CPU TEMPS TOO HIGH , HELP!

mkohman · 9 Jul 2011 at 22:30

when I input Blck of 191 I am getting 4.01 GHZ with x 21 multiplier. my ram set to 1536mhz with all volts on auto but the vcore at 1.3250 qpi auto .. pc stable in intel burn test maximum temp was 77 on temp check.. when I put my voltage for ram at 1.66 my ram is almost frying when I touch it.. so I set it to auto again.. I was worried ram will burn out.. This is such a hit and miss .. is it really worth do you guys think or shall I go to stock settings? I mean I have 12 gb ddr 3 ram an intel 17 920 at 2.6 but 2.88 with turbo enabled etc.. ssd drive etc. aint this good enough for adobe premier pr ? I mean do I really need the extra cpu performance.. will I notice a big difference? Thanks

Speed · 9 Jul 2011 at 22:35

You will notice the difference in certain tasks, maybe go for a mild overclock like 3.5GHz.

The memory shouldn't get that hot, I personally wouldn't leave the QPI on auto, I expect that might be one of your problems. If it does fail you can replace it under warranty anyways, but this is very unlikely at below the rated speed.

When the memory voltage is on auto and you reboot back into BIOS, what does it read?

Does the memory get as hot on Auto? Under the same conditions.... Intel Burn Test etc?

mkohman · 9 Jul 2011 at 22:40

Speed said:
You will notice the difference in certain tasks, maybe go for a mild overclock like 3.5GHz.

The memory shouldn't get that hot, I personally wouldn't leave the QPI on auto, I expect that might be one of your problems. If it does fail you can replace it under warranty anyways, but this is very unlikely at below the rated speed.

When the memory voltage is on auto and you reboot back into BIOS, what does it read?

Does the memory get as hot on Auto? Under the same conditions.... Intel Burn Test etc?

To be honest with you I think I am going to go for a 3.4 overclock .. thats probably more realistic for my setup.. however shall I keep the multiplier at x 21 and drop the blck or drop the multiplier to x 20 and then play with the block accordingley?

in bios it registeres 12 gb all the time.. so no problems. are you sayong I should set my ram voltage at 1.66v no matter what and then set my qpi to 1.30 and vcore to 1.300.00 and work my way from there? thanks..

shall I turn off hyper threading as some report this is causing excess heat?

Speed · 9 Jul 2011 at 22:52

mkohman said:
To be honest with you I think I am going to go for a 3.4 overclock .. thats probably more realistic for my setup.. however shall I keep the multiplier at x 21 and drop the blck or drop the multiplier to x 20 and then play with the block accordingley?

in bios it registeres 12 gb all the time.. so no problems. are you sayong I should set my ram voltage at 1.66v no matter what and then set my qpi to 1.30 and vcore to 1.300.00 and work my way from there? thanks..

shall I turn off hyper threading as some report this is causing excess heat?

Anything around 3.4GHz-3.6GHz should easily achievable with acceptable voltages. Yes keep the multiplier at its highest and lower the Base clock (BCLK).

What I'm saying is because you've overclocked it you might be checking the RAM temperature more than you would at stock speeds because you are worried about it. So for you all you know it could be running that hot at stock.

If you set the Ram voltage on Auto and near the rated timings and Speeds it should be around 1.65v anyways. That is what they are designed and rated to run at, so there is no harm in manually setting it to 1.66v and what ever the timings are. Most people do this to rule out the memory causing problems.

Hyper threading is useful so I'd keep it on as long as CPU temps are sub 80c under load, it has very little effect on RAM temp as far as I'm aware. At 3.4GHz you should have no problem leaving it on and getting some good temps.

Are you running 12GB as 3 modules of 4GB or 6 modules of 2GB?

mkohman · 9 Jul 2011 at 22:57

Speed said:
Anything around 3.4GHz-3.6GHz should easily achievable with acceptable voltages. Yes keep the multiplier at its highest and lower the Base clock (BCLK).

What I'm saying is because you've overclocked it you might be checking the RAM temperature more than you would at stock speeds because you are worried about it. So for you all you know it could be running that hot at stock.

If you set the Ram voltage on Auto and near the rated timings and Speeds it should be around 1.65v anyways. That is what they are designed and rated to run at, so there is no harm in manually setting it to 1.66v and what ever the timings are. Most people do this to rule out the memory causing problems.

Hyper threading is useful so I'd keep it on as long as CPU temps are sub 80c under load, it has very little effect on RAM temp as far as I'm aware. At 3.4GHz you should have no problem leaving it on and getting some good temps.

Are you running 12GB as 3 modules of 4GB or 6 modules of 2GB?

Thanks for the reply. I am running 12g as 6 x 2gb 9 9 9 24 1.65v corsair xms3 ddr3 ram.. I will set the ram volt to 1.66 no problem .. I agress however I think the problem I am having is with the vcore and qpi.. how should I start them off? Shall I set both at 1.30 and work my wa with the vcore first then the qpi or how does it work? this is where I am messing up honestly..

Madals · 9 Jul 2011 at 23:08

May be a stupid point to make, but when was the last time you gave your system a good clear (all intake fans etc) with compressed air?

Reason I ask, before my last full clean I was at about 79deg at full load (4.2Ghz I7) - after the clean my full load temps were at 64.....

mkohman · 9 Jul 2011 at 23:14

Madals said:
May be a stupid point to make, but when was the last time you gave your system a good clear (all intake fans etc) with compressed air?

Reason I ask, before my last full clean I was at about 79deg at full load (4.2Ghz I7) - after the clean my full load temps were at 64.....

LOL its not a stupide question at all infact its a very good one.. I cleaned my case the other day when I re applied my IC Diamond paste on the cpu my Corsair H50 had a lot of dust collected in on the radiator between rad and fan.. all good and clean air flows through.. I mean I am not worried so much about temps as at 4.1 ghz I was mazining out at 77 degrees in intel test with qpi on auto and the vcore at 1.32500 my main concern is getting the correct low voltage as possible..
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just a not without overclocking in stock settings my vcore show 1.29300 in bios do I have quite a high vcore in my case then ?

Speed · 9 Jul 2011 at 23:43

mkohman said:
Thanks for the reply. I am running 12g as 6 x 2gb 9 9 9 24 1.65v corsair xms3 ddr3 ram.. I will set the ram volt to 1.66 no problem .. I agress however I think the problem I am having is with the vcore and qpi.. how should I start them off? Shall I set both at 1.30 and work my wa with the vcore first then the qpi or how does it work? this is where I am messing up honestly..

Yes if you are going for 3.5GHz then start both at 1.3 and work your way down, VCore first.

mkohman said:
just a not without overclocking in stock settings my vcore show 1.29300 in bios do I have quite a high vcore in my case then ?

That is quite high, you sure that is fully stock settings? Would pay to load optimized defaults, save and exit, reload BIOS and see if it is the same. Use an overclocking profile if you don't want to lose your settings.

mkohman · 10 Jul 2011 at 00:21

Speed said:
Yes if you are going for 3.5GHz then start both at 1.3 and work your way down, VCore first.

That is quite high, you sure that is fully stock settings? Would pay to load optimized defaults, save and exit, reload BIOS and see if it is the same. Use an overclocking profile if you don't want to lose your settings.

Thanks for all your help and advice will try this