i7 4770k Idle at 50c with H100i

oldestgregg · 8 Jul 2013 at 12:42

Have you got the pump and all the little cables connected properly? A cable of the top of it should have a psu connection and the 2 fans running into it. Bios temps are not important as has already been stated and re-seating will not gain you anything at all. Is the pump lit up? If not is the cable running from the left of the pump to the usb header at the bottom of the mobo? My bios says 50 degrees but coretemp says 32 idle.

13uk0 · 8 Jul 2013 at 13:21

Yes the pump lights up bright blue. The two fans are connected directly to the pump via fan splitter. The pump is connected to the psu. I watch a video on corsair link and it shows how the guy control the h100i. But those features i watch i cant do them on my corsair link. The corsair link Usb is plug in to the motherboard by the way.

illuz · 8 Jul 2013 at 14:28

There are very rare cases which has happened with the 3770k also, whereby intels application of their TIM under the IHS was too little or actually missing part of the cpu die, thus causing a very hot running chip. If re-seating hasn't helped and you're sure you're getting a good connection to the chip I'd consider RMA'ing the chip. I barely go over 50'c full load.

13uk0 · 8 Jul 2013 at 15:17

Im sorry im still new to building pc. I cant quite understand the abbreviations of your post. TIM and RMI'ng??

illuz · 8 Jul 2013 at 15:45

TIM - thermal interface material is the grease/paste you put between your cooler and the chip. You do have thermal paste there, yes?

RMA is the process of returning the chip in replacement for a new one if it is faulty.

The TIM I was on about is under the lid of the chip like so:

It may be a bad chip whereby the paste was applied wrong during manufacture, but this is very rare.

Rooster212 · 8 Jul 2013 at 16:16

illuz said:
It may be a bad chip whereby the paste was applied wrong during manufacture, but this is very rare.

This was what I meant with my last reply - someone I know delidded and used Liquid Ultra Pro (really good TIM) and their temps dropped 40 degrees on one core under 100% load.

Also,

TIM = Thermal Interface Material. Goes between two surfaces to aid heat transfer.

casual_eze · 8 Jul 2013 at 17:13

these are sort of normal temps you are experiencing. my 4770k in windows is idling at about 27/28 at the moment and remember today is scorching hot so its unusually high.

In the bios, the CPU spins unto full speed 3.9Ghz and idles around 43 or so. Im using a cm hyper 212 with a single push fan on it.

Your temps are a little on the high side for H100 so i think its most likely poor paste application? dont spread as this creates air bubbles which ruins temps. use the small pea method.

Also if you have already re-applied re seated the cooler, you MUST clean the paste off otherwise it makes no difference since re-seating just adds even more air bubbles between cooler and IHS

Shiari · 8 Jul 2013 at 20:28

Make sure you're using the Balanced power profile, and that under advanced power settings for that Balanced profile the minimum processor state is set to 0% (you'll find that under Processor power management). Once that's done can you please get back to us with a http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html screenshot?

You also may have to enable power saving states in the bios, but lets see what this does first.

Akagi · 8 Jul 2013 at 21:12

Check the H100i blackplate. Is it on the right way round, with the indented side for clearing the screws of the metal CPU socket backplate at the top?

Like so: http://cdn.overclock.net/a/a7/350x700px-LL-a71b1057_backplate.png

Greybeard · 11 Jul 2013 at 23:06

13uk0 said:
Hey guys it seems im sill getting exact temps even though i reapplied and resits the h100i.

And it seems the corsair links doesnt give me full controll on the fan and the pump. I dont know what to do anymore..

Looks like you have already re seated the pump and re applied TIM and yet temps are the same. Check the pump's rpm in BIOS and see if it's running around 2200rpm. Make sure that you have good contact between the cold plate and CPU. Btw, what is your ambient temp?

13uk0 said:
Yes the pump lights up bright blue. The two fans are connected directly to the pump via fan splitter. The pump is connected to the psu. I watch a video on corsair link and it shows how the guy control the h100i. But those features i watch i cant do them on my corsair link. The corsair link Usb is plug in to the motherboard by the way.

Can you see the cooler in Corsair Link? is it even detected? There should be pump rpm, CPU temp, H100i temp. These are the values that you should see under system tab in Link.

Which version of Corsair Link are you using? make sure its the latest version which is 2.4.4948. See if this version will let you utilize the Link feature.

LtMatt · 12 Jul 2013 at 07:38

The 100i should idle at around 25-35c depending on how hot your room is. Anything higher than that and you either have a faulty unit or more than likely poor contact between the h100i and your cpu/motherboard. Try a reseat and do the screws up as tight as possible.

spankingtexan · 12 Jul 2013 at 19:34

Hey OP, the bios always reports higher temps as it loads your cpu, real temp or core temp will give you true readings, your bios reading is normal, don't worry. Just hit XMP in bios to get your ram up to speed.

V F · 12 Jul 2013 at 19:53

Rooster212 said:
Idle temperatures are not really important, it is more about load temperatures. Most people think around 80 degrees is around the limit for 24/7 load temperatures, which I would agree with. I would imagine that a H100i should be around 70 degrees under load (depending on how lucky you got with your chip in terms of the TIM application under the IHS!)

LtMatt said:
The 100i should idle at around 25-35c depending on how hot your room is. Anything higher than that and you either have a faulty unit or more than likely poor contact between the h100i and your cpu/motherboard. Try a reseat and do the screws up as tight as possible.

That why the top quote doesn't wash. If ones load temperatures are good, your idle temperatures will be good.

I've never had any CPU where I had high idle temperatures with low load temperatures.

The only way right now high load temperatures exist for me is because the ambient is high due to this big heat spell. I'm 10 - 12c higher than normal.

LtMatt · 12 Jul 2013 at 20:27

V F said:
That why the top quote doesn't wash. If ones load temperatures are good, your idle temperatures will be good.

I've never had any CPU where I had high idle temperatures with low load temperatures.

The only way right now high load temperatures exist for me is because the ambient is high due to this big heat spell. I'm 10 - 12c higher than normal.

Agreed im idling at 35c now browsing the web with my h100i and 2x gentle typhoons 1850rpm's as intake using a fan controller. Got the fans turned down as low as they go.