i7 930 Overclocked bundle, Temps too high - Please help!!

I just remembered I had an Akasa AK-191-BL Blue Ultra Quiet fan lying around (for almost a year), which I was supposed to put into my mother’s PC.

Rated speed: 1400 RPM
- Sound: 18.0 dB(A)
- Air flow: 49.74 CFM (I think this is a mistake, possibly 38 CFM)

Link:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-036-AK

So I replaced one of those Sharkoon fans (the one on the right hand side, pictured in post 3), but the temps haven’t dropped at all.
 
Try the test again with only the Askasa running, as the slow speed Sharkoon may of coursed problems.

Have you tried reseating the cooler again.
 
I haven't tried reseating the cooler again because I thought my temps had dropped, that was until I noticed I had lost the overclock and those temps were on stock speed! :(

Been spending my time sorting that (just resolved, thanks again RJC), but will now try with only the Akasa fan.
 
the_electrician said:
Errrrr he stated he is alraedy a using Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler!!
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Yes, indeed I did. However, I never tried a H50 as it was faulty so I refunded it and replaced it with the Megahalems.

I guess I applied too much paste as it was everywhere when I took off the cooler to reseat it. Reapplied with a line down the middle and reconnected the Sharkoon fans.

Idle: 40C

Prime after 35 mins: 86C

Significant improvement!! I guess within the parameters of acceptability, but really should be better in a cold room. With summer on the way I'd like to get temps down further.

Thanks guys, especially RJC and electrician. ;)

Gonna have a mess around with fans and see if things improve.
 
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Sinclair said:
I guess I applied too much paste as it was everywhere when I took off the cooler to reseat it. Reapplied with a line down the middle and reconnected the Sharkoon fans.

Idle: 40C

Prime after 35 mins: 86C

Significant improvement!! I guess within the parameters of acceptability, but really should be better in a cold room. With summer on the way I'd like to get temps down further.
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I guess that was a one off reading, because now I'm quickly hitting 89-91C whichever fan configuration I use. :(
 
3 things i'd personally do if i was getting high temps:

1. Check air flow in case. Normally the fan on the front is drawing in air and the rear exiting. Personally this is the best way.

2. If one doesn't work check the thermal paste. You may of applied either too much or too little. Normally I clamp my cooler down then undo it again and check the spread then add if too little.

3. Check the actual heatsink. Is it securely clipped in? Does it have any damage? etc. Also you could reseat both CPU and heatsink.

sounds like the connectivity between CPU and heatsink is bad IMO. Seems a bit strange why your getting such high temps with that cooler :S
 
I bought a similar kit with the p6tse asus board and a titan fenrir.
my idles when i boot are 39-43 per core and after 20 mins on prime95 i get 87 on two of the cores. I think it's just normal I reseated the cooler with the correct line of paste and am running a great cool case the antec 902.

But thats prime95, I played the beta of apb all night on saturday with about 69 degrees which is fine. A 4 hour wow session again about 70 degrees.

My room is quite hot actually i have to open the window from time to time as it's too hot for me.

Edit: after 1 reboot with the new paste allowing 30mins for it to cool before using prime again i got idle 1 degree lower per core and load 1 degree lower per core this time prime95 for 1 hour solid on the max heat stress test with 86 degrees only on 2 cores. and your cooler is better than my cooler.
 
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rumble291 said:
3 things i'd personally do if i was getting high temps:

1. Check air flow in case. Normally the fan on the front is drawing in air and the rear exiting. Personally this is the best way.

2. If one doesn't work check the thermal paste. You may of applied either too much or too little. Normally I clamp my cooler down then undo it again and check the spread then add if too little.

3. Check the actual heatsink. Is it securely clipped in? Does it have any damage? etc. Also you could reseat both CPU and heatsink.

sounds like the connectivity between CPU and heatsink is bad IMO. Seems a bit strange why your getting such high temps with that cooler :S
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Air intake of the Obsidian 800D comes from the bottom of the case and exhausts out of the back.

You can see a couple of illustrations here:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1036/1/

The heatseat is securely screwed in. It's pretty straightforward and is tightened to the limit.

I'll recheck the CPU/heatsink connectivity again tomorrow.
 
Not that I doubt you, but are you sure those fans are pointing the right direction? Because from the pictures they look like they're facing the wrong way.

Looking at this picture:
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It looks like the side with the sticker (The 1 pointing into your case) is the side which is blowing air in.

and from this picture: http://www.techpowerup.com/img/09-10-28/104b.jpg
It looks exactly the same as what I thought, with the picture side blowing air out the back the opposite side from the RAM modules.
 
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I bought nearly the same bundle from OCUK, except with the Patriot Memory and H50 for cooling.
I also have a Corsair 800D case, with a Corsair 750HX.
The bundle came set at 1.30v for CPU, I had to increase this to 1.325 to get it stable. Settings are at 21x191, Turbo off.
I get idle temps of 40-45c and running PRIME 95 sends temps to low 80s.
I have the Corsair H50 fans (Apache push / pull config) pulling air into the case from the rear, with 3 additional Apache fans in the roof of the case sucking air out.
All fans are PWM controlled using several splitter cables, when the CPU is under load, I get a nice "whooshing" sound from the H50 as air is funnelled in.
Video encoding using Handbrake with 8 threads tends to only push each core to around 70-80% and so temps stay in the low 70s for this task.
 
I have an H50 and was getting mad temps for a while. Tried taking the pump off and refitting it and it was fine since. Give it a go. Also I have the H50 fan exhausting out the back - is yours the same?
 
bemaniac said:
I bought a similar kit with the p6tse asus board and a titan fenrir.
my idles when i boot are 39-43 per core and after 20 mins on prime95 i get 87 on two of the cores. I think it's just normal I reseated the cooler with the correct line of paste and am running a great cool case the antec 902.

But thats prime95, I played the beta of apb all night on saturday with about 69 degrees which is fine. A 4 hour wow session again about 70 degrees.

My room is quite hot actually i have to open the window from time to time as it's too hot for me.

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I got a similar 930 kit with titan fenrir and gigabyte MB. It came overclocked to 4gb using a 1.30 VCORE. I am seeing a similar thing, its running really hot. Idles at 45-50, games at 55 -60, and prime95 pushes the cores to 92C! Eeek. I dont dare let prime run more that 5 mins for fear of cooking the CPU.

I've reseated the heatsink, the fans are pushing air out of the case nicely (antec P180), but the cores are still damn hot. I clocked it down to stock speeds, and 20 mins of prime95 pushes it to about 62C. I've reaseated the cooler once already, i think it's ok now (using the arctic silver line method) but its still hot when clocked up to 4GHz. It runs completely stable though, and as long as I don't find a game or real world app to really stress it, then I think it will be ok. Tempted to clock it down 200MHz and drop the vcore 0.02V, and see how it runs then. I tried dropping the vcore to 1.28 and leaving everything else at the same clock, but I got the occasional bluescreen, so thats not stable.

Anyway maybe these things just run damn hot. Obviously the OP is on water and we are on air so he should see better performance, but this is overclocking, everything over stock is a bonus....
 
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