I upgraded CPU from i5-4690k to used i7-4790k and the temps are abnormally high. I replaced the thermal paste and cooler is seated properly and shown working in bios. I have a cooler master Seidon 120v v2 Liquid cooler 120mm. Before idle temps were around 40 at 4ghz on the i5 (vcore 1.053). Now on new cpu still at 4ghz because I didn’t want to overclock yet, idle 60-70. As soon as it loaded up chrome temps were reaching 80-90 which I had never experienced before and I understand it draws more power but my question is: is it the cooler that needs upgrading or should I send the chip back is it used up most of its life. Any tips to work this out would be appreciated, sorry for lack of knowledge if any more info is needed I can try to provide.
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CPU upgrade - Abnormal High Temps
- Thread starter cmillsy20
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I know what it is but I have disabled it for my i5 and it still has low temps and I don't want to enable it because it can cause instability for oc/reduce performance. Also I tried a bios default settings profile (with the i7) which would've enabled this and temps were still high.