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2500k high temp?

Not by much, the thermal paste over time does tend to "cure" and so will lose a bit more
 
I think when in the BIOS, this puts the CPU under some load. Hopefully someone will confirm.

Temps look better.
 
15 minute OCCT test (100% CPU usage)

51, 53, 54, 54 across the cores.

Going to try with the OC Genie (4.2 ghz)

35, 36, 38, 39 at idle will report with end of test temps
 
I dont know if you've tried any other voltages or if thats what you went straight with but my 2500k is running at 1.225 and is stable at 4.4 (well a little under that as for some reason I cant get the multiplier to be 100 even though thats what it is in bios)

If you're worried about it being so high, try my voltage or around that.. I cant see why you'd need a whole 0.775 over what I'm getting just for 4.4ghz bud

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I know its only 10minutes but it never goes higher that that, thats with prime95 on. The thing to remember with prime95 is that it is worst case scenario maxing out your cpu which will never happen unless you're doing a lot of video encoding or similar I believe

:-)
 
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BIOS idle temps will be different than Windows temps as in Windows the CPU downclocks to 1.6GHz and vcore is decreased. This is only true if you have speedstep enabled. Those temps look OK considering the current temperatures at the moment.
 
Mine goes as high as 1.34 set to 4.4 with everything else on auto. May try your 1.225. Can I leave everything else on auto if I manually set the vcore? or do I then have to manually apply the whole oc?
 
I tried lowering the vcore that much and i get BSODs. Im thinking that could be something with my ram running at 1.65v though, trying to figure out how to change it.
 
I noticed the bus freq isnt in 100s but rather in 10s, so I've tweaked it to 10010 now (right after the screenshot and this is the new cpuid:

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Heres my bios settings:

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I just realised to that spread spectrum is on, I usually have that off to but seems ok with it on. Can't remember why I had it off before, I'm sure there was something in a post I read that said something about stability but seems ok at the moment.

c1e support
intel virtualization tech
speedstep tech
enhanced halt state, cant remember if thats the same as c1e if it is then itll only be one option
 
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Mostly spent gaming, think thats been open and running since the other picture.

The current temp is idle temp, also min temp.. drops down almost instantly.

No complaints from me, think I'll be upping my stuff shortly :)
 
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2 Hours into prime 95, its at 69,69,68,70 with a peak of 76 (its boiling here though).

With 1.30v and 4.4Ghz oc.
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That sounds high on a A50. Temps anyway. I would expect somewhere around 50-60. 70 sounds too high. Even with high ambient temps (which would push up by 5-10 degrees).

The voltage is a little high as well but not crazy.

Could be a problem with the three pin fan and the PWM control on the CPU FAN socket. Check if the fan is actually turning (not doing some sort of start-stop motion).

1.65V is also high on the memory, but wont influence CPU temps and overclock. You can play at reducing the voltage after the CPU is stable.
 
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Still getting the same temperatures, in all games after hours of play it barely hits 60c though, going to reset the heatsink and get some better paste when im confident im not going to mess it up.
 
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