i7 is built but.....

Shame about the cooler, If ever want to get a s1336 one for overclocking I know a few good ones i'd recommend.

Those temps seem fine. The i7 chips seem to deal with heat rather well - a 77degree max is nothing to worry about.
 
kool, is it normal for OCCT to stop at 80deg?
will be looking for a new cooler now as although i wont be stressing it too much i dont want to risk it at stupid high temps for too long.
could this be why windows experience failed, its temp maxed out?
not too fussed about the cooler not fitting as i think it would be a better selling point for the Q8300 setup with it still on.
the other thing is i have cpu smart fan control and cpu smart fan mode, would changing these settings help with cooling?
 
Yea, 80 degrees is the default cut-off temperature for OCCT, you can manually change it to whatever you like.

I have no idea why windows experienc failed, but I give it so little regard. As long as the system is stable in games/apps/OCCT then I wouldn't worry.

As for a new cooler, I would suggest theTitan Fenrir as a minimum (make sure your case can fit it). If you want to go for the best air cooler - the Prolimatech Megahalems is one of them (you will need to add a decent fan or two). Also, the Corsair H50 liquid cooler is worth a look as it also performs very well.
 
thing is its all in a really cheap case at the moment like i said in a previous post, so unfortunatly i doubt anything too big will fit.
Heatsink Dimension : 93 x 93 x 98.5 mm
DC Fan Size : 92 x 92 x 25 mm
Base Material : Forging Process
Bearing Type : One Ball
Speed : 3500±10% RPM
Noise Level : <31 dBA
Max Air flow :52.44 CFM
Rated Voltage : 12 V
Weight : 495 g
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thats the fan i had on the 775 in the same case and that fitted if it helps.
 
Ah. If that relatively small 92mm fan tower cooler was a tight fit then i'm betting the two big tower coolers I suggested will have serious problems fitting.

Does you case have a rear 120mm fan? If it does, then the H50 liquid cooler should fit fine.
 
Ah, then I would suggest sticking with the stock cooler until you get a new case.

At stock the i7 has a TDP of 130W (compared to 95W with your Q8300) and goes up even further when overclocking. With this in mind you want a big, powerful cooler for the CPU.
 
paradisiac said:
why do intel ship the stock hsf if it cant cope with stock settings?
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Because they are cheapskates :D

Nah, it should work fine at stock settings - and i'm sure that you are finding it is.

The only problem you had was OCCT stopping at 80 degrees, but that is perfectly safe for the i7 for short times (the TJ max is 100 degrees).
 
ah right ok, cheers for the help :)
now im understanding why everyone is soooo dead against people trying to oc on stock hsf, its just not worth the risk.
 
Yeah it's as if Intel knew most people would overclock it so they designed a cooler just efficient enough with no headroom for increaded speed/volts. ;)
Gits.:D
 
I think the arctic 7 is what i have and while it does allow to OC it does need to spin up quite loud when under heavy load, so I'd always go with a 120mm cooler and will be doing in the future.

I don't know about that one but I'd expect it to be better than the A7?

Hopefully someone will post.
 
The TRUE spirit is very good, about as good as the Titan Fenrir. But it also costs about the same and uses crappy pushpins (the titan uses a proper backplate). So for this price range I would suggest going for the titan. But with this all said - both are massive heatsinks using 120mm fans - so you are unlikely to be able to fit either in your case.

Not sure about the AC7 - its generally regarded as a good cooler - but an overclocked i7 may be too much for it to handle and stay cool and quiet.
 
cmndr_andi said:
I suggest scaling back the RAM speed to 1600MHz, as X58 memory bandwidth is so large - you won't lose any performance.
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I agree here, doesn't seem like much difference between 1600MHz and 2000MHz, and not worth it if not stable too.

1600MHz Read:

4GHztriple1600MHz-Read.jpg


2000MHz Read:

4GHztriple2000MHz-Read.jpg


1600MHz Write:

4GHztriple1600MHz-Write.jpg


2000MHz Write:

4GHztriple2000MHz-Write.jpg


1600MHz Copy:

4GHztriple1600MHz-Copy.jpg


2000MHz Copy:

4GHztriple2000MHz-copy.jpg


1600MHz Latency:

4GHztriple1600MHz-Latency.jpg


2000MHz Latency:

4GHztriple2000MHz-latency.jpg
 
my ram is stable at 1890MHz it must have been the vcore as OCCT did an hour with no errors and windows experience is now working.
i know its not really a very good benchmark but complain about the ram score :)

1866ram.png
 
LOL, You shouldn't have used the WEI because now you'll want an SSD to bump up your score and even them all out. ;) :D
 
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