i7-4820K Temp Issue

[Tskales]

Hello,

My new PC arrived today, and i noticed that the CPU seems to be hotter than it should be, even when idle.

At idle the cores go from 40c to 60c, and when playing DC Universe Online just now, the cores went as high as 80c, and it's not even that demanding a game.

The full product names listed on cyberpower systems for the cpu is,

INTEL® Core™ i7-4820K Quad-Core 3.70 GHz 10MB INTEL Smart Cache LGA2011 ***Overclockable XXX***

And the cooler is,

Corsair Hydro Series H55 Quiet Liquid Cooling system w/ 120mm Radiator [+1] (Corsair CPU Water Cooling ***Overclockable XXX***)

Any idea what could be the issue, and how i could go about solving it?

Thanks

 

[ubersonic]

IIRC the H55 was just a H50 with low profile pump, not really what I would use for an i7 as it only has a slim 120mm rad. Could be another issue of course, but personally I wouldn't want to use less than a H80/H100 on an i7.

 

[Tskales]

Are you saying i need to buy a new cooler for my new PC?

 

[McstylisT]

Try re-seating the cooler with some fresh paste. That might help. But as suggested the h55 is not the most ideal cooler for that CPU, but it should still manage it reasonably we'll. so something is up.

 

[Tskales]

I've installed the case fans from my older PC, and that's brought the temp down a bit. I have no thermal paste, but is there a way i can find out if the CPU has been overclocked so i can reverse it and keep the temp down that way?

 

[Rroff]

You'd need massive extra voltage to push temps that high if it was from an overclock.

Mine rarely goes over 40C on the 1250 AIO unless I stress test it. At 4.4GHz with the max safe voltage I have to run a fairly extreme torture test to get it to 60C.