3v...and a lot of extra heat for the sake of 200MHz.

I really wanted 4GHz before purchase, and I can have it, I can even have 4.2GHz, but I can't live with the temps going into the 90's when it's not even summer!

Good info thanks, i might give it a go. Like others say these chips might just run hot and as long as the thermal protection works and its stable its no problem, but I am just not comfortable with a >90C core temp

 

[justin3208]

I ws told by support that temps below 80C are desirable, but they wouldn't want to see them rise above 85C.

At the moment I'm seeing 88-91C in a fairly cold room.

50 minutes on hold to systems support. No answer. This is not usual, but it's now gone 5.30, so I hung up.

i tried calling them yesterday from 4.45pm and got a message that there was no one to take my call, so i waited 5mins and all i got was and engaged tone till around 5.30pm wen i messaged appeared saingthe close at 5pm.

 

[rjk]

i tried calling them yesterday from 4.45pm and got a message that there was no one to take my call, so i waited 5mins and all i got was and engaged tone till around 5.30pm wen i messaged appeared saingthe close at 5pm.

this is strange, there were technicians available all day yesterday to accept phone calls

are you sure you called the right number?

reading through this thread it seems that the op was incorrectly applying thermal paste

to the OP
it might be best if you contact me via webnotes/cutomer support forum so that i can help further with this matter

 

[bemaniac]

I highly recommend dropping a smidge of vcore i just went 1.34875 down to 1.33125 and instead of 87 on 2 cores after 30mins of prime95 i get 82 yay!

don't go mad tho i tried 1.32000 and as i was typing ''omg 71 full load!'' i bluescreened and started laughing at myself ironically

just do this^^

 

[Sinclair]

reading through this thread it seems that the op was incorrectly applying thermal paste

to the OP
it might be best if you contact me via webnotes/cutomer support forum so that i can help further with this matter

The last time I remounted the cooler I applied the paste in a vertical line with a space at top and bottom.

I'll leave a message for you in the customer support forum. Thank you.

I highly recommend dropping a smidge of vcore i just went 1.34875 down to 1.33125 and instead of 87 on 2 cores after 30mins of prime95 i get 82 yay!

don't go mad tho i tried 1.32000 and as i was typing ''omg 71 full load!'' i bluescreened and started laughing at myself ironically

just do this^^

I'm sure the bundle arrived with vcore set at 1.32500. However, the OCUK profile is saved at 1.3000v.

I currently have vcore set at 1.31250v. If I set it any lower then I lose stability.

 

[the_electrician]

Have you updated to the latest bios i think its FE.
I have the same mobo and had trouble getting 3.8 stable at 1.3vcore however i think temps were about 82-83 when i had the h50.
i updated the bios when i got my nh-d14 and got 3.8 stable at 1.25vcore set in the bios now got 4ghz at 69degs 1.29 with the cooler facing the top of my case.
i dont know if a bios upgrade will invalidate your warranty tho.
Wouldnt be happy with those temps tho.

 

[Mr Fujisawa]

Hi,

The i7 runs hot, dont worry, the cpu with throttle the speed if it gets too hot so it doesnt damage itself. No games will use 4x100% cores anyway, mine rarely goes above 70c ever unless im doing a cpu stress, then in prime the cores can go towards 90 after a while

 

[Sayso]

They will run hot at at voltage, try putting a couple of fast fans on there 1800/2000 RPM, its been a long time since i used air cooling but i remember on my TRUE dropping temps by 10C doing that.

 

[bemaniac]

The last time I remounted the cooler I applied the paste in a vertical line with a space at top and bottom.

I'll leave a message for you in the customer support forum. Thank you.



I'm sure the bundle arrived with vcore set at 1.32500. However, the OCUK profile is saved at 1.3000v.

I currently have vcore set at 1.31250v. If I set it any lower then I lose stability.

just checked the default was 1.34875 on the ocuk saved profile. So yeah was probably too high as have run prime95 all evening hours on the go for max 82 degrees on 1 core at 4ghz now rest roughly 74 degrees so 1.33250 worked for me to achieve this massive heat reduction, or my last application of as5 was simply magically perfect i'm not sure i didn't use much.

EDIT: Now stable at 1.32500 solid overnight on prime95 ran it for 12hours and got max 79degrees on only 1 core.
EDIT2: I took the side of case off and moved heatsink from left to right mildly until temps in realtemp went lowest whilst test still running and got to 78max wouldnt go back to 79 after replacing case side for 3 hours yay!

and i'll ask a question now > can i get below 78, 75, 77, 74 after 12 hours of prime95 @4ghz by purchasing a corsair 'watercooling for dummies' 50 series all-in-one?
and is the reason i get high,low,high,low on my heat tests because the as5 is better on one half of the chip?

 

[Beerkan]

If this is of any help to OP. I have similar setup ie.

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9
Prolimatech Megahelms CPU Cooler
1 x Akasa Apache Fan.


I am running stable @ 4.00Ghz and temps never go over 75 on 100% load in prime95.

BIOS settings:-
CPU BLK 200
CPU Ratio 20
DRAM Timings 9 9 9 24
CPU V.Core 1.32500v (Any lower crashes under load)
DRAM Voltage 1.64v

Hope this helps. And if anyone can suggest better settings, lemme know.

thanks.