i5 2500k OC high temps

TheGedi · 12 Oct 2011 at 13:47

I'm having a similar problem with my Stock cooler at the moment, reseated it 3 times dosn't seem to help.

Plec · 12 Oct 2011 at 14:42

TheGedi said:
I'm having a similar problem with my Stock cooler at the moment, reseated it 3 times dosn't seem to help.

If you're concerned that there is a 10 degree difference across your cores - don't be.

This is a familiar problem/sight with a lot of SB, mine included, and mine is sat under a Silver Arrow - i have a 7 degree difference between core 0 and the rest of my cores (which too are all 3 to 4 degress out.). I too reseated my cooler 3 times (a PITA with the SA) and the results were the same - and after reading similar threads i came to the conclusion that the it's just a sensor anomoly across the cores (just like other incarnations of quad cores).

TheGedi · 12 Oct 2011 at 15:02

Plec said:
If you're concerned that there is a 10 degree difference across your cores - don't be.

This is a familiar problem/sight with a lot of SB, mine included, and mine is sat under a Silver Arrow - i have a 7 degree difference between core 0 and the rest of my cores (which too are all 3 to 4 degress out.). I too reseated my cooler 3 times (a PITA with the SA) and the results were the same - and after reading similar threads i came to the conclusion that the it's just a sensor anomoly across the cores (just like other incarnations of quad cores).

I am aware of the Temp difference issue, but its more towards that it's more so that I'm hitting 70c peaked at 77c after a few more runs on Stock Cooling on Stock Clocks and Volts. Way too hot for my liking especially at Stock Clocks.

Plec · 12 Oct 2011 at 15:46

TheGedi said:
I am aware of the Temp difference issue, but its more towards that it's more so that I'm hitting 70c peaked at 77c after a few more runs on Stock Cooling on Stock Clocks and Volts. Way too hot for my liking especially at Stock Clocks.

If you're not happy with the temps the only solution you really have is to buy a third party cooler.

Out of interest what are your temps like when gaming as that is more representative of your real temps than IBT which is brutal?

If you're looking in the region of ~£25 i recommend the Gelid as it's a great peformer for the money or the Corsair A50.

If you want more bang for your buck then i woukd have recommended the THermalright Hyper @ ~£18 but OcUK don't stock it and after a brief search i it looks as though it may have been discontinued.

The Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 would be a solid budget choice.

TheGedi · 12 Oct 2011 at 16:28

Plec said:
If you're not happy with the temps the only solution you really have is to buy a third party cooler.

Out of interest what are your temps like when gaming as that is more representative of your real temps than IBT which is brutal?

If you're looking in the region of ~£25 i recommend the Gelid as it's a great peformer for the money or the Corsair A50.

If you want more bang for your buck then i woukd have recommended the THermalright Hyper @ ~£18 but OcUK don't stock it and after a brief search i it looks as though it may have been discontinued.

The Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 would be a solid budget choice.

Going to get a Corsair A70 next week when i get payed from the college lol It was bothering me as people were hitting ok overclocks on stock cooling and still getting lower temps than me. While playing Games (just got off Dirt 3) coolest core was 59c hottest was 69c (with Stock Cooler Fan Speed Maxxed) still quite high for my liking, since my old AMD CPU wouldn't hit much past 35-42c on games with an Arctic Cooling 7 Rev 2.

Plec · 12 Oct 2011 at 16:31

You should see a dramatic drop in temps with an A70 strapped onto it - plus you will be able to get a respectable clock and still be relatively frosty.

TheGedi · 12 Oct 2011 at 16:33

Plec said:
You should see a dramatic drop in temps with an A70 strapped onto it - plus you will be able to get a respectable clock and still be relatively frosty.

Slackjaw190 · 12 Oct 2011 at 19:31

Well I got a reply from Gelid and it actually looks like they took the time to read my thread, unlike OcUK......

