25 Dec 2015 at 22:37 #1 snips86x snips86x Soldato Joined 14 Nov 2012 Posts 18,000 Location Chesterfield Prime won't exactly give you a decent temp readout, only torture the chip. Play a few games and see how it goes would be your best bet.
Prime won't exactly give you a decent temp readout, only torture the chip. Play a few games and see how it goes would be your best bet.
25 Dec 2015 at 22:39 #2 tyler_jrb tyler_jrb Soldato Joined 24 Aug 2013 Posts 4,552 Location Lincolnshire Hotter than expected id say But as snips says try games or a more life like benchmark like real bench. You should be able to mess around with fan speeds and the like in corsair link so it doesnt sound like a jet engine on load. Just done a build for my sister for christmas. That has a 3570k at 4.5ghz 1.25v and runs around 65c on realbench with a hyper 212. Last edited: 25 Dec 2015
Hotter than expected id say But as snips says try games or a more life like benchmark like real bench. You should be able to mess around with fan speeds and the like in corsair link so it doesnt sound like a jet engine on load. Just done a build for my sister for christmas. That has a 3570k at 4.5ghz 1.25v and runs around 65c on realbench with a hyper 212.