oc's i7 930 bundle 100c

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 19:48

Having received my kit yesterday and unboxing it today, I've just put together the Overclockers i7 930 bundle which comprises of

Gigabyte Ga-x58A-Udr3 motherboard
I7 930 @ 4ghz
3 x Patriot viper 2gb Pc3-12800c8 (1600mhz) tri channel ddr memory
Noctua NHU12P SE2 fan

And having just installed win7 and ran prime in blend test after 2 mins the temp has shot upto 100c on all 4 cores.

I applied half a pea sized blob of the paste which comes with the Noctua, which is supposed to have instant burn in time.

Its worrying me that this is way too high for what the i7's can take.

Ive two noctua intake fans at the bottom of the case, two exhausting at the top, one at the back ( in line with the cpu) and two noctua fans connected to the cpu heatsink blowing air towards the back of the case.

Im running a coolermaster Cosmos 1000 case, with wires all tucked behind the back side door and with the side off it still shows 97c on all cores..

Help please!

Kit i bought - http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-029-OB

RJC · 15 May 2010 at 19:54

I think you may need to reseat the cooler and re-apply fresh thermal paste.
Also make sure the cooler is tight down on the cpu. - If get what I mean, I did this on my water block, screwed the screws tight.

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 19:57

Btw room temp is about 15c and all fans are running at full speed.
No bios changes were made since installation, and coretemp reports 250c ++ for 3 cores.. which is odd.

jorzeh · 15 May 2010 at 19:59

faulty thermal sensors ? i don't know but 250C would kill the cpu outright so make sure the cooler is installed correctely and send a webnote to ocuk because you may have to RMA

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 20:01

RJC said:
I think you may need to reseat the cooler and re-apply fresh thermal paste.
Also make sure the cooler is tight down on the cpu. - If get what I mean, I did this on my water block, screwed the screws tight.

I'll try that now cheers..

when i applied the thermal paste i put half a pea sized in the centre, smudged it around a little to find that the paste had not completely covered the cpu, just a circular shape around the centre, not touching around the edges (about 3/4 cm in from each side. So I added a couple of tiny blobs towards each side (not completely at the edge), then squashed the heatsink down to find it covered the cpu thoroughly, but i may of put too much on.. ??

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 20:03

jorzeh said:
faulty thermal sensors ? i don't know but 250C would kill the cpu outright so make sure the cooler is installed correctely and send a webnote to ocuk because you may have to RMA

Ok, how do i send them a sidenote, via email?

Thanks.

setter · 15 May 2010 at 20:03

When applying thermal paste to a quad cpu try this.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appmeth/int/vl/intel_app_method_vertical_line_v1.1.pdf

Taken from the arctic silver website, but same applies to any thermal paste.

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 20:06

Idling its dropping to 55c average per core, however the multiplier is reducing the speed to 2291 Mhz.

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 20:09

setter said:
When applying thermal paste to a quad cpu try this.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appmeth/int/vl/intel_app_method_vertical_line_v1.1.pdf

Taken from the arctic silver website, but same applies to any thermal paste.

I've just taken a look, and will give it a shot when i reapply the paste in a mo. Cheers.

RJC · 15 May 2010 at 20:10

I would go with re-install, I don't think you have faulty sensors at this stage. I have not heard any on the i7 series, I had my E8600 which were stuck.

I done a thread a while ago regards multipliers changing - link below just in case

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17972811

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 20:11

RJC said:
I would go with re-install, I don't think you have faulty sensors at this stage. I have not heard any on the i7 series, I had my E8600 which were stuck.

I done a thread a while ago regards multipliers changing - link below just in case
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17972811

Ta buddy, was thinking the same thing tbh.

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 20:54

Ok guys ive just reseated the hsf following the same method as artics site mentions yet its still hitting 100c.. I applied a thin line in the centre and pushed down, made sure the screws are lock tight and it is tight :S.. With the side case off, and touching the hsf it is pretty warm, about 50c, but not 90c as realtemp is reporting.

BigBruiserAl · 15 May 2010 at 20:57

fluidz said:
Ok guys ive just reseated the hsf following the same method as artics site mentions yet its still hitting 100c.. I applied a thin line in the centre and pushed down, made sure the screws are lock tight and it is tight :S.. With the side case off, and touching the hsf it is pretty warm, about 50c, but not 90c as realtemp is reporting.

Have you been into the bios and had a peak what the vcore is set at?

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 21:00

Looking at the voltage mines running at - 1.328v

I found this page which the guy is running 4ghz stable at 1.264v

Am i missing something??

These were the pre overclocked settings that came installed.

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 21:00

BigBruiserAl said:
Have you been into the bios and had a peak what the vcore is set at?

Brb will check that out now thanks!

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 21:09

Ok, after running prime in small fft's for about a minute, to load temps 100c, and then rebooting the computer (not turning it off), and with the side door open, this is what the bios reports -

Thanks to everybody for your time on this.

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 21:17

I apologise if the pictures are slightly too big for your screen to view.

NimbusTLD · 15 May 2010 at 21:18

I'm not too happy with the temps and stability of my OCUK i7 920 overclocked to 4GHz bundle either, it doesn't even survive 30s in Prime95.

My CPU's voltage is also quite high(?) - 1.296V according to CPU-Z.

I know nothing about overclocking which is why I went for an overclocked bundle - to see how it is successfully done and learn from that (I failed to overclock my previous Q6600). Not impressed with what I've received so far.

Interested to read what more experienced overclockers have to say about fluidz's problem.

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 21:25

NimbusTLD said:
I'm not too happy with the temps and stability of my OCUK i7 920 overclocked to 4GHz bundle either, it doesn't even survive 30s in Prime95.

My CPU's voltage is also quite high(?) - 1.296V according to CPU-Z.

I know nothing about overclocking which is why I went for an overclocked bundle - to see how it is successfully done and learn from that (I failed to overclock my previous Q6600). Not impressed with what I've received so far.

Interested to read what more experienced overclockers have to say about fluidz's problem.

I managed to overclock my q6600 to 3.3ghz so that wasn't really an issue for me to begin with an overclocked product.

But to find out my volts are way higher than most i've read is slightly baffleing me.

fluidz · 15 May 2010 at 21:27

I'd appreciaate if you tech guys could take a look at the following screenshot and tell me what you can make out from it. Prime is running small fft's in the background btw.. 10 mins after boot.