Temperature help

zakjattaway

zakjattaway

zakjattaway

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Hi All,

I wondered if you could give me some advice on my recent build I done. I have got an Intel Core i5-4670K @3.4GHz cooled by a Corsair Hydro H60 heat sink. If I was to run a game such as CS:GO my temperatures will peak to around 69/70c. This is a worry as I have not tampered with the clock speed what so ever. It is still running at the default speed of 3.4GHz.

I have read articles and spoken to friends and it seems like the Haswell chips are hotter than most others but this to me seems a little too high.

I have also looked into de lidding the chip. Is it worth waiting at other possibly solutions before I try this.

Thanks,
Zak
 
I have the NZXT Enthusiast case. It has 3 fans on the case excluding the fan on the heatsink. I have checked the heatsink is sitting on it correctly too.

I want to overclock the chip which is why I got the overclock able version but I just want to make sure the current temps are ok before I do overclock.

When the PC is idle it sits at around 30-40.

Would it be worth putting fresh/better paste on as I am using the default spread.

Thanks for your replies.

Zak
 
Jonny thanks for your response. The temps are definitely higher then what they should ideally be. I have tried re seating this multiple times. I will take another look and get back to you soon. I think the issue may be because of the thick tubing on the cooler possibly lifting it away from the CPU. Even though it is screwed down I feel it may be lifting away slightly.

doyll I have a NVidia GTX 660 OC. Also one of those 120mm fans is one I had to attach the radiator to for the cooler. I put another fan on the inside of the radiator for better cooling making sure they are in the correct direction.

Your help is much appreciated. I will get back to you on reseating the cooler
Thanks,
Zak
 
Hi Guys. Sorry for not getting back to you as I have been a bit busy recently. I will take a look at my PC soon for intake fans and so on. I may upload an image of the PC and label the fan positions etc if that will be best.

Thanks,
Zak
 
Hi guys. Yesterday I got some thermal paste remover and some new thermal paste. I am pretty sure it is the CPU cooler no sitting on the CPU correctly and when I put the cooler on and then brought it back off there was at least quarter of the CPU that didn't have any thermal paste applied. I can fit a piece of paper underneath that side of the CPU which is a bit worrying. Any suggestions?

I think it may be the clamp to hold down the CPU that is preventing the cooler from getting to every part of the CPU as I have taken the CPU out and just applied it to the bottom of the cooler and it covers all of it.

Thanks again guys.
 
Hi All. With a fair bit of investigating I think I have resolved the issue. This seems odd to me as the cooler has a flat surface along with the CPU. But all I done was switched which way round I had the cooler and it is now making more contact with the CPU. I have removed the paste and added it on again.

I run Prim95 for 10 minutes and its max was 80c. Would you say this is now about right for a haswell CPU?

Thanks,
Zak
 
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