4770K insane temps at idle.

CyberCrow · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:48

Too Tall said:
I've just plugged in the cooler outside the case, you can hear the pump whirring but no water sounds at all.

When my intel clc died on me (pump) could hear the water trickling through the pump (built with corsair components).

So your cooler might not be the problem.

mmj_uk · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:49

You'd still expect the H100i to outperform it though surely? even if contact between die/IHS is bad.

What case do you have and whereabouts is the radiator located?

CyberCrow · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:52

mmj_uk said:
You'd still expect the H100i to outperform it though surely? even if contact is bad.

Personally yes you would an i would expect it to perform better,but il be honest i don't like Corsair products me an family members have had loads of problems with there coolers breaking an ram dying on us

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So i apologies for the corsair statement that's personal to me an it don't help op's problem

@TooTall are you getting these temps straight from boot or is it after its been idling for an hour or so?

Also what Os are you using as there's been reports of 8.1 altering bios settings an locking them.

OracIe · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:02

So you said idle temps are lower with the stock cooler at idle. How low are we talking?

Use the BIOS to tell you.

OracIe · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:02

So you said idle temps are lower with the stock cooler at idle. How low are we talking?

Use the BIOS to tell you.

Too Tall · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:37

Its around 50'c

OracIe · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:49

That's still too high...

RMA the CPU.

Too Tall · 24 Oct 2013 at 16:03

I'm still concerned over the H100i also, the Intel heatsink is 15'C cooler than it.

Could I have been really lucky and got both a hot chip and faulty H100i?

mmj_uk · 24 Oct 2013 at 16:43

If it was the chip I'd expect you to get similar temps between them, the stock cooler has no right to be beating a H100i faulty chip or not.

Ivy/Haswell are renowned to be hot running due to the TIM they use instead of solder but even so the H100i should be performing much better than the stock cooler. IMO

Too Tall · 24 Oct 2013 at 16:47

I've bought some rubber grommets to place on the backplate after reading some similar issues. While I think my cpu is faulty I want to see if I can atleast get the H100i to beat the Intel HSF.

MrMarvelous · 24 Oct 2013 at 16:49

Don't mess about with the coolers on it, just get it RMA'd and get a new replacement because that one sounds ****ed.

Too Tall · 24 Oct 2013 at 16:51

Refund has just been arranged

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mmj_uk · 24 Oct 2013 at 17:15

I've never bothered with those AIO watercooler units, there's too much in them to go wrong compared to a standard heatsink. Heatsinks like the Noctua D14 perform just as well.

alex_123_fra · 24 Oct 2013 at 17:30

mmj_uk said:
I've never bothered with those AIO watercooler units, there's too much in them to go wrong compared to a standard heatsink. Heatsinks like the Noctua D14 perform just as well.

Nothing wrong with AIOs. They perform well (just as well if not better than the D14), are cheap (£40-45 for an H100 these days), easier to fit than big heatsinks and you don't run into issues with ram sticks etc.

I've had around 4-5 units ranging from H100, H80, Antek kuhler 620, H110 to even a swiftech unit. All superb and rock solid. Warranties also tend to be 5 years.

los · 24 Oct 2013 at 20:44

Maybe the pump has gone in the cooler which made the processor overheat and die?

Make · 25 Oct 2013 at 07:31

los said:
Maybe the pump has gone in the cooler which made the processor overheat and die?

Haswell at stock is pretty damn hard to kill. It has aggressive throttling, so unless you boot the PC with no cooler at all, you can't really kill it.. Overclocking to on air to 1.5v not withstanding.

If a stock cooler beats the H100 after a proper install, the H100 is screwd.. It beats the stock cooler by over 30 degrees.

Also, check the idle temps in Windows, not bios.. bios has some random load in it.

Deus Ex · 25 Oct 2013 at 08:38

Chip failure is phenomenally rare, whereas cooler problems arent.

ViRuS2k · 26 Oct 2013 at 02:11

im just wondering if you have upgraded the firmware on your board yet ? as old firmwares where really bugridden to hell and back...

get X05 on it

cause for all you know your temps could be getting reported wrong but going by 1 pipe is hot and at idle that shouldnt be happening.

my room is pretty warm and my i7 4770k is idling on desktop at 28-32c and im listning to music and browsing the net and watching movies...
and thats @4.5ghz with 1.246v...

somthing is going on with your system i would upgrade bios to rule that one out.

Bart_Hunt · 26 Oct 2013 at 06:41

Tbh, could be anything.
I bought my 4770k a week ago and put it on old watercooler until I get a custom loop.
It is runing at 23-26 idle, 40-48 load. And I have h40 with 2 corsair case fans cooling it.
Both pipes are barely warm so i'd say its your h100. Maybe it have an air bubble inside thats blocking the flow?

mmj_uk · 26 Oct 2013 at 15:46

alex_123_fra said:
Nothing wrong with AIOs. They perform well (just as well if not better than the D14), are cheap (£40-45 for an H100 these days), easier to fit than big heatsinks and you don't run into issues with ram sticks etc.

I've had around 4-5 units ranging from H100, H80, Antek kuhler 620, H110 to even a swiftech unit. All superb and rock solid. Warranties also tend to be 5 years.

I never said they were rubbish just that there's more in them to go wrong... pump, fluid, the fact that they even come with a warranty says it all.

A lump of mental has nothing to fail, fans are easily replaced if need be.

How come you have so many different units out of interest?