New build idle temps - concerned

EnzoSmithers · 11 Jul 2010 at 20:13

Evening all,

Spent most of the afternoon assembling my new rig, it comprises of the i5 750 @ 4.00ghz bundle from OC with the akasa Venom cooler in a CM 690 II case with no additional fans bar what is in the case. Other components are a 5850 and 5 sata hd's ran from a OCZ 600w psu.

fresh install of windows 764 bit all drivers on etc then decided to check health monitor in bios - 75 degrees C - alarmed i install Core Temp -

These seem very high still, should I be alarmed or is it purely due to the overclock? I have not ran a overclocked rig before so was unsure what to expect.

Cheers,

Rob

EnzoSmithers · 11 Jul 2010 at 20:30

I seated it following the guide pinned at the top of the general section re the grain of rice of arctic cooler technique.

It is clamped down as tight as the cooler can go on it mind

EnzoSmithers · 11 Jul 2010 at 21:11

the thermal paste was arctic silver 5, i used about a grain of rice worth as per the guide i read on here, in the middle of the CPU. I tightened the cooler until the screws would not turn any more, is this not correct?

I am tempted to turn it off, take the cooler off and reapply some more arctic silver then put it back on and not so tight, what do you think?

EnzoSmithers · 11 Jul 2010 at 21:55

from CpuZ, core voltage 1.416v - the thing is it is an OcUK bundle, the i5 750 @ 4.00 Ghz, and ive not touched any settings at all as it removes the warranty on the bundle I believe.

Was really looking forward to trying BC2 out on this rig tonight, but it got to 99 degrees C just patching the game, so im sure as hell not going ot run it

Can i buy ArctiClean or high quality isopropyl alcohol in any high street shops? I do not want ot wait a few days for something to be delivered mail order if I can go out and buy it somewhere.

Thanks for your help so far mate

EnzoSmithers · 11 Jul 2010 at 22:12

BigBruiserAl said:
That will be why mate....that fairly high. You ar right messing in the bios tends to get on RJ's nerves after hes built them
With the volume they shift they will use settings like a template.

If it was me i would pop into the bios WRITE down the exact vcore then drop it down 2 nonches, touch nothing else....if it boots try some games ans see how you go

ah im pretty tired now been a long (dissapointing) day, so think i will give them a ring on my lunch tomorrow and see what they say as im not overly confident in fiddling in bios'es, i have found a shop nearby that sells Akasa TIm clean so i can pick a bottle of that up if needs be.

Cheers for your help tonight

EnzoSmithers · 12 Jul 2010 at 10:00

Spoke to OC this morning who think it's because i have the cooler mounted horizontally ducking air from bottom upwards, directly above the gfx card. Pretty stupid on my behalf I must admit. They said to just take heatsink off and rotate through 90 anticlockwise, however when I asked if I needed to clean the chip he said it would be fine to just put a little more termal paste on instead, is this not wrong? It's only been on a day so will it be okay to do this?

EnzoSmithers · 12 Jul 2010 at 22:15

Okay an update, took cooler off and their was a medium sized blob in a rough square but it did not look like it all had a solid seal with the cooler as the cooler bottoms have heat pipes etc so i turned the heatsink around 90* so it is now on the right side facing the front of the case pushing air into the cooler.

Power up and let it settle for a few minutes, temps sitting at roughly 45*.
Load up battlefield bad company 2 and after approx 20 minutes and the CPU at roughly 50% load the temps are averaging between 65 and 70 with the odd blip into 80~82.

So i decide to try Prime95, blend mode 4 tests simultaneously, all cores at 100% and within 10 seconds its hitting 99*C across all 4 cores so I stop the test immediately.

This is with the OCuK default vcore at 1.40625 still, as ive not been told ot touch that by them yet. Surely this is not correct at all? Any ideas?

EnzoSmithers · 12 Jul 2010 at 23:00

Id be happy with your temps

really regret not paying the £26 more and getting the H50 with the bundle now, as well as the prospect of having to disasemble the whole things and pack it off again

EnzoSmithers · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:48

Sorry I meant I'd be happy with the 75c you mentioned and i wish i had got the H50 instead of the stocka Akasa Viper the bundle came with.

Called OC this morning, still think it's a mounting issue so I'm going to take cooler off again, clean all TIM and reapply then lower the vcore slightly and re prime95 it and see what happens but I'm guessing I will be back on the phone