H80i REALLY high temps on stock.

twera

twera

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Hi everyone,

I dont know what's going on - I've just installed my h80i and the temps idle around 38 Celsius. When I run prime95 for 5 seconds it shoots up to 100c and I quickly turn it off. I live in London, windows open - room pretty cold.. I dont know what else to do?
 
I did notice that when I screwed on the backplate it was loose a little, but when i tighten the cpu cooler on, the pump doesnt budge at all.. could it still be the back plate?
 
Cheers, I'll try this on the weekend. Can you suggest size of washers? I dont want to dissassemble to get the size :P
 
Crap so you can't tell me the size?

Also how tight should I screw the Cpu on? Until I can't screw any tighter with my hands or use a screwdriver?
 
Richard, I did it the normal way and no lo luck with good temps. With the H80i I'm getting 40celcius, im in a cold room under 15degrees I would say. Radiator is cold to the touch. I can hear the pump when I boot up though.
On prime95 for literally 5 seconds, we are up to 90-100 degrees. Stock settings. Even with fans on extreme.
I dont know what else to try :( I wish I knew people locally that could help me.
 
Ill try without washers this weekend, I'll take it off, clean with tim cleaner, apply a BB pellet sized amount of MX-4 and push on the block.

Hopefully that will make a change.
 
Yeah it lit up and I can use link to change the leds etc. Just playhing diablo 3 then reached 60c and im all stock.
 
re-seated and issue gone. the heatsink was only half on, there are some parts close to the cpu and the heatsink was sitting on them and missing more than half the cpu.

now stable at 4.2ghz and on load doesnt break 60c
 
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