4790k temps

[markk33nan]

Mine runs at 24C / 25C sitting in windows doing minor tasks.

and in games i dont think its gone above 60C yet, but i havent had a chance to do some proper testing over a couple of hours.

Il try running some DayZ tonight on Max settings & some more Dying Light.

using the H110i GT

 

[zola25]

As mentioned above check the vcore as set by your bios. Even with the latest bios on my board, I can give the CPU substantially less volts than the bios does at stock (1.18 vs 1.27) and this hugely reduces load temperatures.

Still preferred my 2700k though, and wouldn't have upgraded had my previous motherboard not died.

 

[fs123]

Stick with the 3770k, I've owned it as well as 4770k and 4790k. The performance increase between them all is pretty small. See if you can clock the chip a bit higher but use a more realistic stress test such as real bench. Temps are much lower. The 3770k while still a pasted chip is a bit cooler running than the haswell models.

I would stick with it but I want to go crossfire and sadly the crappy motherboard I have (gigabyte Z77-DS3) has a bad sata ports layout so when the 2nd card is inserted you can't use the sata ports which is ridiculous

I can buy another Z77 board for around £100 pounds but since I have the non-K version I thought it would be better to sell the current mb/cpu for about £200 and buy a 4790K/Z97 combo for around £400.
Altogether it should cost me about £200 quid for a completely new setup or £100 for just a motherboard change.

The 4790K temp issues has put a damper on that plan though.

 

[setter]

The temp issue only becomes a concern with programs like p95, intel burn test etc. For gaming the temps arent that bad at all. I see about 65c usually, sometimes hotter but that is caused by my two gpu's dumping a shed load of heat into the case. This is solely my fault for using theese type of cards in sli. My chip is currently clocked at 4.7ghz. Encoding video does make them run a bit hotter than say sandybridge cpu's, but again it's not dangerously high. If you were prepared to wait it out a bit you could maybe consider a move to intels upcoming skylake.

 

[McGraw]

The 4790K temp issues has put a damper on that plan though.

What are you particularly worried about?

 

[fs123]

What are you particularly worried about?

It's just that the 4970k is supposed to be better for temperatures than the previous gens but if a lot of them are hitting 80-90C in Prime i.e almost TDP then it is either a problem with the TIM they use of just false advertising on Intels part.

I've seen quite a few reports of high temps with water cooling which I don't use so I could end up with a cpu that might start throttling when under some high load scenario like encoding.

I will do a bit more research or see if I can pick up a cheap Z77 board but so far even the used ones are going for pretty high prices.

 

[setter]

Intel themselves state that you shouldnt use p95 on theese. In normal use theyre no hotter than any other cpu. Below is a screenshot after an hour of bf4.

Spoiler

Thats with the cpu at 4.7ghz, i was running an fps limit there but thats only to keep my gpu temps down a bit.

 

[markk33nan]

As i said on another post ive been playing Dying Light for a solid 4 hours and the max temp mine hit was about 59c

 

[McGraw]

It's just that the 4970k is supposed to be better for temperatures than the previous gens but if a lot of them are hitting 80-90C in Prime i.e almost TDP then it is either a problem with the TIM they use of just false advertising on Intels part.

I've seen quite a few reports of high temps with water cooling which I don't use so I could end up with a cpu that might start throttling when under some high load scenario like encoding.

I will do a bit more research or see if I can pick up a cheap Z77 board but so far even the used ones are going for pretty high prices.

As above, forget prime.

Properly set up, a 4790k won't get near 100c when encoding, even on stock cooler.