CPU idling at 50 degrees at stock?

Monkeynut

Monkeynut

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Hi all,
I have the computer in sig at fault. Temps were always through the roof, so I got a new case. CPU still idles at 50 degrees, and at load will go up to 70 where the system shuts down. I have tried reseating the CPU cooler, fully cleaning it with the isopropyol stuff, and reapplying with Arctic Silver and then with Akasa ProGrade. The cooler is firmly in place, so I can't see why temps would be so high?
 
How much thermal paste you putting on? you only want a very thin layer.
Does the airflow at the front move through over the CPU or below the GFX card? My GTX was so long it meant that the inwards airflow went across the GFX and out the back. Now I got the EX-33 the temps on CPU dropped more.
 
Thin enough to be semi-transparent, i apply as little as possible with the speading card that comes with the Akasa paste. The front fan does blow over the HDD and down to the GFX card yes, but the cooler feels room temperaure when I touch it at the base (nearest the CPU) all fans are spinning.

The CPU cooler is a Zalman 7000-Cu LED.
 
Strange as that's actually a decent cooler. Where are you getting these temps from? What programme?
 
If the cpu is idle'ing in task manager at those temps, seriously consider re-seating the cooler. It might not be that but better safe than.........
 
The BIOS and Core Temp report this. At 0% on both cores it will drop to 38 degrees for a split second, but the system is always at least 5% on each core so it's at 50. I have tried reseating the cooler several times with multiple pastes, see OP.
 
hmm... wish I could help tbh but I'm not too great with these sorts of things. I'd give overclockers tech. support a ring, but I'm sure they'll just tell you to re-seat the cooler before anything else. If that doesn't work I'm not sure tbh, as there is no reason for it to do that, is the fan running at proper capacity? If you can't solve it perhaps you have a problem with either the cooler or your cpu.
 
This may sound a bit daft lol....but I've not had that cooler

Just check that the fan is not mounted backwards, feel with your hand, is it blowing outwards??? Clutchin at straws here but you never know:)


Also, get speedfan & everest to check temps again?
 
actually very good point, check your VCore in the BIOS. You havn't touched the clocks or voltages have you? I mean you say stock settings but that doesn't necessarily mean you're voltages havn't somehow been changed
 
Sry I didn't read the OP fully m8

I have a similar cpu in my 2nd system, I've never seen these temps, there has to be a fairly simple answer to this
 
The Vcore is set at "StartUp" which is supposed to be Auto, the CPU Volts are at 1.35 according to software. The fan is running fine, I'll try a CMOS clear.
 
Clearing CMOS did nothing. All BIOS values are stock besides the one which controls the speed of the fan, I set that to run it max all the time and it is running at max speed. The fan is spinning the right way, I really don't understand this?
 


How does this look? Seems to have stabilised around these temps. The reading that saysn 6000RPM is my northbridge fan. The voltages look worryingly high though?
 
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