Basically they've offered me a free upgrade to a GX-7

Plec · 12 Oct 2011 at 20:17

Slackjaw190 said:
Basically they've offered me a free upgrade to a GX-7

Great result - take it.

Slackjaw190 · 12 Oct 2011 at 20:34

I have, just gotta wait for them to ship it to me from wherever in the world they're based

Plec · 12 Oct 2011 at 20:37

Slackjaw190 said:
I have, just gotta wait for them to ship it to me from wherever in the world they're based

Swiss management based in Hong Kong (google) - but they may be able to ship from suppliers in Europe/UK. If not it should only take a week to 10 days even if they ship from Hong Kong.

Slackjaw190 · 12 Oct 2011 at 21:14

Plec said:
Swiss management based in Hong Kong (google) - but they may be able to ship from suppliers in Europe/UK. If not it should only take a week to 10 days even if they ship from Hong Kong.

Thanks... again

Plec · 12 Oct 2011 at 22:14

No problem - post back when you've got it strapped on it would be interesting to know your temps.

Slackjaw190 · 12 Oct 2011 at 22:29

Plec said:
No problem - post back when you've got it strapped on it would be interesting to know your temps.

Will do

Meloco · 12 Oct 2011 at 22:49

Slackjaw190 said:
Will do

Very interested in hearing if this solves your problem !

Meloco · 24 Oct 2011 at 20:20

Did you ever get all this fixed?

Slackjaw190 · 24 Oct 2011 at 20:44

Well kinda

I’ve got my GX-7 installed but I haven't really had chance to test it yet. Gelid customer service is second to none

Also included a tube of GC extreme

A quick 5 runs of IBT 1 core peaked at 71°C and was 70°C most of the time so it looks about 10-12ºC cooler. Still warmer than I thought I would be getting at 4.5 GHz but acceptable I guess.

Unfortunately I am away with work all week so can't test it properly until next weekend.

I've also got the brackets through from Noctua for my old NH-U12P which I think I'll give ago. Good customer service as well.

I'm starting to think I might not be a cooler issue though. Think I'll take a closer look at the surface of my chip next time I have the cooler off.

Meloco · 24 Oct 2011 at 20:51

Slackjaw190 said:
Well kinda

I’ve got my GX-7 installed but I haven't really had chance to test it yet. Gelid customer service is second to none Also included a tube of GC extreme

A quick 5 runs of IBT 1 core peaked at 71°C and was 70°C most of the time so it looks about 10-12ºC cooler. Still warmer than I thought I would be getting at 4.5 GHz but acceptable I guess.

Unfortunately I am away with work all week so can't test it properly until next weekend.

I've also got the brackets through from Noctua for my old NH-U12P which I think I'll give ago. Good customer service as well.

I'm starting to think I might not be a cooler issue though. Think I'll take a closer look at the surface of my chip next time I have the cooler off.

Still seems fairly high.. I'm at 4.6ghz atm, and my cpu fan is turned the wrong way and sucking hot air from a soundcard.. Prime seems to only hit my temps around 62c... All sounds fairly peculiar. Only other thing to do is to try and rma the chip, or sell it on ebay and buy another one?

Slackjaw190 · 24 Oct 2011 at 20:55

Meloco said:
Still seems fairly high.. I'm at 4.6ghz atm, and my cpu fan is turned the wrong way and sucking hot air from a soundcard.. Prime seems to only hit my temps around 62c... All sounds fairly peculiar. Only other thing to do is to try and rma the chip, or sell it on ebay and buy another one?

Could do, ~70°C doesnt really bother me unlike 83°C. Would have been nice to see what the chip would do.

What cooler are you using again?

weird_dave · 25 Oct 2011 at 09:14

Slackjaw190 said:
at 4GHz I was getting 73°C with the Gelid 83°C with the stock cooler. That seems hot even for the stock cooler

The stock coolers are useless, we ordered some PCs at work and at stock speeds they hit 85. (SB 2500)